Laurens van der Post

It may have been Barry Lopez's citations in his book Horizon of some of the other explorers that set me to reading the books by Wilfred Thesiger, Laurens van der Post, Gertrude Bell and others.

The six videos below are narrated by van der Post and were directed & shot by Paul Bellinger whose Youtube channel is where they're from.

Laurens van der Post's:

Testament to the Bushman Programme 1: In the Beginning

Testament to the Bushmen: Children of the Desert

Testament to the Bushmen: the beginning of the end

Testament to the Bushmen: Of Gods and Medicine

Testament to the Bushman: Man the Hunter

Testament to the Bushman: Women the Provider

Entropy

It was clear a few days ago.

The black folder w turquoise is Michelle's "death pak" from French Mortuary.

The blue and white rectangular box holds a spanking new automotive part most likely for the 1961 Dodge Lancer Michelle's grandfather bought new. We sold it in 2015 for $1,000.00.

The pen holder is a souvenir from Japan. It did duty as a cigarette holder in its hey day. (The phrase hey day originated in the 16th century as "heyda," an expression of cheerfulness or surprise.)

Northwest of the pen holder is Michelle's desk.

Ghost Ranch

It's a few miles north of Abiqui. Georgia O'keefe's house is there and a substantial amount of acreage that folks can wander without worrying about trespassing or encountering trespassers.

The month-long residency includes a casita; one side is a bedroom with a mini kitchen and the other is a studio.

Since she's not exclusively devoted to painting, doesn't affect the nuances of the plein aire folks, and even though she writes she hasn't had anything published and since she works in clay and patching compound (gypsum), and is known to be living an "examined" life, she's something of an iconoclast.

Pedernal

She was pretty nervous, but as she walked up to her casita, tears of happiness welled; she'd made it home...again.

Von Karajan & Ghost Ranch

She had two nights at The Inn at the Delta in Espaňola waiting for Ghost Ranch to open at 1:00 pm today.

Anniversary Bouquet on Table

I unearthed the bio of Karajan in the pile Steve pulled from Phoebe. Between listening to all the pieces mentioned (through the Jabra headphones from Brett) & exploring all the places on google maps, I'll be busy for years.

Victor Vescovo

 

https://colossal.com/team/victor-vescovo/

Why would anyone would want to bring back paleo animals when our eco-system can't sustain the current wildlife? Because they can.

Ah, well. 

Off To Ghost Ranch

We're loaning her the 2008 Honda FIT for while she's at Ghost Ranch. 

We had a few hours and went to pickup a delivery from Sol Ranch. Then stopped at Trader Joe's for a few items and some flowers for our anniversary. We celebrated 9 years on the 3rd.

Then up to the ice skating rink. It was the first place we were together. Afterward, in 2016, she sat on the hood of her Volvo and said, "I want you."

Today she was happy to say it's still true.

After she left I shot a few arrows. The first three were amazing. Practically shot themselves. The 4th went right a couple of inches & the fifth was just wild.

Kristen's Exhibit

 

Sept ? through Oct 2.