by Carolyn M. Crane | Jan 22, 2016 | Back Yard Days, Essays |
A couple weeks ago we made the decision to deepen our well. We’re lucky to have good water up here at the farm, but our well was shallow and volatile. The drought had taken its toll. We wanted more water security. Everything went fine. The drilling company lived up to...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Sep 2, 2013 | Back Yard Days, Mining, photographs |
“Old photographs turn yellow, and times they come and go. But we can still do the boogie from the High Plains to Mexico. Some old angel from Amarillo must be helpin’ us to hold it on the road.” Terry Allen from “Flatland Boogie” One of my...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Feb 17, 2013 | Back Yard Days, photographs |
Since mid December, we’ve been snowed under. When it stopped snowing it got cold, and our two feet plus froze in to a sheet of ice that’s still lingering on much of our land. And next week, more snow. We’ve taken advantage of this warm weather window...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jun 8, 2012 | Abbey Country, Back Yard Days, photographs, Sustainability |
Hummer has been slang for hummingbird since 1868, when Titus Fey Cronise used the term in The Natural Wealth of California. For birders, the term refers to one of dozens of species of hummingbirds rather than obscenely big cars or bedroom frolics. Having spent some...
by Carolyn M. Crane | May 21, 2012 | Abbey Country, Back Yard Days, photographs |
“I’m sure the way to enjoy life is to live in obscurity with frequent escapades” –Freya Stark, late 19th Century explorer Cochise County: May 12, 2012 I arrived at the airport near my mom’s house with Tony the Amazing Tour Guide and...
by Carolyn M. Crane | May 7, 2012 | Abbey Country, Back Yard Days, Essays |
Cochise County, Arizona Whenever I visit my mother in Abbey Country, I try to take her to someplace she’s never been before. My mom is over 90 now, a world traveler who still lives alone with relative autonomy. She’s buried a husband, son, and grandson....
