Posted by admin on February 24, 2012 in
Musings,
Photography
Last Saturday Betty and I hung her photography exhibit in Boise at an event titled Art in the Bar V at the Knitting Factory Concert House. It turned out to be a 15-hour event and it took us a few days to recover from that experience. Betty shared booth space with her photographer and writer [...]
Tags: Allan Ansel, Aretha Franklin, Art in the Bar, Betty Rodgers, digital art, El Greco, expressionism, Jefferson Airplane, John Lennon, music, photography, Sheila Robertson, tattoos, The Beatles, Vietnam
Posted by admin on February 17, 2012 in
Movies,
Musings
Last weekend I attended a workshop given by teacher, raconteur, cowboy poet, rope twirler, guitar picker, yodeler and warbler extraordinaire, Ernie Sites. The event was held in downtown Boise and sponsored by Elaine Ambrose of Mill Park Publishing in Eagle, Idaho. I like to write poetry but the cowboy poetry genre often confounds me. I’m [...]
Tags: "Anthem", Buck Ramsey, Cowboy Poetry, cowboys, Elaine Ambrose, Ernie Sites, Houlihan, Mill Park Publishing, movies, poetry, Ray Fred Kelly, Urban Cowboy, writing
Posted by admin on February 10, 2012 in
Elko,
Musings,
Travel
The halfway point of winter in the northern hemisphere has arrived here in Idaho with dry and warm weather. Trapped in some kind of drought, I suppose I should be saying stuff like, “We need snow in the mountains, we need rain on the flats,” or maybe I should be circling around dancing with my [...]
Tags: Arizona, Elko, Henry Real Bird, horses, Nevada, New Mexico, Paul Zarzyski, Ruby Mountains, snow, tamales, The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Wallace McRae, Wild Horse Crossing