Burros graze.
It is what burros do.
Well, one thing burros do.
They graze well
and they have an incredible view
when they lift their heads.
17 July 2011
Category Archives: Ghost Ranch Views
F is for flag
The flag pole stands
outside the casitas:
once used to house guests
(I have stayed there),
now home each summer to
the college staff.
Other years I remember not
what, if anything, flew there,
but in the summer of 2011
this flag proudly waved
in the warm breezes
that caress Ghost Ranch.
15 July 2011
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E is for Electricity
Electrical lines cross the ranch
to bring the electricity that
affords light to read at night;
recharges batteries;
works computers;
and powers coffee makers.
1 August 2009
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D is for Diversity
It comes in many forms at Ghost Ranch:
opportunities,
people,
classes,
vistas,
sometimes even the trees
and the moon
reflect the diversity
God creates.
26 October 2009
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C is for Chile
Found in many places,
often appearing in the food,
chile spices life at Ghost Ranch.
13 July 2011
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B is for Blue
Colors fill Ghost Ranch.
Diverse shades of green and
multiple hues of red
appear and evoke amazement.
Blues do too.
29 October 2009
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A is for Agape Center
The Agape Center fills many functions at Ghost Ranch.
It served as the central location for the 2010 Peacemaking Seminar.
Here people worship and learn,
gather and fellowship,
and sometimes just sit on the porch and watch the view.
Music often fills the Center and makes the rafters sing.
10 August 2008
Filed under Ghost Ranch Views, Photo
The power of place: Ghost Ranch
A new dimension of this blog will launch tomorrow. Two new categories will appear: Ghost Ranch Images and Ghost Ranch People.
Each post will contain a picture taken (by me) at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico and an alphabetical reference. They may include a reflection on the image and/or a few notes on the context of the image. Dates will appear although they may only be a year or a month and year at first. This will become easier and more precise with better record keeping of future photographic endeavors at the ranch.
Posts will appear in general alphabetical order, starting with the letter “a” (as learned on Sesame Street) and working forward. Posts will vary between the two categories. Eventually multiple posts will appear for each letter in each category. Some will prove more of a challenge than others. All will, hopefully, testify to the power of place.
In the movie Field of Dreams, Burt Lancaster’s character, Dr. Archibald “Moonlight” Graham, reflects on the power of place. Speaking of his home in Chisholm, Minnesota, Graham says:
This is my most special place in the world, Ray. Once a place touches you like this, the wind never blows so cold again. You feel for it like it was your child.
Ghost Ranch touches me. Even as my family entered the grounds in 1993, I recognized the ranch as a place that nurtures and nourishes me. It did so then. It does so now – wherever I find myself.
I offer my photos and words as a humble homage to a play that plays an important role in my life and in the lives of so many others. For me, they serve to recall memories and process experiences and dream of what may be. I look forward to hearing if they speak to you.
See you along the Trail.
Filed under Ghost Ranch People, Ghost Ranch Views, Movie, Photo
Service Corps, Ghost Ranch
A portion of this year’s vacation was spent at Ghost Ranch on the Service Corps. (Note that the description gets the basic gist of things, but “help in food service, housekeeping, library, museums, and, on occasion, some off-Ranch community service” is not really a part of the work any more).
This was the first time I had ever done this. It probably will not be the last.
On the one hand, participation in the Service Corps involved paying (half-price for room and meals plus $50 registration) to do work that I go out of my way to avoid doing at any of the places I call home.
On the other hand, participation in the Service Corps provided an opportunity to meet and work with amazing people and to make a difference at a place that means a great deal to me – a place where I belong – a place that feels like (yet another) home.
Weighing these two factors, the other hand wins.
Hand down. One fine day, I will see you at Ghost Ranch.
Until then, see you along the Trail.
Filed under Family, Friends, Ghost Ranch Views
Along the Graybeard Trail 