My mind seems like these two: Cowboy looking out the window in the morning and the Georgia O’Keeffe print hanging over my bed. Cowboy’s ears remind me of the Very Large Array, and I think he sees deep. O’Keeffe’s painting is far-seeing, too, its monoliths and movement called Road Past the View II.. Intent as …
My favorite discovery so far this rainy day is that Willie Nelson wrote and originally recorded “Crazy” for his 1962 debut album — “Crazy,” the song soon made more famous by Patsy Cline. Willie Nelson, 1962: Patsy Cline, 1962: I am a late learner, so please forgive me, those of you who have …
This ship of state — this self-obsessed, rusting hulk of retired newspaperman — steadied the moment I felt the stillness of the coming autumn air. No pain this morning, only a sense of the gentle season ahead. I put out fresh water for scrub jays, finches, titmouses and Texas antelope squirrels, grateful that the rattlesnakes …
The little bit of Martha Stewart in me rose this morning like yeasty dough and grew into a couple of half-baked theories for practical living in New Mexico — namely cheap art and waterless landscaping. Actually, I was up earlier than usual to deal with a community well problem and the sunrise illuminated my habitat. …
