i am in raymond sandoval's workshop/guest-room in JEMEZ SPRINGS, NM. one of my most favorite places on earth!
there are sunflowers outside the window and a variety of indoor plants surrounding my little day bed. the bed is comfy, but the look of it reminds me of norman bates's bed in psycho. it has a sinister child-like quality to it.
it is so peaceful and tranquil in jemez springs, NM. population 200- most whom are relatives of raymond sandoval....btw the area is called SANDOVAL COUNTY.
raymond gets up early to leave to the art fair. i stay a little later and drive down with tim. we have breakfast @ THE RANGE CAFE, very cute little place in Bernalillo, albq is full of these small quaint towns. there a guy @ the table next to us who i notice has a very handsome face, kinda like a dark haired- Matthew McConaughey. i mentioned this to tim. "he has a great face, but i don't know what the rest of him looks like." he eventually stands up to take one of his many children to the restroom. well..... he has a nice face, but he's very short & ball shaped, wears high-water, nylon sweatpants and has 6 children! albq tends to do that to guys with nice faces.
as we drive into downtown i notice many bail bond offices. @ the art fair the crowd is larger than yesterday, but business is unfortunately slow. tim & i go to the local zoo... surprisingly cute.... we have such a pleasant afternoon looking @ at the hyenas and baby elephants. i'm so proud of tim, he doesn't talk about violence and dismemberment all day long. well @ least not until we leave the zoo.
back @ the art fair i bring raymond a pepperoni pizza for lunchie. he is grateful. he hadn't sold anything all day.
raymond's brother kenny & his wife & son join us for awhile. they live on a reservation. we have a nice chat... i also notice that allot of people milling around are in wheelchairs?!
so the main industry of ALBQ is bail bonds, a segment of the population is wheelchair bound, and they like arts & crafts.
ray wigler comes by the art fair to meet me. he is one of the artists for THE THIN VEIL exhibition. i have never met him in RT, (real time) before.... what a surprise, he is a handsome, regal gentleman in all white, with bleach blonde hair, sporting a beautiful cain with an ivory dog head. there is a hare in the dog's mouth. (he kinda looks like gary busey in CONTACT. remember the movie with jodie foster where she is the first woman to discover the other dimension? the gary busey character detonates a bomb and blows up the spaceship 2 seconds before take -off)
ray lives in taos and works on his art full time. he used to be a park ranger for 15 years... he is somewhat crippled from a nerve disorder in his neck & shoulder about seven years ago. despite this he has an amazing body... works out every day and walks four miles a day..wow!!.
he promises to be a very interesting person to know.
earlier that day i told raymond that THE RANGE CAFE had homemade KEY LIME PIE. well he fixated on it all day long.. i love people that are obsessive! so on the way home we stop back @ the range and have key lime pie & tea... what a way to end the day.
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