DEATH SKULL

For Halloween, (a Pagan Day for "remembering the Dead), I crafted this simple fish aquarium skull for the occasion.  I marked names of those who are remembered in our family. We have all experienced the influence of Death in our lives.  Either people or pets, they are all considered "Loved Ones". Here are just a few of them along my journey: Bob Snow, Wilma Smith, Betty Scott, Michael Smith, Kathirene Peterson, Linda Townsend, Benjamin Garza, April, Oggie, Charlie, Milo Rosie, Samwise, Micah

THE SKULL

The Sigils, (a method by which the words of a statement of intent are reduced into an abstract design); on the skull "stand for" Earth, Wind, Fire, Water and Spirit.  The body is scattered and consumed by Time.  DEATH is the end of this physical existence.  The "after life" - comes with the myriad of expressions of religions and philosophies the world over.    

Happy Mother's Day

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY...
.A thousand dreams were crafted
beneath your apron's skirt
a thousand hurts kissed away
memories made and lost
mixed emotions to this day
no matter what's said and done
you're forever the only one
I clam as my mother now gone.

 

 

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Family Histories Continue

Here's a picture of my family, taken about 1968. Tracy, Bobbie, Linda, 'DeDe'. I use to really hate being called "DeDe". Don't know why, really. A kid thing or maybe too many negative memories attached to it. Years later friends were allowed to call me 'Dave.' Many many years later, when I developed a relationship with my mother again; she called me 'DeDe' a couple of times, then later realized I responded better to David. So much water under the bridge now, uhm? But - Don't I look cute next to my mother?

The other day I finally called Elon Fay back on the phone. She was someone I re-met at dad's funeral. We talked for quiet awhile. She's a first cousin of my dads, and as kids they seem to have been close friends. I wrote her a rather long letter. It'll be neat to aquire more material for my writing of OUR HISTORY's NAME: An Abidgement of The Texas Snows, book.

Getting reaquainted with Elon will be interesting, because I know little to nothing of my grandmother's side of the family. Other than a few photographs and weak story lines; like, 'Oh yeah she's the one who had a garden and raised chickens' - kay?