Georgia O’Keeffe comparing painting in Lake George, New York, to Abiquiu, New Mexico: “Lake George is not really painting country,” she remarked last fall. “Out here, half your work is done for you.” From a 1974 New Yorker magazine profile — https://www.newyorker.com/…/the-rose-in-the-eye-looked… — by Calvin Tomkins, who died last month.
New book, good reading and valuable history … by Larry Calloway … who was there … and taking a side trip to one of its references, historian Michael Welsh, https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nmhr/vol62/iss4/4 And from the introduction to Larry’s book:
It’s time for Sandhill cranes to be flying down the Rio Grande and Izzy seems aware, even if she spotted them inside. Photos by Izzy supervisor Lori and jr. Molly and Cowboy 2 standing by.
Green chile chicken stew for dinner. Using the Range Cafe recipe for the first time, although I’ve often enjoyed it in nearby Bernalillo. Cowboy 2.0 has gone to bed before the polls close but probably will join me on the couch later when he realizes I’m still up. Among other things, I’m wishing my brother …
We’re watching Milton. I keep remembering climate change in our neck of the woods: aridification. I wouldn’t be surprised if the other guy is thinking about rabbits.
A little walking rain, aka virga, over the upper middle Rio Grande. The river looks full from releases upstream.
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