tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529776363686851366.post7111463893543120348..comments2015-12-10T05:27:41.779-08:00Comments on Tourtoise: Crestone, Part 3Roy Pertchikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16687285166045767053noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529776363686851366.post-21669686430408635532010-08-08T01:08:33.328-07:002010-08-08T01:08:33.328-07:00Hi Andy,
HA! Yeah, Starrey's idea of the lift...Hi Andy,<br /><br />HA! Yeah, Starrey's idea of the lift over the green house, writ large... not bloody likely! I know what you mean about Taos. If it weren't for the snow, I'd be there. Great, great place. Nothing like it in all my travels, except for Crestone, but Taos has the magic, plus enough people to be a real town. Maybe someday I'll get over my aversion to cold weather. Funny, I'm actually considering going back to New England, so go figure.<br /><br />I'm certain things happen for no reason what so ever, but as it turns out, the west coast is fabulous for what I'm doing. Fort Bragg has a world famous woodworking school and so the whole region has the best woodworkers in the world scattered throughout. I'm sharing a shop for the month of Ausust in Oakland Cali (see recent posts) and have made several contacts with high end craftsmen up in Mendocino county. I don't know where this is leading me, but it's great.<br /><br />If you do run away to Taos or elsewhere, I suggest getting a mini school bus!<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />RoyRoy Pertchikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16687285166045767053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529776363686851366.post-58173223041327752282010-08-07T20:42:34.394-07:002010-08-07T20:42:34.394-07:00Hey Roy,
Hah! Of course I realized the sour grap...Hey Roy,<br /><br />Hah! Of course I realized the sour graping was all for the beauty of the story. And, of course, we have all had our loves and dreams of love callously ground under heel by some silly person who had no idea just how important or beautiful it was, and there is usually the anti-hero in such stories. I totally took it in good nature, though, and actually thought you told the story quite well. Although, egotistical prick though I may be, I still think that I've got a way to go until I reach any sort of God-like status.<br />I actually did read your story of Jerome. Sounds like an absolutely ridiculous display. I guess needless beaurocracy exists everywhere, not just in good 'ol New England. It was too bad that it happened that way, though, because your joy was certainly shining through the post beforehand. I'm sorry you encountered that snag, but as we are all consistently told (and get quite tired of hearing, thank you) everything happens for a reason, so lets just hope for something better around the corner!<br />My son and I had an absolutely incredible time! We traveled the heights in Rocky Mountain National Park, ate lunch among Goddesses in Boulder, spent an enchanting week in Cabondale at a wonderful (and free) campsite, and even managed to make it to the sand dunes! We then spent that week in Taos touring the hot springs that I said I would have. Then, sadly, we bid farewell to the west and made the death march across I-40 to South Carolina. I spent 2 weeks with my parents, then came back to something that somewhat resembles home, although it doesn't quite feel that way yet. To be honest, I think I fell in love with Taos, and am currently devising a plan to run away and live as a castaway in a large teepee on the Arroyo Hondo. Something about the mix of tall mountains, desert, and the Rio Grande Gorge really struck a chord with me, not to mention the interesting group of young locals and fantastic amount of pretty girls without sticks up their asses! Who knows what the future will bring, but for now it's my fantasy and I'm reveling in it!<br />As far as my flame here, it is nice and comfortable, but I think we are both, perhaps, too recently damaged by the demise of long relationships, and perhaps feeling a bit like experiencing life without requirements put upon ourselves by others. We are enjoying each other, and who knows where these things may go, but she is currently fantasizing about winter surfing in Bali, and I am dreaming of my little girl and myself being bohemians in the desert. <br />Well, Roy, I wish you the best and hope it works out for you in CA. Are you spending time with your friend out there? You should know that in all of my stories of Crestone I like to emphasize how nice it was to have a kindred easterner there, just to even out that "alien" influence a bit. You also have the honor of being one of only 3 people I felt deserved to be photographically documented along the way.<br /><br />By the way, did you ever hear if the greenhouse was finished? Perhaps, some evening as you gaze at stars, you may happen to see it fully assembled and flying through the air, with Jim Storrey at the helm, a la "chitty chitty bang bang"<br /><br />Happy Trails,<br />AndyAndy P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529776363686851366.post-69002287959636128502010-08-02T20:51:42.505-07:002010-08-02T20:51:42.505-07:00Hi Andy!
I’m glad to hear from you. I hope you k...Hi Andy!<br /><br />I’m glad to hear from you. I hope you know my sour graping was entirely good natured.. I do think you’re a great guy and have, and had, no ill will whatsoever. Ok, yeah a bit ‘o jealousy for the attention at the time. The lamenting e-mail to my friend Sandy was real, but there’s some artistic license in the story as I told it. Anyway, I had plenty of face time and I was certainly free to stay around as long as I wanted if I thought there was a real possibility of something coming of it. <br /><br />Hey, I hope things are going well for you and your flame. Don’t tell me your single and lonely up north after all!!?<br /><br />Hope you had a great time with your son and scaled all sorts of mountains. I thought of you frequently in Zion and Bryce. If you’ve not been, you’re gonna love them, especially Zion, Angel’s Landing… I’m sure you won’t take the tourist trail!<br /><br />I’m glad you checked out my blog :-) If you have a chance, read about Jerome, AZ. I learned a lot in Taos and Crestone about people inventing their lives and building something on a shoe string, and it encouraged me to make a plan, which I found (but lost) in Jerome, but am seeking to fulfill here in Northern Cali, or if all else fails, back in Lexington Mass again… so we could be on the same coast again.<br /><br />Anyway, “You’ve got to have a dream, if you don’t have a dream, how’er you gonna have your dream come true?”<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />RoyRoy Pertchikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16687285166045767053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529776363686851366.post-71407645476367583522010-08-02T18:55:23.091-07:002010-08-02T18:55:23.091-07:00Ah, Roy. Interesting, I've never really consi...Ah, Roy. Interesting, I've never really considered the possibility of being compared to a greek god. I'm betting Adonis was not half as foul or cynical a bastard as I am, and if it makes you feel better, it does me no good at all here in the cold mountains of New England. Thank God I can get pleasure out of fucking my own good looking hand! For what it 's worth, though, I never had any interest in breaking up whatever you were hoping for with Jodi, but you should be happy it happened the way it did. Chicks are a pain in the ass.Andy P.noreply@blogger.com