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 11, 2012 | Abbey Country, photographs, Politics |
Cochise County, Arizona I’ve been visiting here for over twenty years, since my parents left the Sierra Nevada foothills community we shared and started a new life here in Abbey Country. For many years, my dad would take us down to Agua Prieta for a fun walk 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....
by Carolyn M. Crane | May 5, 2012 | Back Yard Days, photographs |
It was May Day, the day before I left for Abbey Country, and from there back to Nevada City. I won’t return to the farm for a month. So much to do, of course, but a perfect day to do none of it. A perfect Back Yard Day, as we call it. We were not born farmers;...
by Carolyn M. Crane | May 5, 2012 | Back Yard Days, Friends of Bloody Run Creek, photographs
late April in the Sierra: Recently three of the four Friends of Bloody Run Creek drove to a few of the crossings we knew to check on the creek. The Wilderness Wino was out of town, but Mr. Lightcap and I and our dog Elvis were ready for action.
