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Dirt-O-Rama – Intriguing Tales Beneath Our Feet

From July 14th through the 29th, Athena and I will be at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum participating in their summer program entitled “Dirt-O-Rama – Intriguing Tales Beneath Our Feet.  I don’t believe anything has been posted to their website yet that describes the summer’s events.  Whenever that happens and there is a description of our activities I’ll post it to the blog.  For now, here’s a link to their site:  //www.arboretum.umn.edu/ As was the case last summer when we worked […]

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iPhones on the Rio Sonora

Through much of November and December my attention was focused on an iPhone photography course we sponsored in Banamichi, Sonora and that was held at La Posada del Rio Sonora //www.mexicoecoresort.com/ The course was taught by fine art photographer Dan Burkholder – www.danburkholder.com   I’m not going to post any of Dan’s photos into this piece, but if you want to view a good collection of his iPhone images, open any of his mobile upload folders on his Facebook page.  This […]

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To Bluff and Back

I was being overtaken by recurring thoughts reminding me that I should write something for my blog.  Athena added a few of her own and then there were the suspicions of friends and readers who were wondering if a great crisis had befallen me, and so, I decided to write something. My temporary absence was not due to lack of interest, but a combination of constant activity and visitors to Canelo, several trips to Mexico where we remain very involved, […]

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Transitioning at 15 – “The Quinceanera”

We’ve been back about a month from Europe, hosted the Xunutzi dance group for Tucson Meet Yourself, been to Minneapolis to line up work for next summer and to the Rio Sonora.  Finally came a pause and it seemed a good time to write.  The subject matter is simple, an account of something I did during a recent trip to Mexico.  It’s another small piece of what has become a growing collection of tales and photos we’ve been collecting along […]

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Grupo Danza Xunutzi, Big Jim Griffith and Tucson Meet Yourself

I thought I’d be done with my European posts by now, but apparently, I came home more tired than expected.  One more remains about our stay in France and at least a pair on the Basques, about whom I really would like to write.  For now, here’s one that I knew I would have to do, but the story is very much different than I had imagined. The occasion was the annual Tucson Meet Yourself festival, which began some 30+ […]

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