Enclosed are some curious photo’s that I’ve taken in the past year. The petroglyphs are taken at Three Rivers Petroglyphs in New Mexico. The man with his hands in the air depicting alarm was created approximately 750 years ago, next to his was a glyph of a rattlesnake. This rock art depicts all we need …
Upon the second reading of Henry Mayhew’s London. I continue to enjoy his insights. It is an exhaustive treatise on the street life of London in and around 1854. It explains the lives of shop keepers, costermongers, rat catchers, rat sellers, pick pockets, whores and prostitutes. He even explores the street sewers (notating whether made …
Our obsession started thirty years ago, the mountains began over 300 million years ago. We were on our way to YellowStone with our children of seven and ten years old. After a grueling drive across the lone prairie we encamped on a mountain top in the Big Horn Mountains. At nine thousand five hundred feet …
The town of Buffalo is situated at the foot of the Big Horn Mountains. The Big Horns have been one of the best kept secrets of the Western United States. A celebration occurs each summer in Buffalo it is called Longmire Days. “Longmire” is a television show found on Netflix and it was taken from …
Osama Bin Laden was a genius, he knew full well the economic power house of the United States. He studied and understood this nations vast resource, resource in food production, manufacturing, invention, money management, military and education. Osama spent a large portion of his life trying to understand what “Makes America Great. “ One of …
I phone my friends and ask “will we see you in Breckenridge, Co. exhibiting at the art fair?” A long hesitation…..”Our R.V. Can’t make it up that steep mountain at 12,000 ft”. We set off by ourselves with a devil-may-care attitude. We travel in an RV with a turbo diesel and we can do …
Poultry Producers Throughout The Nation Owe A Debt to Queen and King Victoria and Albert. The Victoria and Albert Museum, The V & A as it is known to Londoners holds many a treasure. A story seldom heard in the U.S. is their story of animal husbandry and how it fostered the industries of poultry …
(THEY SAID “DO ART FAIRS, SEE THE WORLD!) The day is done, we have worked long and hard, diligently and efficiently. I am surrounded by people that share our similar dream of craftsmanship and quality. I reflect on where I am and what is my purpose. We are humble craftsmen and to survive …
WE HAVE BORNE WITNESS. We witnessed a man who grabbed and mocked women with no consequence.We witnessed a man who mocked a professional news reporter with serious health issues and deformity. We witnessed a man who knows many world class prostitutes. (Possibly some in Russia) We witnessed a man who cheated on his first two …
There is an English adage that states “it takes 200 years to sprout and English Oak, it takes another 200 years to grow and it takes another 200 years to die.” The Oak that is depicted is one of those English Oak Trees. It is found in the Cotswold region of the U.K. It sheltered …