arizona 1911

when starting off to nail something grasshopper if you're lucky that is grasshopper you will eventually reach a point where the nail goes in perfectly with just a few hammer strokes.  tap-whap-whap.  perfection.  i like eight-penny coated nails myself grasshopper for all around nailing but keep an open mind.  finish nails are too finicky cement-coated (brutes ten-penny and above) are just too much unless you have a really big board grasshopper.  forget the times you hit your thumb grasshopper and you move to that unspeakable plane of consciousness.  never mind getting to perfection: tap-tap-tap-TAP to get started grasshopper then WHAM-WHAM-WHAM to finish with your teeth gripping your bottom lip for leverage grasshopper leaving the imprint of the hammer head in the wood.  but the fine economy of stroking the nail into place with three hits grasshopper is something you eventually zen-feel.  the nail reaches full potential and the wood is satisfied grasshopper.  even the hammer is happy.  practice this grasshopper and next week we'll speak of making love to a woman. grasshopper.

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Yashica T4, 35mm

Oliver House, Bisbee Arizona

(still rife with that turn-of-the century bordello fragrance)