WORD PAINTINGS #53 – TAOS, 1/7/19 – TAKING STOCK
“No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of the night. We know that every moment is a moment of Grace, every hour an offering” – Jakob Shekaneder Life without drama is a gift from a chaotic universe. It doesn’t happen every day, but when it does, […]
WORD PAINTINGS #52 – Jan. l, 2019 – Taos, New Mexico
Taos, New Mexico – 1 January 2019 – Snowflakes the size of nickels this morning! They float silently; I am floating with them. Thinking of last year at this time – no snow at all! Talk of drought, forest fires….collective panic. Not this year!! These little puffs of clouds are landing on what was another […]
WORD PAINTINGS #51 – KIVA ROAD 1969-72
Once I faced the financial disaster it looked as though bankruptcy was the only answer. My friends urged me to clear it all out and start over. This didn’t feel right to me. It was impossible to know what the future held in store, but it was a no-brainer for me to decide to pay […]
WORD PAINTINGS #50 – 1968 – JUST THE FOUR OF US!
Do you ever ask yourself “what if?” – What if my husband had been faithful and true and we never had to escape to New Mexico? What if my father was open to helping me when my husband threatened the four of us and I had packed up my babies and moved back to Chicago? […]
WORD PAINTINGS #49 – 12/12/18 – FROM MY TAOS COUCH!
Taos, N.M. 12/12/18 – Just read somewhere that it is incumbent upon women of a certain age to tell their stories. Wonder why? After posting the notes from my recent “Sentimental Journey” starting at Pilar and traveling all the way to the horse ranch on Llano Quemado near Truchas town, I stopped writing for a […]
WORD PAINTINGS #48 – A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Part VI – A DOLL’S HOUSE
Our last stop on my trip to Truchas late last month – the huge horse ranch at the end of the road. That first day so long ago I remember standing in the middle of the enormous wooden horse barn thinking “Where am I? Who am I and what am I doing here?” The reality […]
WORD PAINTINGS #47 – A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY PART IV – MAYORDOMO OF TRUCHAS
Drove through Truchas two weeks ago and it brought back so many memories of the first time I moved to the horse ranch on Llano Quemado next to the Land Grant from the King of Spain. I have alway referred to it as “suburban Truchas”! We drove up from Santa Fe on September 17th, 1982. […]
WORD PAINTINGS #46 – A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY PART III – Soul Food
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY PART III – SOUL FOOD – For the past two years I have been living in a very comfortable and “workable” little house in Taos. Only one problem – I am visually starved! This house is closed in – no views! I need to see mountains, clouds, sunsets – distance, space….soul food! On […]
WORD PAINTINGS #45 – MY SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY PART II
10/29/18 – Taos, New Mexico – Many, many memories from my trip through Truchas last Monday…. MY SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Part II – Don Eusavio’s Paradise Moving back to Truchas for the second time, I wasn’t looking for a Zen master, but that is exactly who I found. His name was Don Eusavio. He was […]
WORD PAINTINGS #44 – Taos10/26/18 – A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY PART I
It is an autumn ritual for me to do some “backroading”, taking photos to use as source material for my winter work. Since I no longer drive, I called my friend Geraint Smith (geraintsmithphotography.com) and booked an afternoon tour to Truchas. We started out near the river at Pilar. The trees were magnificent. I was […]
