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Girl of the Winter Stars

Girl of the Winter Stars

Every once in a while I think I make a signature piece ñ one of those that kind of sums up what I’ve learned lately.  In Japan I began to like h...
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Pink Lady

Pink Lady

1-1/2 oz gin3/4 oz applejack1/4 oz lemon juice1-2 dashes of grenadine1 egg whitemaraschino cherry for garnish Voila! The Pink Lady! A perfectl...
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The Black Petals

The Black Petals

There is a lovely flower store across the street from my studio called Larkspur.  My friend, Beth Barnett, owns it.  Sometimes when it is gray a...
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The Assassination of Crazy Horse

The Assassination of Crazy Horse

‘This is good.  He sought death  and now he has found it.” —   Touch The Clouds, Crazy Horse’s cousin, and witness to his death. “No shot was fir...
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The Yellow Day

The Yellow Day

There is a  sad, lovely song by the great James McMurtry called Ruby and Carlos on his Just Us Kids CD.  I always think of McMurtry’s music when...
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The Thunder Being

The Thunder Being

“Crazy Horse’s vision first took him to the South, where in Lakota spirituality one goes upon death. He was brought back and was taken to the West...
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Poem For Crazy Horse

Poem For Crazy Horse

This is a new piece.  In reading about the natural history of owls, I came across any number of Native American stories.  The most compelling st...
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Black Mesa Owl

Black Mesa Owl

After reading a bunch of Hopi prophecies it is easy to get freaked out.  They are farmers and artists and made some of the most beautiful potter...
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The Jersey Owl

The Jersey Owl

The more I read about owls the more I realize how paranoid white people have always been.  In European and English cultures, owls are almost alw...
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The Strange Angel

The Strange Angel

Owls are odd birds and there are  a zillion species of them.  In every culture, they are fraught with  symbolism.  It is said the the Caesars, A...
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The Queen of Pink Acid

The Queen of Pink Acid

When I was a senior in high school, my girlfriend, Denise, got her hands on a shit-ton of pink mescaline. She was a pretty girl with huge brown ...
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The Forbidden Cardinal

The Forbidden Cardinal

“Life’s good. . . and not fair at all. . .”–Lou Reed Hey– My back yard gets no shortage of cardinals, male and female.  All you have to do is p...
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