John Hamilton Farr
@jhfarr.bsky.social
Writer, artist, photographer, musician. Taos, NM, U.S.A. Nature lover, car freak. See ➔ http://JHFARR.ART ★
This Juan del Llano Special from April, '23, a metaphysical & mechanical journey of discovery, apparently wants boosting now. Some old essays are alive and sometimes they have thoughts. Didn't have a jowl obscurer then, weighed 30 more pounds. jhfarr.substack.com/p/engine
ENGINE!
A Juan del Llano Special
jhfarr.substack.com
@bradwrench.bsky.social As long as we're talking about cars (???), here's a 12-yr-old photo of my '07 Vibe. It doesn't look this nice now 🙄 but runs great. 160k-ish miles, 5-speed manual. A hoot to drive when I rev to 5k + in lower gears. Bypassed AC compressor with shorter belt. Magical smoothness.
VETTE SHOP 08/04/2026 Amazing day with my Corvette guy. New axle shafts, sway bar end links, horn, & transmission fluid in just 3 hours. If he likes you, he invites you to pull up a chair & watch him work. There's a "F**K TRUMP" banner on the back wall. If you know the location, shut up. 😎
This looks cool! 'Our latest documentary, Taming The Mouth, is a feature-length film about the history, engineering, and human stories behind one of the most dangerous maritime passages in the world.' youtu.be/stNHFQ_xESo?...
Taming the Mouth Trailer
YouTube video by A Flash Of Beauty: Bigfoot Revealed
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Lived 90 miles away on the very rural Eastern Shore of MD from '75-'99. My late wife and I went many times to Kennedy Center events: symphony orchestra concerts, pianists, ballet, operas... It was such a joy. This is like being attacked by invading barbarians. A travesty. Spitting in our faces.
Kevin M. Levin@civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 3d ago"It is obvious that the Kennedy Center is being gutted. While everyone is being distracted by the drama of the removal of the name and the tarp cover-up, the interior is quietly being gutted and readied for some sort of renovation or just plain demolition." open.substack.com/pub/mbmatthe...
Used to bitch about "darkest West Texas" & mean it, but I'm all better now, 'less we're talkin' 'bout preachers. Arrived in Abilene as AF brat in '58, moved away '62. Cried hard when Buddy died, etc. etc. But this captures the essence of the good side of life then where the wind always blows.
Traces of Texas@tracesoftexas.bsky.social · 4d agoTraces of Texas reader Peggy Summers was so nice as to send in this DYNAMITE 1950s photo of Eddie Burger in Midland, Texas. Peggy's husband's parents owned the place. Root beer is 5 cents or 10 cents and parfait root beers are 15 cents and 30 cents. I'll bet those parfait root beers were tasty!
I feel so much better. Not bitching any more about unsourced "news," but I'll never repost or believe it again. Life is too short & sanity too valuable. Corollary of this is I can go outside and play. Wow, that was easy. 🤣
"Living in San Cristobal was like that. The national forest was only half a thought away. There were active bears and mountain lions. We slowly backed off and turned around to leave the scene as quietly as we could while listening for snorts and snapping twigs." jhfarr.substack.com/p/last-chance
WOW, new finds from the Ice Age! Two absolutely stunning Ice Age figurines from the Swabian Jura were found, dating back around 40,000 years. The tiny carvings, about the size of a thumbnail, depict two birds, rendered with remarkable attention to detail. Snow grouse, buzzard, or...🧵1/2
SNOW SHOWER 2 04/06/2024 #BlueSkyArtShow #big #photography Rio Grande rift valley south of Taos, New Mexico, U.S.A. (Rio Grande del Norte National Monument)
Great time lapse!
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network@pnsn1.bsky.social · 5d agoHappy #FieldworkFriday! We retrieved our trail cam from Emerald Ridge (RER) last week which took daily photos from September 2023 to January 2025. This insight shows that our extended solar panel plays a vital role, at times being the only thing above the deep snow.
This is actually a feature of fascism, less nuance.
A group of conservation groups has formed an America’s Grasslands Coalition. One thing they’ve done is produce some great maps. May not seem a big deal but grasslands have often been mis-mapped. These may be the first comprehensive maps of U.S. grasslands static.grasslanders.org/public/Grass...
The Gathering Norval Morrisseau ~ Anishinaabe n.d.
(photographizemag) A woman haying in Cogne, Italy, 1959 Photo by Pepi Merisio
