“I wonder what my father saw in his most secret sight of the right life. It’s my guess he wanted to live out his life surrounded by friends and children and fertile fields of his own designing. I think he wanted to die believing he had been in on the creation of a good sweet place.
Those old pilgrims believed stories in which the West was a promise, a far away place where decent people could escape the wreckage of the old world and start over. Come to me, the dream whispers, and you can have one more chance.”
The week in pictures
Cochrane, Alberta, Canada.
Cochrane, Alberta, Canada.
Glenbow Ranch, Alberta, Canada.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
I appreciate the ugly places. I have a soft spot for the underdog.
This is the week in pictures.
Calgary, Alberta. February 2-9, 2013.
“Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.”