We went to the dance, paid our fee, and logged on to Montana’s laptop to petition Governor Martinez. It was not a time for subtlety; my “letter” was “Don’t STEAL our water!” Matt Middleton, Darryl Pettis, and the bar staff ran a tight show. There were more ranch folks than I had seen in years, …
Tag: Friends
Art Market Criticism
Our neighbor Jean- Louis Lassez of Muleshoe ranch– see below or an many Christmas posts- seems to have embarked on anew career as a- satirical? ironic? painter. I STILL don’t get his Mondrian down there, but his Version of Munch’s Scream makes sense. First he sent this one, titled State of the Art (Market): After …
Dispatch From Mongolia (Lauren McGough)
These flights! They are amazing and addictive. I liken these eagles to Houbara spotter falcons, who somehow see that rust colored spot scooting along in the distance – and immediately become pure predatory power. Many times I never see the fox, I just trust that that is what the eagle sees. Once she’s powered out …
The continuing adventures of Lauren…
Text to come soon– patience please!
Returning to Service
Mostly polishing off, with endless revisions, the Book O’ Books, done for months but still being tweaked, also endless Good- But- Endless visitors, end of holiday and other serious food, arthritis and steroids and two major dog operations and too much to drink, and far too little to chase… Any weariness in these lines is …
Some lines…
From a short story by Phil Grayson, sometime Q contributor and local descendant, soon to be published in the literary magazine Aloud (links to come)… “If you walk west from Avenue B late at night, you have to swim, but eventually you can get to the desert. Tack a bit south. “The smoke comes up …
Artists and Time Passing
Tom Quinn RACED through with wife Jeri today en route from her aunt’s old house in Tularosa (no quail this year) over the subzero divide toward rainy Point Reyes. The snapshot though hardly great connects a lot of dots. (As always right or double click to see bigger). Upper left is a Vadim Gorbatov original …
“New” Petroglyph
… from none other than Andrey Kovalenko— see below. Andrey says: “This rock art is located in (تیمره) Golpaygan, Isfahan in the central part of Iran. GP Location is: 33° 38′ 31.43″ N 50° 19′ 27.30″ E. There have not been any scientific examination (Magnetic Polarity Chronology, Uranium Thorium, Carbon 14 HL) to date the …
New Year at the Spur
Our annual tradition: seeing out the year at the Golden Spur Saloon. A selection: House band: manager Monana Pettis and chef Linda Rael, heading up the ever- evolving 86’d Again, offer up a stomping rock version of Folsom Prison Blues: (It is a matter of being a local I suppose– it had to be pointed …
Great Granddoggery
Shiri’s photos of ornithologist and falconer Octavio Cruz, artist Melanie Keithley, a friend, and at least two (or one two- headed?) great granddogs. I will let the younger folks sort out who is who other than Tavo & Melanie, but these dogs are WINNERS. On a sad note, I hear Dutch Salmon just lost a …