By and large... Montana.
My kids and the places we explore.
Water, canoes, rafting, camping, woods, hunting and fishing.
Night.

All Images are by me.
Most are works-in-progress... first drafts. This is a sort of cross-section of my life. A collection of artwork and snapshot from the day-to-day activity.

Answers to frequently asked questions:

I do like apples and making hard cider out of them.
I am distantly related to John Chapman.
I like Scottish music... like Mogwai.

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25th January 2012

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johnny appleseed… runs in the family, i guess. :)

John Chapman was born in 1774, grew up on a Massachusetts farm, but left in the 1790s, sowing seeds and planting apple nurseries while spreading Swedenborgian spirituality. Means considers conflicting claims on Chapman’s family tree, then traces his treks through Ohio orchards; looks at Appleseed pop culture; and considers the theory that Chapman’s fame came from inferior seedlings and scrub apples used for hard cider that kept the frontier in an “alcoholic haze.” Tracing the roots and routes of this American folk hero, Means concludes that Chapman “almost certainly was insane,” yet this nature lover’s life was a critique of industrialization: “The nature he loved and gave himself over to vibrated through his entire being.” 

Sounds about right…  except, I do like my new kindle… and my computer… and….


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