11/22/06

Murphy's Mule Barn, Posing, and a Chandelier

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Twenty minutes before I leave for Murphy's Mule Barn for breakfast. They have excellent and cheap breakfasts. Good chile. Another "...
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11/16/06

Gallup Performance Tonight!!! And a note to blog subscribers or those who have sent me notes via the blog or website--

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I'm getting ready to head to Gallup for a performance tonight at UNM-Gallup Branch, with my daughter Rainy Dawn Ortiz. The performance w...
11/12/06

Surrender rewrite

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SURRENDER We wound circles to Pink Floyd and powwow, and skidded when the music Stopped for musical chairs, beneath balloons in honor of bab...
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How Dreams Become Manifest, or Vice Versa

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From a six a.m. journal this morning: I dream I need to pee. I need to pee badly. I look for a toilet. There is one. It is occupied. I am ne...
11/11/06

The Art of Yellow

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Saturday night. Train whistle. Leaves tracked in the house. I leave them alone because they represent joy even as they represent leaving. I ...
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11/9/06

Report from Onondaga Nation

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I wake up in another realm: the Sheraton in the city of Syracuse, in the Onondaga Nation. I decompress with a shower, with water. This morni...
11/8/06

Packing for Syracuse

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I'm on my way to Syracuse in a few hours. Packing doesn't become easier. And reality becomes more complex when you open the doors. T...
11/2/06

We Were There When Jazz Was Invented

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Last week I spoke to students at Santa Fe Indian School on Jim Pepper, the quintessential native jazz saxophonist. Only a few people in the ...
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On the Road to the Sequoyah Research Center in Little Rock, Arkansas

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Met some new talent at the Southwest Symposium in Little Rock, Arkansas. Elgin Jumper is a Seminole poet from Hollywood, Florida. His new bo...
11/1/06

The Oklahoma Centennial is Coming, Whether We Like It Or Not

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History is repeated every time it is ignored or falsely told or reported. Oklahoma is gearing up to celebrate the centennial, the centennial...
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