11.23.2009



tumbling tumble weeds





here on the range i belong
pledging my love to the ground




i'll keep rolling along.
drifting with the tumbling
tumble weeds.


ps: the tumble weed in my sister's
bungalow really ties the
room together.



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7 comments:

  1. marieNovember 23, 2009 at 6:25 PM

    when i was a freshman in college, by best friend had a tumble weed in her dorm room. an old boyfriend had just relocated to wyoming and mailed it to her as a present. when we moved out of the dorms in may, we set it free in the arboretum. this reminds me of that, makes me smile.

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  2. LarkNovember 23, 2009 at 7:18 PM

    I've never seen a tumbleweed in real life, they are very romantic to me.
    -V

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  3. EllenNovember 23, 2009 at 7:44 PM

    that reference made me laugh so much. i love that movie.

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  4. The romantic query letter and the happy-ever-afterNovember 24, 2009 at 10:52 AM

    It's an American beauty sort of thing, if you know what I mean.

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  5. radioisfreeNovember 25, 2009 at 8:09 AM

    living in west texas in the mid-seventies, there were still tumbleweeds that blew in with the spring winds. they'd pile up under trucks and cars and in backyards. they were a beautiful nuisance - by that i mean i didn't see the beauty until now; they were a nuisance back then. happy thanksgiving to you et.al.

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  6. radioisfreeDecember 2, 2009 at 11:07 AM

    TUMBLEWEED

    i read about those
    motorcycle diaries
    and then how to repair them
    (there was zen in all that -
    and maybe a little xenophobia too).

    i was scared
    and you pulled me
    out
    made me think i was
    some kind of soldier in all this

    the money that flowed in
    made me feel less effective
    as a soldier; more like
    a mercenary -
    in it for only
    what i could bleed out
    for you.

    don't get me wrong
    i reaped part of the reward
    but i'm taking my cut back
    to the land
    that created me -

    rolling on -
    to the exit
    lane in the west texas
    dust.

    -jim hill (11-25-09)

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  7. Colorado PhotosJanuary 2, 2010 at 1:02 AM

    Wow!..tumble weed..Its amazing...
    I have never seen before!
    Love that Movie.

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