Peter Behrens's Blog, page 567
July 23, 2012
1967 F100
Rust where you'd expect it, but not much, and that blue...Saskatchewan is like a rest home for old trucks.
©2012 Alex Emond
©2012 Alex Emond
July 22, 2012
Fargo Trucks, Canada Sky
Dodge trucks were Fargo trucks in the great white north.
both images ©2012 Alex Emond
both images ©2012 Alex Emond
'51 Chevrolet Truck & Walking Rain, Colorado
©2012 Michael C. Moore J. B. Jackson was brilliant at the interpretation of western landscapes. His Autoguide to Northern New Mexico is hard to find but invaluable. Also try his Discovering the Vernacular Landscape and American Space.
1963 Chevrolet pickup
I liked this at the Sedgwick (Maine) Volunteer Fire Department show, at the fairgrounds in Blue Hill.
July 21, 2012
VW Buses & The Netherlands
We go to the Netherlands in a few weeks. I will be spending six months as writer-in-residence at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, in Wassenaar, a village suburb of The Hague. Any tips or insider knowledge re. life in the Netherlands? Please contact himself@peterbehrens.org
Of course I'll be reporting on Dutch cars & trucks. Have always appreciated the no-nonsense aesthetic of euro-trucks. We hope to buy an aged VW bus for traveling around Europe: possibly heading to Spain for Christmas. Never have owned a VW bus so any tips on shopping for a used one appreciated. Don;t see many in Maine but there were dozens buzzing around Vancouver last month:
Of course I'll be reporting on Dutch cars & trucks. Have always appreciated the no-nonsense aesthetic of euro-trucks. We hope to buy an aged VW bus for traveling around Europe: possibly heading to Spain for Christmas. Never have owned a VW bus so any tips on shopping for a used one appreciated. Don;t see many in Maine but there were dozens buzzing around Vancouver last month:
July 20, 2012
Astral Travel & Trompe-l'oeil in Saskatchewan
from Alex Emond, our man in south Saskatchewan:
©Alex Emond 2012 "...from south of Hazlet, Sask., in the sandhill country just northwest of Swift Current. Gorgeous, subtle, soft terrain that I want to explore a little more. Way too much oil and gas shit going on so it may take another half century before all that stuff is gone. But there are still expansive views that turn driving into a sort of lazy man's Astral Travel. I mean miles and miles of no fence, no traffic, floating on gravel. Probably most seductive on a big motorcycle...
"This painted truck has all the chrome bits off the real truck worked into the garage door/Sistine Chapel."--AE
©Alex Emond 2012 "...from south of Hazlet, Sask., in the sandhill country just northwest of Swift Current. Gorgeous, subtle, soft terrain that I want to explore a little more. Way too much oil and gas shit going on so it may take another half century before all that stuff is gone. But there are still expansive views that turn driving into a sort of lazy man's Astral Travel. I mean miles and miles of no fence, no traffic, floating on gravel. Probably most seductive on a big motorcycle..."This painted truck has all the chrome bits off the real truck worked into the garage door/Sistine Chapel."--AE
July 19, 2012
The O'Briens in Maine
I'm reading from my novel The O'Briens (A major accomplishment--NYTBR), talking about Irish-Americans (and -Canadians), and showing slides from the O'Briens archive tonight, Thursday July 19, at 7pm at the Blue Hill Public Library in Blue Hill, Maine. There will be books for sale and I'll be happy to sign 'em. The childrens' librarian is organizing a kids' "campout" in the library at the same time, so children are welcome. You are too. More event info here.
Next Tuesday July 24 at 6p.m. I'll be doing the same thing at Falmouth (Maine) Memorial Library. No campout in Falmouth, though.
paperbacks at Vancouver International Airport this week.
Next Tuesday July 24 at 6p.m. I'll be doing the same thing at Falmouth (Maine) Memorial Library. No campout in Falmouth, though.
paperbacks at Vancouver International Airport this week.
Dodge Power Wagon Maine Forest Service
This one belongs to the Maine Forest Service.
