A Personal Take on Frida Frieda Kahlo is one of the 20th Century artists on my permanent must see list. I desperately want to visit one of the three major Kahlo-focused exhibits in the US this year. I became aware of Kahlo’s importance a little later than some and a little earlier than others. Remember […]
We’ve Been… Busy
I took a sabbatical starting about 6 months ago (March 2019). I’m wrapping it up now (September 2019). Here’s the why, what for, and whodunit: If you’ve read along with me for a while you know that I have issues with my family, both living and dead, back home in Indiana. Resurfaced Memories from an […]
Closure Is Not Comfort
I recently reached closure in a family matter. A legacy matter. I did not think I would ever achieve any peace when it came to matters of my mother’s stuff, the unfortunate legacy of disquiet that settled, like the heavy dust and grime of neglect over long stretches of time, on the things left unsettled […]
Trinity, Mother Nature, and Two Weeks on the Road
I am eating breakfast at a Fairfield Inn in Tucumcari. And drinking coffee. Lots of coffee. I would like to make it home today. Sticking to the Interstate route, 40 to 25 to 10 adds an hour to the trip. So I’m getting on US 54 and heading SW cutting across New Mexico until I […]
Second Awareness
Flaws as well as assets propagate throughout systems as long as they are not fatal flaws. This is the way humanity has and continues to grow and swarm the earth to point of smothering it. Will there be a die-back, a collapse, or an extinction? Gaia is a concept, not a Goddess, but we have […]