November Flying Carpet 2021

 In November
the Flying Carpet
skedaddled to Las Vegas, 

New Mexico

The Amtrak Southwest Chief 
chugs through the station

a ghost town abandon
in chill November

Winter branches
piercing blue balloon sky

Adam's Cuts
on the Plaza
Cash Only!

Antique stores abound
Sock monkeys proliferate

remnants of the past
along the dry Gallinas river

Native presence echoes

Who looks out these windows?

No Country for Old Men
(filmed here in 2007)
but a great day trip for Old Women

Special Thanks to Maggie

October Flying Carpet 2021

 When I am an old woman
I will ride a Flying Carpet
instead of a broom

 

I will be aware of the
beauty of my autumnal years

I will shuffle through leaves
like a child

I will seize the MOMENT

I will be almost invisible

I will think I see
someone else's face 

in the mirror

I will make my house
“look like all my dreams”*

I will go adventuring

I will let others fly on broomsticks

*Tile House by Beverly McGinnis in Albuquerque
Quote from The Big Orange Splot
by Daniel Manus Pinkwater

special thanks to 

Stephanie, Jacob, Sialia,
Linda, Dana and Eugenie
for adventuring with me.

September Flying Carpet 2021

 I can still hear the crickets singing
the night before the first day of fall
like the rusting hinges of the season

 

The sharing of the harvest

Color feasts of Farmer's Markets

Amulets beseeching bounty 

and blessing 

Honoring the harvest

Drying and storing 

for long winter months

When is that moment
of crescendo?

 

August 2021Flying Carpet

 In August The Flying Carpet
has sent you to the Land of Scent.

Use your eyes 

to conjure the aroma of

petrichor…
the tenuous essence 

that occurs after rainfall

Marvelous moment of desert rain

Smell of approaching fall 

in New Mexico
Chili roasting…

Bundles of sage

A museum of smell!!!
The history of fragrance in Venice
at Mocenigo Palace

Safflower fields in rural France

Whiff of the exotic

Miasma of Evening in  Paris

Burning leaves
at the papermaker's shrine

…and your olfactory memories?

July Flying Carpet 2021

 In July The Flying Carpet
welcomes you 

 Through The Looking Glass
into Rieke Studios

 Over the threshold

Where memory is bundled

and papers are illuminated

Where time flies

and lines ripple

Where black and white 

exchange letters

Where reflections keep their secrets

Where cages are empty
and suitcases are full

Where rust sleeps in the garden

The Flying Carpet invites you

to visit Rieke Studios

through the month of August

by appointment

gail@riekestudios.com

June Flying Carpet 2021

 In June
The Flying Carpet
was PEOPLE-IZING

 

This little Pridelette
captured
the delicious moment
 

This bigger Pride-ette
knows how to celebrate…
adorned and adored

This Space-Walker
Belly-Dancer
Hoop-Gyroscope
strutted her stuff
on the Plaza

Wanda The Wanderer
tried Internet dating

And finally thought
Gus The Gunslinger
was The One

before he rode off
into the sunset

 

Harley Grampa
made a quick get-a-way
as well

Stone sculptor Mark Saxe
was excited about
finishing his biggest fountain 

Susann Craig left us
to decorate
The Great Beyond
with her ebullient presence

Special thanks to
Maggie for Wanda
Gayle for Gus
and Jill for 

gathering the Creatives