October 2021: Changes

October 2021: Changes

Changes It’s October already and it’s even looking like fall here in Albuquerque. My household has completed our move and my Mother who turns 90 on Sunday, and my two 20-something sons are all living with me for the first time since 2008. This morning one...
September 2021: Grief & Gratitude

September 2021: Grief & Gratitude

Grief & Gratitude August flew by me as we began the process of moving my mother and oldest son from her house into my house. Part of this process includes sorting through all the boxes and remaining belongings of my sister who passed away almost four years ago....

Minnehaha Avenue

I played dominoes on the front steps,all the time looking knee highfor your red-and-white striped socks,and Pippi Longstocking legs.I matched nines and missed the firstjack flash of your stick-thin legsas they gained the corner ofMinnehaha Avenue.My frilly little girl...
July 2021: There and Back Again

July 2021: There and Back Again

There and Back Again One of my favorite parts of a road trip is coming home again and reaffirming why I love New Mexico so much—even when in I lampoon it as the Land of Bombardment in one of the recent artworks in the Postcards to America series. On First Friday, July...
June 2021: On the Road Again

June 2021: On the Road Again

On the Road Again Along with most of us in the U.S. we are celebrating the ability to travel and to be closer to friends and family. From May 30 to June 8 I’ll be traveling with my youngest son to complete his driver’s education, deliver artwork to a show...