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19 Nov 2012

Welcome to Carbon Sabbath

If you are new to this site, welcome! You are diving into an adventure whose boundaries stretch far beyond the width of this tiny blog. Whatever you are looking for, I assure you-- seek, and you will find. My name is Scott Claassen. In June 2011,...

08 Jun 2012

Unending

[caption id="attachment_2345" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Changing of the guard."][/caption] Great adventures do not begin or end. They are grafted into the eternal so seamlessly that vestiges of their temporal nature become buried beneath the bark of lore and legend. Like great relationships or timeless narratives, the ends...

08 Jun 2012

Sand to Sand (From Desert to Beach in Pictures)

[caption id="attachment_2296" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Shortly after taking this picture, I stopped for a break in the shade of a billboard. When I came back to the road, the bike was gone. Totally disappeared. You can hear more about this event in my sermon at Thad's...

14 May 2012

From the Desert’s Edge

  The Motel 29 Palms turns silent in the heat of the day. The kitschy sign that welcomes visitors from the eastern Mojave with a pert glow seems worn and humbled in the unbridled sun. Two curious roadrunners that stroll the grounds at dusk and dawn...

12 May 2012

Joshua Tree (Holy Weirdness)

Joshua Tree National Park is an other-worldly land. The name calls to mind a string of oddities ranging from a U2 record and Gram Parsons' partial cremation to vegetation that is most often compared to cartoonish artistry of Dr. Seuss. The peculiarity and austerity of...

12 May 2012

Just Deserts: a post in pictures

  [caption id="attachment_2186" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Special thanks to the great people at the Shaffer Hotel in Mountain Air, NM! They put me up in one of the cowboy rooms that is not notoriously haunted, as are many of the rooms and halls of their tasteful establishment....

02 Apr 2012

Desert Sabbath

Before and behind, the desert of New Mexico stretches out its quiet brilliance. I’m paused in the cultural oasis of one of the weird West’s more curious holdouts: Roswell. Little green figures fill shop windows from real estate agencies to El Marcionito Cowboy Wear. Whispers...

28 Mar 2012

The Texas called West

In the interest of preserving some Lenten silence and honoring my limited internet access, I am going to limit my writing on this post and let these pictures tell the stories. I hope that you can find some Sabbath in my quiet. Thank you...

28 Mar 2012

Texas Blues: A Wildflower Special

I know of no natural bursting forth of colors that compares in tranquility with spring in the Texas Hill Country. While this season excites the attentive eye in any locale, most eyes must also suffer a beating of pollen and seasonal illnesses that impede the...

28 Mar 2012

South Turns Southwest

In the interest of preserving some Lenten silence and honoring my limited internet access, I am going to refrain from reviewing my Austin experience in words. I’m going to let these pictures tell the stories, and hope that you can find some Sabbath in my...