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May 3, 2012
val01

In the comments, the queen alluded to some awesome wonderfulness. But this isn’t it. I’ll save the awesome wonderfulness for the very end. If you think about it, you’ll guess the wonderfulness. In the meantime, we finished our little pilgrimage to Prada Marfa and headed back to Marfa Marfa. Prada Marfa isn’t really in Marfa. It’s about a half hour west of Marfa. Do you know if you say “Marfa” over and over it won’t seem like a real word that’s meant for anything other than to form the sounds. Marfa Marfa Marfa… like, what is that? “Fork” is like that. Fork fork fork. You say it enough it becomes meaningless. What the heck is ‘fork’? Back in the real world, if your memory isn’t too shot because you’re totally old and stuff, this was a trip for Valentine’s day. Little did we know Parada Marfa was actually located right outside the town of Valentine, Texas. Who knew? We didn’t. The universe works in mysterious ways. We headed to bustling, downtown Valentine to check out the public library. I imagine Valentine’s Day in Valentine, Texas is kinda like Christmas – the whole place closes for the entire week for...

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Knock knock

May 2, 2012
pramar01

Who’s there? Land art. Back in the 70s, minimalist artist Donald Judd moved to Marfa, Texas. Working in Marfa allowed him to realize his work on a grander scale in concert with the stark landscape of west Texas. Some of his work is housed in two World War II prisoner of war camp warehouses. German prisoners worked and lived there back in the 40s. Great place for a prison. Anyone trying to make an escape would have been burned to a crispy critter in the desert because there ain’t nuthin’ for miles and miles. Donald Judd put Marfa on...

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A whole lot of somethin’…

April 29, 2012
marfax07

… in the middle of nuthin’. Marfa, TX. The desert of Texas. I often have to check myself and make sure I’m not spelling it ‘dessert’. How fitting it is those two words are so closely related by spelling yet a total contradiction – one is everything and the other is nothing. That’s how it is in Marfa – a desert town with crumbling houses and obvious poverty that draws the rich and famous to its contemporary art treasures. Marfa is a very interesting place. If you want to get there, be prepared for a journey. I’d say it’s...

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West of the Pecos

April 24, 2012
pecos02

February 14 – Valentines Day. What to give? Chocolates? Flowers? A nice dinner? Hmmm. How about a nine hour driving trip out west to a little art enclave called Marfa?  Sure! Who wouldn’t want that as a Valentine’s present? I instructed the queen to save the dates – February...

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Texas stop sign

April 23, 2012
westhome01

We crossed southern Wyoming. Not much to see. By this time it was all about getting home. Castle Rock, just outside of Denver, afforded us a comfortable place to crash. The drive into New Mexico from Colorado was quite lovely and very scenic. You’ll just have to take my...

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Sunday in Houston (but not)

April 22, 2012
irishbear04

Getting back to the Sunday in Houston blogs -  but today we were in Galveston, just a 45 minute drive from the Bayou City. I took “Nellie” with me. Nellie is a little bear on a key chain from Ireland. I “friend” the page World Irish on fb and...

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