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Although threatened by fracking and more and more visited, the prehistoric site remains to some extent unexplained, in spite of many scholarly efforts. Tourists are to some degree limited by the exceedingly rough dirt road, eighteen miles long, that leads from the highway to the site. After a rain, this road becomes an impassable adobe quagmire. Several years back, when I visited Chaco with my friend Bill, there was a sudden rain storm; my little Ford Ranger was stuck on the road until Bill decided that the only way out was to back—eighteen miles—to the paved highway. And it worked.
Besides, there are no amenities at Chaco; one public restroom actually has a tap for hot water, toilets but no showers, and there is nowhere to spend the night unless you are willing to camp. Bloomfield, thirty or so miles west on the highway, offers the standard chain motel with sheets and blankets made out of fabrics that seem at least partly cardboard and one café that features canned peas.
So this is not a destination for most of us, who have become accustomed to comfort, even luxury—and comfort or luxury have become our priority.
But I loved the baldness of my visit last weekend to Chaco; sleeping on the ground, during two nights in May when the temperature dropped into the thirties, was an ordeal of amazing benefits, in terms not only my sore back and knees but my renewed realization that bodily comfort matters less to me than I'd assumed—although dragging myself, naked, out of my sleeping bag to walk five hundred yards to the toilet in the middle of the night did test my mettle.
The moon was full during our two-day visit, which was sponsored and organized by Earthwalks, surely the best run and most pleasing expedition I've ever been a part of. The group of twenty of so people was chosen through the exercise of serendipity, but the serendipity our leader, Doug Conwell, is extraordinary.As was slowly revealed during our two days and nights together, all of us are spiritual seekers of no particular brand or type: Quakers, agnostics, members of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Budhists of many stripes, pantheists (the group into which I fit more easily) or simply souls on the road.
As our spiritual and practical guides, we had a family from the Pueblo of Tesuque, who fixed our food, told us some of their stories, and even played an improvised song, perhaps for the Basket Dance, on a dish drainer scraped with a plastic ladle.
We left the campground several times, as a group, to walk through the central ruin, Pueblo Bonito, a vast assemblage of reconstructed stone walls that formed a multitude of storage rooms and kivas. Chaco was never lived in by more than a handful of people—there is no midden here and only two graves of exceptionally tall people who may have been priests—but it was a center for spiritual ceremony, with roads thirty feet wide radiating out to distant outposts to the north, and down to Mexico. Connections with prehistoric civilizations in Mexico is shown by the Pacific ocean shells, parrot and macaw cages that were the fruit of abundant trade.
The huge rocks and mighty tree trunks that went into the construction of these temples had to be hauled from a mountain range at least fifty miles away, and the Chacoans had no wheels or beasts of burden.
The complex—there are many other large buildings in this desert canyon—was built by what must have been an enormous crowd of native workers between the 9th and the 12th century. By 1150, the place was deserted.There is much speculation about what happened: drought? Failure of leadership? Prophesy? Whatever the cause, an orderly dispersal carried everyone who had once used Chaco as a spiritual and trading center south and east to found new villages in the Rio Grande Valley. These are the pueblos that survive and flourish today.
But really, everything about Chaco remains a mystery, with startling revelations cropping up from time to time and causing controversy: were these people cannibals, as a recent book called "Man Corn" claims, or as in "Chaco Meridian," only one of three vast centers that controlled the political and social development of the South West and Central America?
The central site at Chaco is an enormous mound of stone and dirt called "La Bahada", or "belted," due to the black band of stone that circles it. On the top of this butte, a group of stones was pierced with an aperture through which the rays of the rising sun struck on the solstice. Called The Sundagger, this phenomenon proved the astronomical expertise of the Chacoans.
But tourists who climbed up over the years to witness the event caused the stones to shift, and now the site is off limits. Anna Sofaer's documentary, The Sundagger, is the only way to view the astronomical miracle on La Bahada.
Now that some of us are beginning to accept the connection between just about everything, it occurred to me when we were talking about the abandonment of Chaco that the mid-1150's was close to the start of the great cathedral building period in Europe. Was Chartre the universe's answer to the collapse of Chaco?
Astonishing, and mysterious, as Pueblo Bonito is, the people in our group struck me as even more astonishing, although perhaps a little less mysterious. We are hoping not to lose track of each other; one woman is saying she'll hold a potluck this summer, and another expedition is being planned, a rafting trip on the Chama River.
As a final dollop of pleasure, three of us drove home through the tiny mountain town of Jemez and soaked in the Zen Center's hot springs. In another proof of faith in the innate goodness of our fellow human beings, the Center is open to everyone with no gate, no supervisor, and only the request for a donation to help to cover operating expenses. And, added to the pleasure of the hot mineral water soak was the equally great pleasure of silence—until a rock band at the neighboring café struck up. But I had to relent and like that experience, too, because we were served a delicious lunch there by a nearly-toothless woman who in spite of being on her feet all day was an exemplar of sweetness and light.
So there are miracles…
[A demonstration of The Sundagger is available online: The Sundagger Explorer.
Chaco has been on my mind for years. I started a play about Willa Cather's trip to the southwest, based on a fragment from a biography; since I was not being literal, I spelled her name with one 'l'. The unfinished play is now available on this site.]


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The Cross
Cross Evasion: The Subterfuge of our Modern Christianity
God's actual visitation, the coming of Himself, and the form that it took, and the way that it was culminated in His crucifixion, death, burial and resurrection has got to be the single greatest epochal event in the whole history of the human race.
David's Cry for Mercy
The Lord wants to pull out all the stops and touch a subject that has suffered chronic and historic neglect: the Cross, which is central to all that I will be sharing about the crucifixion of Jesus, His death and atonement, and sin and righteousness.
God Crucified
We shall be the victims of such compromise as the intensity of the temptations increase enormously as we come deeper into the end of the age, and increasing to the degree to which we have not really appropriated the Cross of Jesus Christ!
God: The Forgotten Father and Author of His Son's Passion
In all of the present and increasing controversy over Mel Gibson's film, The Passion, little or nothing is said about the role of God the Father, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Israel's God, in the suffering and Crucifixion of Jesus.
Judaism and the Resurrected Life
Any believer who lives presently unto the Lord, and for the Lord, out of the abundance of Life in Christ Jesus, demonstrates to the yet unbelieving Jew [or Gentile], like the Apostle Paul, the millennial mode of life of a future, restored Israel.
Mt. Sinai versus the Cross of Christ
God's revelation of Himself and the giving of the Law at Sinai was a history-shaping occurrence. However, in our insistence upon confining Him to Sinai, are we not again guilty of limiting the Holy One of Israel? Should our well-meaning defending of His Name and interests be founded solely on this revelation? Why refuse to think of Him other than in images that are convenient or congruent to our life-style? This would be the ultimate idolatry, ironically, in the name of rejecting idolatry!
On Atonement
In view of Leviticus 17:11, ought we not, as Jews, to consider that, "without the shedding of blood there is no remission for sin"?
Opposing Views on the Death of Jesus
Are they aware that in the process of denial in dismissing the veracity of the gospels, they are in one fell swoop negating the creed of hundreds of millions who have predicated their faith [its suffering, sacrifice, and martyrdom] on just that basis?
The Heart of David
How significant can be a single episode in the life of a man. It was so for David at the height of Saul's' relentless pursuit of his life as recorded in I Samuel 24. It is not only historical, but typical as it represents two antibodies symbolized and summed up in both David and Saul.
The Lord's Coming in the Clouds
Without in any way questioning the literalness of this eschatological glory, I suspect, as is often the case, that it contains an allegorical and spiritual meaning as well perhaps a necessary principle pertaining to the coming of any revelation of the Lord in fullness: namely, a 'coming' or revelation of the Lord that must, somehow of necessity, be preceded or accompanied by 'clouds.'
The Mystery of the Wisdom of God
Paul is now going to reveal the mystery for which reason all things were created. This mystery has nothing to do with anything that we can recognize as being valid or relevant for the church. It has not even to do with the world or the benefits that men in the world will receive.
The Veil of Self
I have a subtle theme for today. This will make an ultimate demand of your faith, namely, the faith to believe that the veil that covered the holiest place of all, and which barred every soul from entry except the Aaronic high priest once a year, is now open and available to you. Can you [...]
Weakness and Foolishness
God delights in choosing the things that are weak and foolish in the eyes of the world to usher in the holy and glorious. He wants to rub this into our consciousness, and that the way of the kingdom is utterly contrary to the way of the world.


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With several areas of the country suffering an historic drought, many homeowners are rethinking their grassy lawns and flowerbeds and looking at ways to save water through an alternate type of landscaping known as "xeriscaping."
According to The New York Times, as of November 2014, approximately 30 percent of the contiguous United States experienced a moderate to serious drought, particularly across California, parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona and Arkansas. In response, xeriscaping, a type of landscape that require little or no irrigation, is gaining in popularity.
The benefits of xeriscaping are many. Homeowners can save on water, gain an easy-care, aesthetically beautiful outdoor environment, and feel good about doing something that is environmentally, perhaps even socially, responsible. But there is a right way and a wrong way to go about the switch. Here's how to start.
Remove unwanted plants properly. Turning off the sprinklers is not enough.
Robert Cornell, of Robert Cornell & Associates, has worked in the landscape design field for 35 years. To him, the popularity of xeriscaping indicates an awareness and acknowledgment of a global environmental change that is not going to reverse anytime soon.
Cornell says that many are apt to approach the change abruptly, just by letting their lawns die by ceasing to water them. But if one does that, it can actually cost more later to replace what is being lost. "They are often losing shrubs and small trees in the process, and they think stopping watering will kill the lawn but it won't," he says.
In many areas of the country, for instance, Bermuda grass – a weed – makes up some or most of a lawn, and when deprived of water, it just goes dormant. "The first bit of irrigation the affected area gets will result in brand-new growth," says Cornell. His advice? Get a pro or do the research to understand what plants are living in your yard and remove them for good. "You need to ensure your original grass and any weed seeds are actively growing first before treating them with glyphosate (e.g. Roundup), for glyphsate will only work on actively growing plants, not on plants that are dormant or on seeds or bulbs that have not leafed out."
Most of the time, after the original plants are removed, very little soil prep is required to grow the drought-tolerant replacements. "It needs neither water nor fertilizer," says Cornell.
Familiarize yourself with drought-tolerant plants and landscape styles.
As far as aesthetics are concerned, drought-tolerant landscapes may be made to match a variety of pleasing styles, from California native, to Mediterranean with lots of lavender and rosemary, to English cottage to mostly succulents. A pro will work with a homeowner's tastes and home style to find plants of the right color, size and style, as well as hardscape materials and layout that "fit."
Karen Miller, founder of Sacred Space Garden Design, says, "A common mistake for many folks is that they don't read the plant tags to see how big plants will get. A professional will always have the knowledge of how plants will grow in and mature as well as how to group plants in to proper hydro- , or water-needs, zones."
Understand the importance of hydro-zoning.
Speaking of water, it is crucial to also understand different plants' varying water needs. A well-executed xeriscape will include different areas of plants grouped according to common watering needs – a practice called hydro-zoning. "This is another big mistake homeowners make," says Cornell. "Irrigation planning is an essential part of the xeriscape." A variety of irrigation products available make it easy to drip water lightly in some areas while providing more generous water supply in others.
Think holistically about the landscape you wish to create.
Before embarking on a xeriscaping project, homeowners are advised to think about how they wish to use their space. It doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing proposition. "Form follows function," says Cornell. "People with children and pets want a lawn as a functional thing not an ornamental one, so they may want to keep at least a portion of it."
A lawn area can have another important role in a garden. "It contributes to a general cooling off of the environment through the evapo-transpiration process," says Miller. The overall size of a lawn, however, can be reduced through clever design, including creating larger planter beds fed by drip lines and planted with low-water-needs plants, or using low-water-use grasses to replace traditional grass seed. As an environmental bonus, she says, "no-mow" grasses can also help reduce the need for gas-powered mowers and chemical fertilizers.
Cacti, succulents, flowering natives and drought-tolerant grasses can also be combined with hardscape materials like boulders and decomposed granite – often used as a groundcover for seating areas or pathways – to create spaces to match homeowners' tastes as well as needs. "This is like adding the jewelry after you've finished dressing," says Miller.
Consider phasing the project.
Xeriscaping need not be done all at once, though there is some appeal and perhaps cost savings with that approach. For larger properties, however, phasing can make a lot of sense. For instance, one can do a front yard first and a backyard later, says Miller. Either way, it helps immensely to work with a partner who has experience in the craft. "A seasoned professional can walk you through the necessary steps and take the fear factor away," Miller says.
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I wish I could shout this from the mountain top: when Alzheimer's or dementia present, get the thyroid checked.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
About a year ago, I read an article on hypothyroidism and posted it to this blog. The article described the symptoms of hypothyroidism and how it is associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease in women only.
The symptoms of hypothyroidism include: forgetfulness, weight gain, depression, dry skin, and fatigue.
All of these symptoms were present in my mother. As a result, I asked our personal physician to check my mother's thyroid.
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Sure enough she was suffering from a sluggish thyroid. He prescribed levothyroxine.
The results of the medication for us were remarkable.
Within a couple of days my mother started to smile. Next thing I knew, my mother started to laugh. Something she had not done in years.
If you are a caregiver, like me, you will understand how frustrating it can be when your loved one stops laughing and smiling.
I believe you can understand how wonderful I felt, when I heard my mother laugh for the first time in years.
My mother continued to smile with greater frequency, and I can tell you she went for years without a smile before the introduction of the drug.
An additional benefit of the thyroid medication included a slow but gradual loss of weight (about 8 pounds so far).
We were fortunate that we read the article on hypothyroidism. If you, a friend, or a loved one is suffering from dementia or Alzheimer's please get the thyroid checked closely.
In the book The Alzheimer's Action Plan the authors discuss in detail physical problems that can and do effect memory. The book is worth obtaining and reading. It is full of beneficial information and resources.
I am not trying to mislead you here. The prescribed drug did not cure my mother's Alzheimer's. But, there is quite a bit of research which indicates that hypothyroidism can present as Alzheimer's or dementia.
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When to use Exposure Compensation
Does Exposure Compensation could help taking picture of this Black Sand Beach?
The Honokalani black sand beach is on the Maui island, in the Waianapanapa state park. In fact, the beach is not from sand but rather from small and smooth lava pebbles. As you can imagine, under high noon sun, this beach is really hot.
Challenge of Dark Subjects in Photography
This beach can easily fool your camera metering system. When taking pictures, the metering system guess that the scene should be 18% gray. This is how a normal scene reflect light. The Honokalani black sand beach reflects very little light. The metering system, expecting a normal scene, allow more light to reach the sensor than needed hence overexposing the scene. The black sand beach will become grey when over exposed and the rest of the picture will suffer from it.[bctt tweet="Nail the shot using #ExposureCompensation when taking picture of Dark Subjects."]
Exposure Compensation to the Rescue
On most camera you can take adjust your metering system and manually compensate for a scene that is not the usual 18% gray. Look at your instruction manual to learn how to activate exposure compensation. A very dark scene might need one or two stops to be exposed appropriately. The amount of exposure compensation will vary depending on your metering mode and the portion of the scene that is being measured by the metering system.
With difficult subject, like this one, proceed like this:
- take a picture;
- look at the histogram and resulting picture and;
- as necessary use exposure compensation on the next picture to get things right.
Metering mode impact on Exposure Compensation
To makes things worst, the metering mode used is also coming into play.
· Evaluative Metering Mode
Under this mode, the whole scene is measured and more weight goes to the location where focus is acquired. In this situation, for this picture, the evaluative metering mode could provide an ok result depending on where the focus is done.
· Center-Weighted Average Metering Mode
Under this mode, the exposure would be probably perfect. There is a blend of white, blue and dark area in the vicinity of the center of the frame. Changing the composition by including more of the sky or the beach will alter the metered result. Exposure compensation might help offset these change.
· Partial Metering Mode
On partial metering mode, this frame should lead approximately the same result as the center-weighted average Metering Mode. As the metering area is reduced, the impact of metered area become more important.
· Spot Metering Mode
The spot metering mode is selected mostly with the intent of recomposing after taking a meter reading. Using spot metering mode, the photographer would take reading on green leafs, press the exposure lock button and then recompose to take the shot. Exposure compensation would not be needed.
As you can appreciate, exposure compensation is not the one size fit all solution. Usually it is used when you wish to remain in aperture or shutter speed priority with very dark or bright scene.
When not to use Exposure Compensation?
Exposure compensation is not always the best solution. The Honokalani black sand beach offers multiple pictures opportunities. The correct compensation needed, will vary depending on how you compose the shot.
On a sunny day, in this location, the sunny f/16 rule is the best choice.
When to use the sunny f/16 rule instead of Exposure Compensation?
The f/16 rule state that should you take picture of scene on a sunny day, you would get proper exposure by setting your aperture at f/16 and your shutter speed at 1/[ISO]. As such, this scene would be perfectly exposed at 1/200 second at ISO 200 and aperture f/16. In this particular situation the Sunny f/16 rule is the best solution to expose correctly.
About the Black Sand Beach
This beach is a few miles only from Hana. Should you go to Maui, I urge you to rent a car and drive to Hana by the northern road. The vista is fantastic, you will go through multiple ecosystems and your head will spin for a few days. Do not expect to drive to Hana and back in a matter of a few hours. The distance might not seem that much but it is unlikely that you can drive at the recommended speed while heading to Hana.
On your way back, stop in Lahaina to eat at the Fish Market Restaurant. Food is great, price is fair and you will make new friends! When you stop there, you will understand how easy it is to make new Friends at the Fish Market restaurant in Lahaina.
Do not forget, should you shoot snow or black sand beaches, exposure compensation can help you save the shot. The sunny f/16 rule however is so simple to use when the conditions are just right.
Tell me, do you use exposure compensation? The sunny f/16 rule? How do you proceed to nail the exposure in difficult situation?


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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
And I'm tired and my neck hurts.
I have to drag all three kids to Jack's OT soon.
I'm annoyed.
I don't know what to make for dinner.
I have a headache.
If I hear any more whining or crying I am not sure I can be responsible for my actions.
Ted Kennedy is dead.
Something in the trash smells really bad.
This is, like, the worst day ever.
(Did I miss anything?)
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You missed the fact that my water is off and I have two dirty kids and a washing machine full of clothes I need to pack for vacation tomorrow and they "hope" it will be back on by 8:00pm. Granted, this affects me *slightly* more than it affects you, but still. NO WATER. Am grumpy.ReplyDelete
Dude, CALL ME.ReplyDelete
I SO would have watched Sam and Quinn for you.
Sigh. We all have these days.
- Tamera GarlockAugust 26, 2009 at 6:38 PM
I hope tomorrow is better!ReplyDelete
Hey, wow, you are human! After all the Camp Stimey posts, I was thinking you were WonderWoman. Thanks for making me feel normal again :-) Hope things get better soon.ReplyDelete
Seek chocolate immediately.ReplyDelete
Hang in there.
Well, first off, you totally missed this:ReplyDelete
Good thing the song is totally toned down by the dancing dudes.
- BrittanyAugust 26, 2009 at 7:32 PM
I love you so much. xoxoReplyDelete
Our week has sucked ass as well. I think it has something to do with it being the last week before school starts and the impending return of some normalcy and routine and schedule.ReplyDelete
At least, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
- AnonymousAugust 26, 2009 at 8:03 PM
You know what I love? That goodfountain said "sucked ass" on your blog.ReplyDelete
But I digress.
Yes, we all have these days. Tomorrow will suck ass less. I think. Maybe. I guess we'll know soon enough.
Sigh back at ya. Sorry you're having a day. Mine was Monday.ReplyDelete
Today was a good day, but I have worn out my lungs with the sighing this week.ReplyDelete
It's time for a pitching change. (Coming next week!)
My vote is for cereal for dinner... we all do it... don't worry.ReplyDelete
Hope tomorrow is better!!
I agree. We ALL have those days. Those are the days to let them watch a LOT of TV (or eat a lot of sweets or whatever it takes) and eat frozen pizza and hope that tomorrow will be better. Wishing you a cheerier tomorrow. . .and hey, school starts next Monday, don't forget.ReplyDelete
I hope you were able to get takeout for dinner, sounds like you needed it! My day like that was Saturday when we were driving home (Philadelphia) from Myrtle Beach. Before we left, my 5 year old woke up throwing up with a fever (no idea how high, thermometer was at home). Then on the way home, we got stuck in traffic for two hours AND it rained the entire day. Started letting up as we turned onto our street at 11:30 pm. Tomorrow has to be better.ReplyDelete
I have had to apologize to everyone I met today for sucking them into my "vortex of doom" today. I am sorry it caused you to have a sucky day too. It has gone away now and will not be back to bother you again.ReplyDelete
Give them cold cereal for supper, pop in a movie, and call it a night! You're always a great parent... you deserve a night off!ReplyDelete
Nope. I think you got everything. That sounds just like my day.ReplyDelete
What would make it a really bad day would be if there had been no wine.ReplyDelete
I hope today is better.
Yuck! I think the crappy day syndrome is going around. I have it, too. I like the cereal for dinner idea (although ice cream for dinner is good on days like this, too...hey it has calcium in it, it's cold, and fun!) Don't be so hard on yourself. You are always a good mom even when having a bad day. see you soon.ReplyDelete
Damn! Don't you wish you could just say "Pass." on some days??ReplyDelete
Hang in there. :)
Enjoyed reading your post (since this week I had a "The World is Ending" type day and misery loves company). Also enjoyed reading all the comments. Vortex of doom indeed. Whew.ReplyDelete
I'm having a day like this today only nothing in my trash smells because my mother cleaned my house from top to bottom and that included scrubbing out the trash cans. But otherwise? I feel you sister.ReplyDelete