Thursday, April 30, 2026

April Flying Carpet 2026

 In April 

The Flying Carpet 

accompanied Victoria 

on a 

Land of Dreams Adventure

we
Crashed in ROSWELL, NM

Where she was SMITTEN by a
tall green handsome alien


and took off for Outer Space 

I pleaded with her
to BE IN TOUCH

to no avail…
GONE!

but finally she RETURNED
Then we
admired Nancy Fleming
getting all her ducks in a row
at the 
Miniatures
and Curious Collections 
Museum
Then we
Spelunked in
CARLSBAD CAVERNS, NM
where time
turns rock into lace

Then we
ambled into
the CLOUDCROFT, NM
Western Bar
and beheld
more than
a fistful of DOLLARS

Then we
walked the empty streets
of CARRIZOZO, NM
trying to imagine
International World Art Day there
in a town where
cowboys
on brick pinto PONIES
gallop into blooming yuccas


Then we headed home.

Special thanks to VICTORIA
for returning from Outer Space



Tuesday, March 31, 2026


 In March

The Flying Carpet

Marched in PROTEST

along with 8 million others

Here are the faces

of PROTEST 

Santa Fe Style



Saturday, February 28, 2026

 In February

The Flying Carpet

Encourages you to 

"Make Love Not War"

Make Valentines!
The weirder
the better

Gather them
Share them
Weave hearts together
Remember
Receive with full heart

Appreciation of friends
"An eye for an eye
makes the whole world blind"
Ghandi

Saturday, January 31, 2026

JanuaryFlying Carpet 2026

In January

in the midst of chaos

The Flying Carpet

encourages you to stay centered*

1

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
*Special thanks to Carol Eastes for this theme
1 Muse photo/collage Gail Rieke
2 Telephone Wire Basket
3 Magic Circle Vision painting Zachariah Rieke
4 "Old School" Valentine collage Gail Rieke (special thanks to Chrysa Wikstrom)
5 Japan Travel Journal envelopes Gail Rieke
6 Montserrat in Lisbon, Portugal
7 The Way painting Zachariah Rieke
8 Manhole cover Himeji, Japan
9 Ceramic teabowls and matcha
"Tea stops the world" 
 

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

December Flying Carpet 2025

 In 2025 

The Flying Carpet 

saw "altars everywhere"

 

marking the moments
singular and recurring
a visible prayer
 1
Folk Art Museum
La Dia De Los Muertos
beyond the beyond

2
mannikin dress up
exuberant invention
more is truly more

3
dance of life and death
a family offrenda
veil between worlds

4
tools remaining
a lifetime of devotion
stone integrity
5
phrenology cats
papier-mâché Buddha heads
a Grey Matter shrine
6
an altar of shadows
more fleeting than memory
“If it were my dream…”
7
At 10,000 Waves
“there's nothing like the real thing”
pretending Japan
8
opalescent glow
candlelight and fireplace
illumine the dark
9
Governor's Palace
Christmas lights up the Plaza
tourist promenade
10
careful observance
putting the garden to sleep
transcending seasons

Image 1 Artist Stephanie Riggs

Image 2 Artist Coreen Cordova

Image 3 Artists Sialia Rieke and Jacob Baudhuin

Image 4 Artist Marc Saxe

Image 5 Artists Bruce Gray and Miranda Gray

Image 6 Site Santa Fe Artist Rebecca Salbury James

Image 8 Artist Serena Rieke

Image 10 Artist Sialia Rieke

Special thanks to The Lioness