Blessed as I always am in my work, I’ve discovered a possible new topic for a biography in the life of the British/American painter, Dorothy Brett.
Intemperate
We are riven, today, not only by righteous concerns for justice on all levels but by the need to express those concerns in very loud voices
Votes for Women
In the middle of all the horrors in the U.S. Capitol, we need to remember that much more significant events are happening.
Changing My Mind
Seldom has a book caused me to change my mind… but D.H. Lawrence’s Sea and Sardinia changed me.
Sanctuary
I am blessed to have, in my life, several sanctuaries, one of which I am able to visit daily, the others at least once a week.
Faith
I have been thinking about faith, manifested in two of its aspects in Taos: The Penitente Morada behind Mabel’s house, and the nearby graveyard.
A Few of My Favorite Things
I am particularly blessed in these special places that seem to have come into my life by chance or luck but are in fact the material manifestations of prayer.
Counterculture Culture
For most of Grandfather’s neighbors and friends, memory of the communes is sharp and sour. We have yet to sweeten it.
Tony’s Stairs
In Mabel’s case, as in the case of so many women, it’s the myths rather than the facts that are remembered.
Mabel’s House
It seems we are still confined, in our appreciation of women, to admiring our roles as facilitators of other people’s lives.