Musings
Superficially insignificant or accidental looking detail [in art] may well carry the most important unconscious symbolism.”~~Anton Ehrenzweig “Your badge – it’s just a star, just another symbol. Your talisman. It can’t stop criminals in their tracks, can it? It has power because you believe it does.”~~Sally Owens in Practical Magic Making this draft version of […]
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The original Solicii sculpture was burned in an act of arson. But it was recently rebuilt. Read the whole story here – The gods have many faces: ‘The Solacii’ rises by Michael Abetamarco The sculpture and its story of resilience and rebirth helped inspire me to write the poem below for some special people in […]
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I was fortunate to be selected for one of the City of Albuquerque’s UETF Resiliency Residencies.
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Driving north along I-25, it rose darkly from the flat land and scrubby desert growth reaching into a gray sky and calling me like a siren.At first, I thought it was some errant tree. Then as we got closer, that perhaps it was a bit of leftover building. No. It was…
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The day after Christmas we took a mini-trip. We called it the Las Cruces Loop as we intended to head south, cut east on US 380 to Carrizozo and then head south on US 54 stopping at Three Rivers Petroglyph Site before heading through Tularosa and Almagordo. Then we would hit US 70 to White Sands National Park and spend the night in Las Cruces. The next day we would head home after checking out a few public pieces of art in Las Cruces. It was a way to get out of the house, spend a little time in nature and see some public art.
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The day after Christ’s birthday
The New Mexico sky was shrouded in gray
Basalt boulders rise up
“Jana, Goddess of January January is the month presided over by the goddess Jana, wife of the two-faced god, Janus. She, too, is often depicted as having two faces, one facing the past, and one facing the future. Jana is a moon goddess who presides over the great Wheel of the Year, doorways, childbirth, new […]
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My mother passed away at the beginning of the COVID lockdown. Life as I had known it had changed radically. There were no more restaurant trips, lingering over dessert. No wandering around the used bookstore discovering hidden treasures. And yet, life had not changed nearly as much for me. I had worked from home before […]
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October 31 – November 4 Samhain, Celtic New Year, All Saints Day, Day of the Dead, New Moon This is a time of endings and beginnings. A time for reflecting back and looking forward. It is a fitting time to say good-bye to our beloved house in Placitas. It was a hard decision that we […]
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