I dream of a hard and brutal mysticism in which the naked self merges with a non-human world and yet somehow survives still intact, individual, separate. Paradox and bedrock.
All that is held dear –
Alcohol (Stranahan’s – of course)
Crystal Stemware (wedding present from family)
GPS
Funny Faces
Plasma Cut RoadRunner
National Park Postcards (original WPA designs)…
and in the bottom photo –
a mangled piton, and vintage carabiner, stuck open from grit.
Have a great birthday weekend…I was wondering what climbers did with all that busted equipment…p.s. I need you pizza dough recipe, mine turns out like poo
Love the roadrunner. Favorite birds. I could watch them all day.
Pretty random….Cool but random………..
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!!!jj&e
I think I made that same expression on my face when I had to down my 8th Hammer Gel yesterday. Good times in southern AZ this weekend. Can you think of a better ride with a better group of people? Have a great birthday. Best of luck at Red Hot with Fred….
I did I ever tell you that you are getting crusty? Happy Birthday weekend.P.S. You got a liquor store tag for that beer boy?
Evidently can’t proofread can I?
Pizza dough (I don’t measure things, soooo..)Run hot (can just stand finger under it for forever) water into bowl, add yeast and sugar (I like honey). Stir. Let sit ~5 minutes until nice and frothy. Add a dash of salt and olive oil. Add flour until stirring seems like a good idea, then keep adding it until its not nasty-sticky on the fingers. Flour a surface and knead aggressively for a minute or two, adding flour as necessary (I like a 60/40ish blend of whole wheat/all purpose).Wash your mixing bowl, then lightly coat with olive oil. Put dough wad in bowl, turn to coat, cover with a damp cloth, and let sit in a warm spot for an hour. You can use the dough immediately, but rising makes it better.When done, dump onto floured surface and roll/smash into crust with as little flour and handling as possible. Put on baking sheet, add toppings, bake on 500 or so until done.
Along with salt and oil feel free to add dried spices or other fun stuff. Mashed garlic works well at this stage. An old boss compared rolling dough (in the final, crust forming stages) to playing with your penis, in that it gets harder the more you touch it. Not good when it comes to pizza. And generally speaking, make the crust thinner than you think you want, it’ll puff up a lot in baking.Also, I can barely get our crappy gas oven to be hot enough to do this right. I’ll have a wood fired, stone oven in the dream house.
Bedrock & Paradox 
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