Friday, November 11, 2011

DubCrow: a Pictorial History



My corvid 'family' at the bottom are: Left to right: Uncle Saroyan (William Saroyan - author), Old Man Eiseley (Loren Eiseley...just read him!), Atticus (Finch of course), Irene - dobro player (from 'good night Irene'...one of the songs my father offered up of an evening), Annabel Lee (see Edgar Allen Poe), Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain), Phyllis...(my aunt, artist and inspiration... murdered and madly mourned), Cousin Thornton (Burgess...whose anthropomorphic styling so tickled me in childhood...Animals just like me. Playful, curious, grubby, rude, hungry.  Hanging out in the 'hood with friends and family. Small town critters.


An old Wild West book showed up at the depot...musty and very familiar... We had a much loved copy in our bookshelves back home. The photo of little Britches was one of my favourites...