Contributing to the Chaos while Living – Life – Large Dan Abernathy The end of 2020 was right back there. It’s quickly fading with 2021, but I can still see and smell it. I can still almost touch it. The stench seems to be lingering. There was a fragmented attempt for a highlighted conclusion as we all looked into the darkness of night to see the Star of Bethlehem. The Star of Bethlehem burned in the night skies before in the year 1226, but it was a different time. It will a

Contributing to the Chaos while Living – Life – Large Dan Abernathy We are all aware of the statewide mask order issued by Wyoming Governor, Mark Gordon that went into effect on December 9, 2020. I have to say this whole issue floods my mind with thought and leaves me scratching my balding head a bit. To wear or not to wear a facemask has moved towards the top of social debates. Wyomingites like to consider themselves a free group of individuals. We are here because we do not

Contributing to the Chaos while Living – Life – Large Dan Abernathy I've never preserved or maintained many fashion concerns. I am who I am and I wear what I wear. My fashion sense is collected and compiled from the many different aspects of my life. Where I have been, what I've done and what has influenced me from many deranged outside sources. My fashion sense falls short of accepted normality, but it is unique to me. Fashion is something that catches my eye. It is somethin

Contributing to the Chaos while Living – Life – Large Dan Abernathy As I look away from seeing what is, I strongly ponder about a few nonverbal gestures to include with my exit strategy. Nonverbal gestures play a huge role in our lives and can establish meaningful interactions in our daily journey. Often times these indications and movements are louder than the voice. I’m just not sure what one to use right now. Should I just wave? A wave is a gesture that consists of the mov

Contributing to the Chaos while Living – Life – Large Dan Abernathy Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, and here I am, stuck in the middle with you.” This line is from the 1972 recording of Stuck In The Middle, by Stealers Wheel, ring truer now more then they did 1972. There is no doubt that we, as a Nation, are stuck in the middle. With BLM, Covid 19, Antifa, politics and Government involving people that shouldn’t be involved in politics and Government. Wear a mas

Contributing to the Chaos while Living – Life – Large Dan Abernathy An urban area is the region surrounding a city, has a large population density, a high degree of development and a lot of concrete. Rural areas are the opposite. They have a low population density, large amounts of undeveloped land and a environment where one can still touch the earth. For a very short period of my tainted life, I lived in Cherry Creek, which is part of Denver’s urban squander. It was an inte

Coke-Cola I opened the stuck door of the humming vintage refrigerator I call the icebox. Bending slightly at the waist I pushed to the side an open Tupperware container sitting on the top shelf. This faded ampoule was still full of yesterday stroganoff and white rice. Hidden behind a jar of mayonnaise I spied a nice cold bottle of Coke-Cola. As the bent metal cap hit the floor and the stinging burn caressed my throat, I watched you swallow your two pills. The first pill halte

With the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021, I find myself uttering the phrase, "oh for fucks sake," significantly more than ever before. - dbA

Bleu Horses From the Artistic Journals of Dan Abernathy . The Bleu Horses are a herd of 39 horse sculptures created primarily of steel and permanently installed on a hillside off Highway 287, just north of Three Forks, Montana. This apoctalitic heard of horse sculptures average 8 feet high at the withers. The name of the installation, “Bleu Horses” is taken from a color of horse known as the blue roan. The horse sculptures were created by artist Jim Dolan, of Belgrade, Montan

62 Revolutions 62 Revolutions, rotating and advancing, yet the bucket is still full of wrong possibilities except for understanding that the king of beasts is lazy, a cheetah can’t run while limping with a thorn in its foot and a duck that can’t float will drown. - dbA