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About Me

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My Interests

The Desert...Cactus... Archaeology... The Maya... Space... Spanish.. little and big puffy clouds... Mexico...the beach...blue skies... rain...Death Valley...Camping... Botany... Hiking... David Grohl... Ginger Peach Tea... Kalahari...Fireworks...Sunsets... blue icees...flamenco dancing...Kachina Cults... rock gods...mountain biking... bouldering...quiet places filled with stars... desert storms...the monsoon season... the sweet sound of raindrop pitterpatter banjo music... wildflowers... green breaking wild horses... mustangs...Cattle branding... riding ponies... ...

I'd like to meet:

CURRENT MOON lunar phase The tall, raven haired dapper dandy, purveyor of libation at The Grill on Cogress to inquire as if indeed I am his type. Youngblood disagrees, but I beg to differ.

Music:

Ambient... Global... Trance... Primitive... Electronica...Chant...World Fusion...Paul Oakenfold...Neil Young...Manu Negra...Manu Chau...Radiohead...Interpol...Coldplay...Dr.Dre...Hank Sr...Hank III...The Clash...Mind blowing, heavy, space Dub...Meat Beat Manifesto...Skinny Puppy...John Prine...Western Swing...Dead Can Dance...Bill Monroe...Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys...Sons of the Pioneers...Herb Albert...Tito Puente...Stan Getz...The Trainwrecks...The Saddle Tramps...Leroy...Hellbound Glory...Drive By Truckers... Old Time Country... Rockabilly... Roots...Southern Culture on The Skids...R.Carlos Nakia...Lynard Skynard...STEAM......

Movies:

Razor's Edge...Hidalgo...The Mission...Highlander...Welcome to Woop Woop...Indiana Jones... all James Bond(with Sean Connery, of course!)... The Cowboys... Most Westerns...Bladerunner...Billy Bob Thornton...The Notorious Betty Page...High Plains Drifter...The Good,the Bad and the Ugly...in love with Bill Murray...Deadman...Joe Dirt...Holes...The English Patient(Thanks "Hawk Eye" Hartley)...Out of Africa...An unnamed, one of a kind, original skate movie that I was in sole possesion of for many years...True Romance...Akira Kuwasawa's "Dreams"... ...

Television:

Alias (prepregunta)that WAS the end of that wonderful ride, wasn't it?... Survivor... PBS... David Attenburough...Cartoons...PowerPuff Girls...Globetrekker...Pee Wee's Playhouse... The Adventures of the Young Indiana Jones... ...Bernie Mac... Keeping Up Appearences...Squidbillies... Dirty Jobs...Whacked Out Sports... Hawaii5/0...Fantasy Island...Barreta...

Books:

Secrets in the Sand... Everything I Needed to Know I learned in Kindergarden... The Botany of Desire by M.Pollen... Black Sun by Edward Abbey... "Do you Think...?" poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti... Another Roadside Attraction... Still Life with Woodpecker... ... ...

Heroes:

Aunt BeBe... My Mother... My Daddy... Neva...Zahi Hawass...Burton Wright... Gary Boyer...Huitztillhopoctualli.... The Sun...The Moon... Petey Mesquitey... Wishbone........

My Blog

Copper Queen...

Who da thunk, I'd be drunk and on top of the world in Bisbee...10 years ago pimpin' plants dreamin' of the desert...and here I am..?
Posted by Sugar Skull on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:16:00 PST

A great loss...

Explorer Who Found Lost Peru Cities Dies "His discoveries opened up a whole new area of jungle archaeology that didn't exist before." Douglas Eugene 'Gene' Savoy, an explorer who discovered more tha...
Posted by Sugar Skull on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:12:00 PST

Space Cowboy...

When I found you hangin' with old Cactus Ed I found treasure. You were the other voice in the desert. "A 'collector' of sorts..." Your words quenched my thirst. Your dust diary... Always hiding...
Posted by Sugar Skull on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:21:00 PST

Those Jimmy Choo shoes...

Posted by Sugar Skull on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:49:00 PST

She had horses...

She had horses that ran too fast She had horses that jumped too high She had horses that laughed too much She had horses that laughed too loud She had some horses. She had horses that danced in ...
Posted by Sugar Skull on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:29:00 PST

Caliente y Fuego...the reason formerly known as ".3."

You were always coming out of the heat. And I was always coming out of the cold. Nice recipe for tornadoes. ...
Posted by Sugar Skull on Wed, 30 May 2007 09:23:00 PST

Fox penthouse in the Petraglyphs

Dicovered a flower ar shell type petraglyph among a basalt rock outcrop overlooking a majestic and lonely playa... The Fox familia peek thier little heads out. I am spotted and they are curious... The...
Posted by Sugar Skull on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:34:00 PST

Springtime a la Frontera!

Return from the Great Basin to the first Saguaro blooms... Tha purple misty Ironwood trees not too far behind... My peanut cactus that hasn't bloomed in 15 years! The heat returns to the low sono...
Posted by Sugar Skull on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:25:00 PST

A Kick in the Pants!

A coupla recent lessons learned... A kick in the ass is still a move forward! If you your in a hole, and your job's digging dirt, and all you can see is dirt, It's time to quit your job!...
Posted by Sugar Skull on Mon, 07 May 2007 06:46:00 PST

White and Red and Orange PinkyRed with BlueSky and White Puffy Clouds..

Headed in through some snow... Uh, oh.................................................. No worries through the test.... Highest elevation headed norte. Pass this... hit Sunshine... "Wher...
Posted by Sugar Skull on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:33:00 PST