Marsha Skinner 1944—2025
Marsha Skinner 1944—2025 Remembrance By David L. Witt “Marsha Skinner is not famous and the I Ching was really happy about that.” Quote by Marsha Skinner, December 13, 2025 For those of us who knew Marsha this quote will seem very much in character. Arriving in Taos...
Grand Canyon Lodge June 18 2025
The gloriously beautiful Grand Canyon Lodge burned down on July 12, 13, 2025. I stayed there for four nights in June. I took this photograph from just below the Lodge. Observation room on the right; the huge dining room on the left. Great views from all windows.
Garden Flower
This is an experiment for a new series of flowers and landscapes. Series to make a near daily appearance in September with species or geographic information included for each.
Harwood Art Theft Solved
During my time as Curator, Harwood Museum of Art, two paintings were stolen: March 20, 1985. Allegedly by Jerry and Rita Alter. This strange pair was featured in a documentary, The Thief Collector. Intrepid true crime investigator Lou Schachter looked into the matter...
Democrats I Have Your Solution Post 2024 Election
Rather than react to MAGA with despair or resistance (“Resistance is futile.”) or continuing to rely on failed #1 and #2 theories, consider meeting the majority of American people where they live and work. Less identity politics and more quality-of-life-for-everyone policies. Roosevelt and the New Deal is a model to build upon.
Water Under Ice
Yerba Canyon, Taos County, February 8, 2023. Water flow blur photograph.
I Got Mine by John Nichols
Novelist John Nichols writes about his life in a new memoir on the artistic process, I Got Mine.
Generally True Patterns
Generally True Patterns: A New Natural History of Recognizing Ourselves as a Part of Nature raison d’être Part 1 of 22 This series on generally true patterns in nature is offered at what may be the concluding moments of our civilization, the “Anthropocene”...
Generally True Patterns #1
Generally True Patterns: A New Natural History of Recognizing Ourselves as a Part of Nature raison d’être Part 1 of 22 This series on generally true patterns in nature is offered at what may be the concluding moments of our civilization, the “Anthropocene”...
Generally True Patterns #2
Generally True Patterns: A New Natural History of Recognizing Ourselves as a Part of Nature Part 2 of 22 Chapter 1 Patterns Part I: Above All Else, Nature Is Characterized by Movement East of where Santa Monica Boulevard ascends a steep hill...