I feel a hot wind on my shoulder
And the touch of a world that is older
I turn the switch and check the number
I leave it on when in bed I slumber
I hear the rhythms of the music
I buy the product and never use it
I hear the talking of the DJ
Can’t understand just what does he say?
—-Wall of Voodoo, Mexican Radio
Apartment Building, The Cedars, Dallas, Texas
Oblique Strategy: Think of the radio
When I was a kid I was really interested in archaeology. I even joined a local archaeologist club and had a fantasy of going out somewhere and digging crap up. Of course, nothing ever happened. I loved a book about archaeology called Gods Graves and Scholars. I was always fascinated by this photo from Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza – from the book Gods, Graves, and Scholars
A couple decades or so ago, I found myself in the exact same spot – sort of cool. It turns out that photo was taken from the top of the great pyramid.
Chichen Itza
But as far as actual archaeology goes… nada.
Now I’m cleaning out my garage, organizing, sorting and throwing as much stuff away as I can. Finally, I feel like an archaeologist, slowly moving through the detritus of the past, working layer by layer, trying to understand the purpose of things that have been long forgotten.
Bill Chance 
I like the way you put looking through your old stuff as archeology. Nice.
Thanks. I had the idea when I was sorting – then ran out of any better ideas when I sat down to write.
I love this post! I plan to do some digging this long Thanksgiving holiday weekend myself!
Thanks! Good luck and hope you find some long-lost treasures.
One of my favorite artists, Gary Myers, once did what he called his archaeology series. Here’s one of his paintings. If you do a search for “Redtree Times archaeology” you can find more and even more interesting paintings.
In a bit of a coincidence, I was in Nada, Texas just yesterday.
Love the way he does layers under the earth.
What a small world, I’ too have always had ‘delusions of grandeur’ when it came to archaeology. Being originally from N.C. – I used to dream of one day unearthing the lost colony of Roanoke. I still occasionally peruse periodicals on Archaeology now and then. I’ll never be Indiana Jones, but it’s nice to dream. . . even in ones garage. Nice post.
Don’t know if I’d want to be Indiana Jones – I think more of the sifting dirt through wire mesh. Thanks for the comment.
Beautiful post. You inspired me to look back and do some digging. 😉
Thanks – glad you enjoyed it.
What an amazing place to see!
Thanks – it was one off my bucket list.
I’ve taken that same shot of Chichen Itza, but my fave site is Palenque. I managed to go on several digs in Mexico and Egypt when I was in college, enough to realize I did not want to do it for a living! ;o)
Cool – would love to go to Palenque – the architecture there is unique. It’s great that you were able to go on some digs – memories of a lifetime.