http://snaketraildispatch.com/dispatch daily 0.75 2019-10-07 http://snaketraildispatch.com/dispatch/2019/3/14/dispatch-no-1-a-brief-history-of-how-i-got-here monthly 0.5 2019-08-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56d88c10a3360c04c448e138/5c8ae7689b747a0f5c9cf854/5c8ae855a4222fd3c2a4ce0f/1552608123754/IMG_1375.JPG Dispatch - Dispatch No. 1 : A brief history of how I got here. - The second of the two homes my dad built. This was our “new house.” My dad built this after my sister and I were born. Just out of the frame is the original cabin that he built which eventually became his and my mother’s studio. The solar panels on top supplied all of our power. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56d88c10a3360c04c448e138/5c8ae7689b747a0f5c9cf854/5c8ae84fe2c483e4538895e5/1552608025192/IMG_1236.JPG Dispatch - Dispatch No. 1 : A brief history of how I got here. - My father on his tractor. My father and his trusty blue Ford tractor. This was taken when I was in college. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56d88c10a3360c04c448e138/5c8ae7689b747a0f5c9cf854/5c8ae7c0b208fceb8b863b51/1552607767334/IMG_0720.jpg Dispatch - Dispatch No. 1 : A brief history of how I got here. - Down the road on Snake Trail. Snake Trail Road is where I grew up. Our homestead sat off of this rural country road. This photo was taken down in a holler a little ways away from our woods near a little creek called Wet Stone. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56d88c10a3360c04c448e138/5c8ae7689b747a0f5c9cf854/5c8ae78e652dea479aa4b5d1/1552607683737/IMG_0714.jpg Dispatch - Dispatch No. 1 : A brief history of how I got here. - A deer skull in the woods. My dad used to use deer bones and pieces of the skull in his art work. This one was just lying on the ground in the woods that surrounded our home. Hunters would give my father the carcasses of their kills and he would tan their hides to make leather which he would then use in his artwork as well. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56d88c10a3360c04c448e138/5c8ae7689b747a0f5c9cf854/5c8ae77ceef1a15f16d55ea0/1552607571862/IMG_0712.jpg Dispatch - Dispatch No. 1 : A brief history of how I got here. - My uncle's cabin. This was his weekend get away. Quite a marvelous little oasis. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56d88c10a3360c04c448e138/5c8ae7689b747a0f5c9cf854/5c8ae7781905f4f7e7dd1757/1552607535453/IMG_0708.jpg Dispatch - Dispatch No. 1 : A brief history of how I got here. - A little morel. Morel hunting was always something to look forward to in the spring. My dad loved to eat them sautéed with a little butter. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56d88c10a3360c04c448e138/5c8ae7689b747a0f5c9cf854/5c8ae774b208fceb8b8637d4/1552608606157/IMG_0617.JPG Dispatch - Dispatch No. 1 : A brief history of how I got here. - The Big Blue Bus That Rocks The bus after its glory days. Sadly it sat in decay before finally be hauled off from the property. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56d88c10a3360c04c448e138/5c8ae7689b747a0f5c9cf854/5c8ae77271c10bc5cecabe16/1552607450645/IMG_0376.JPG Dispatch - Dispatch No. 1 : A brief history of how I got here. - My dad, uncles, sister and me. We used to all get together quite frequently to eat good food and make merry. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56d88c10a3360c04c448e138/5c8ae7689b747a0f5c9cf854/5c8ae771ee6eb010f6a35f85/1552607412577/IMG_0375.JPG Dispatch - Dispatch No. 1 : A brief history of how I got here. - My dad, uncles and grandfather. My dad is the one sitting next to my grandpa in the back with the red flannel on. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56d88c10a3360c04c448e138/5c8ae7689b747a0f5c9cf854/5c8ae768a4222fd3c2a4c3ac/1552607348731/IMG_0374.JPG Dispatch - Dispatch No. 1 : A brief history of how I got here. - Mama when she was younger. She was giving a talk here. Maybe presenting at one of her shows at a gallery. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56d88c10a3360c04c448e138/5c8ae7689b747a0f5c9cf854/5c8ae7687817f79ba999b252/1552607309942/IMG_0373.JPG Dispatch - Dispatch No. 1 : A brief history of how I got here. - Dad when he was younger. Not sure of the date on this one. He was young, though. 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