[AGL] Ride like the wind

[Frances Morey]

Michele,
  I stopped liking horses when one of Tom Sutherland's Arabians tried to run under a low hanging limb to scrape me off its back. I had to hang off his side and ride like an Indian. My attitude was reinforced at a chili cook-off when a slow moving horse tangled his legs up in a low strung rope and tumbled. It was like slow motion and I was able to jump clear of having my leg crushed under the weight of the falling horse. Then there was the unfortunate demise of Chris Reeves...
  you get the picture? As far as my love affair with animals goes I am down to a four guppies, four angels, five danios, and two albino catfish.
  My advice is is to extricate yourself from the "country" and find a niche in town. Admitting to yourself that you can no longer do everything you would like to saves a lot of wasteful angst and regret. My lawyer and best friend at age 64 suffered a stroke two weeks ago and is not likely to recover. It makes sense to rethink priorities when we reach our sixties as our time draws neigh.
  Best,
  Frances
  

michelemason <coltrane at ev1.net> wrote:
  Frances, Sorry to interfere, but lost the list out of my book somehow.
URGENT! HELP NEEDED. Are there any real cowboys on the list. Found my 
gelding outside the fence this am—a hole somewhere. As you know I am 
too disabled to find and mend it. No hands available out here right 
now. Managed to pen, hay and water, but pens are flimsy as is fence. I 
have a good notion, or two where the break is. ALSO, good to speak 
Spanish as one side is up against Mex bar and a Mex junkyard. The road 
is on their side. It wouldn't be the first time a drunk ran thru it and 
just drove off. No new people speak English out here. Will this 
message get to everyone?


On Jul 13, 2006, at 2:16 AM, Frances Morey wrote:

> Ewie,
> Thank you for sharing your sojourn. The sights made it all the more 
> enjoyable and immediate. Your pictures are all the more impressive for 
> having been accomplished the "old fashioned way," using film. You do 
> have an eye for capturing the beauty of a scene.
> It was a pleasant surprise seeing you at Jackson's memorial. I am 
> still new at filing, retrieving and sending pictures but will attempt 
> to document (and make the web site you described) of my upcoming 
> trip. I am calling it my mid-America tour--departing for Chicago on 
> Aug. 5. Like SF in '03, the visit to this city is a first for me. More 
> as it unfolds. Is there a way to send a slide show and if so can it be 
> done without overloading most servers?
> Best,
> Frances
>
> Bill Irwin wrote:
>> I am glad that I had the opportunity to attend Jaxon's funeral.  I 
>> really hadn't keep up with Jaxon's career since he left San Francisco 
>> to return to Texas.  The funeral gave me a chance to hear about his 
>> "other life" as historian.  My connection to Jaxon come from the days 
>> of the Rip Off Press.  For a while I lived in his house on Portero 
>> Hill with Moriarty.  Unknown to some is that the Rip Off was also 
>> somewhat of a do it your self vanity press. One of these projects was 
>> the printing of a collection of Jaxon's drawings and paintings from 
>> '62 to '69.  Jaxon supplied the paper and drawings, Rip Off the ink 
>> and press, and I did all the work for free.  The work was called 
>> "Exile Into Consciousness" a very rare item.  I think we also did a 
>> reprint of "God Nose" this way.  Neither sold and had a very small 
>> circulation.  The last time I saw Jaxon, a few years ago at a party 
>> in Austin, he remembered the effort and thanked me once again for my 
>> part.   His funeral was kind of inspiring in that may people from the 
>> historian community spoke of Jaxon's historical work and its 
>> importance.  One that impressed me was a man from a Texas/Mexican 
>> group who praised Jaxon for bringing to light the importance of 
>> Mexicans in Texas history, particularly the story of Juan Segiun.  
>> Another proof of the importance of history and its retelling.   I 
>> also had the chance to chat it up with a number ghettoits at the 
>> funeral.
>>  
>> Here are a couple of photos of Jaxon I would like to share with you.
>>  
>> Jaxon as the serious painter, 1969.
>>  
>> Jaxon at the Rip Off Press.
>>  
>> Self portrait from "Exile Into Consciousness".
>>  
>>  
>> On with the road trip:
>>  
>> I did have one prophetic dream on the trip.  The problem with dreams 
>> of premonition is that hey are mostly over produced and over 
>> dramatized making them easy to dismiss.
>> The dream: I dreamed that I went to this location in Florida that I 
>> wanted to visit.  The first part of the dream I saw my truck parked 
>> in sand or maybe stuck in sand, it wasn't that clear what was 
>> happening.  I went to see the sights and when I returned to the truck 
>> I found that something had run into the right rear of the truck.  The 
>> right side of the camper-shell was all broken up and the right rear 
>> fender was also severely  damaged.  Parked on the right side of my 
>> truck was a large van, the kind that is often used to deliver stuff.  
>> It didn't seem to be damaged and I couldn't figure if it was the 
>> vehicle that hit my truck or not.  All this visualization was done in 
>> high drama.
>> What happened: The next day I almost decided not to go to this 
>> location because of the dream but decided not to pay attention to 
>> that kind of stuff.  I arrived at the location and all the soil was 
>> sandy as was the place I parked.  I backed into the parking spot and 
>> hit a small tree that I didn't see, since the truck was going 
>> very slow and has a strong rear bumper I didn't think much of the 
>> incident and went to see the sights with out checking.  When I 
>> returned I went to the rear of the truck to get a cold drink, then 
>> noticed that the right rear tail-light was damaged - the plastic part 
>> was all broken up.  Parked on the right side of my truck was a van, a 
>> small Jeep SUV.
>>  
>> I'll have to make a note to pay more attention to premonitions.
>>  
>> One of the places I visited was Roswell, NM.  There I learned of the 
>> shocking medical treatment that is afforded to our aliens.  You would 
>> think that such a rich country could do more to help aliens in need.  
>> Somebody should do something about this sad situation.
>>  
>> Roswell, New Mexico
>>  
>> One of the places I always like to visit in the Southwest is the 
>> Painted Desert/ Petrified Forest - I like the strange weathered 
>> formations there.  There is also a free camping place at the back 
>> door there.
>>  
>> Arizona
>>  
>> Finally, a few notes about the world of the dust:
>>  
>> Dust live in a world of their own.  Their world is a delusion often 
>> involving visions of grandeur and their importance in the world.  
>> Mostly it is an artificial construct designed to support their 
>> delusions when really it is a made-up facade.
>>  
>> Las Vegas
>>  
>>  
>> Dust are attracted to bright lights, the sense of novelty, the 
>> trendy, they think the flashy is a sign of advancement.
>>  
>> Las Vegas
>>  
>> One of the saddest things is what happens to dust when there is an 
>> evil wind blowing.  They are caught up in a swirling cloud of 
>> emotions.  Their capacity for reason is destroyed.  They do what they 
>> would never ordinarily do.  They are blown about with no control.
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> Zen-hearted, washed free of all desire
>> never again will I wander the noisy dust.
>> - Shih-shu
>>  
>> Aloha, have a good trip
>> Ewie
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