March Flying Carpet 2023

 In March
The Flying Carpet
living the parallel existence
of the night mind:
saw a figure
transparent and filled with ribbons…

RIBBONS
tracing the paths of energy
swirling with the dance in Mexico

RIBBONS
celebratory

RIBBONS
a feast of color in Oaxaca*

RIBBONS
and padlocks (!)
honoring Sain Roman Nonato
who protects from gossip
and secures secrets

RIBBONS 

textile inspiration
at Mokuba
a Japanese Passementerie in Paris

RIBBONS
wrap gifts with elegance
and blessing

RIBBONS
remembrance
awareness
support

RIBBONS
unexpected joy
"In gay profusion lying there,
Lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons”**

RIBBONS
a ribbon river of time

*Special thanks to Carol Eastes
for photo of the beloved Oaxaca ribbon store

**Scarlet Ribbons
as sung by Harry Belafonte

February Flying Carpet 2023

 In February
The Flying Carpet 

migrated with the cranes
to the Rio Grande valley

Los Luceros…
Clear winter light
etches shadow silhouettes
on soft adobe walls

Stories within stories within stories
of the 18th century ranch

New Mexico History 

beckons us to explore
the winding dirt roads…
Primordial rural New Mexico

Valentines, gnomes, motorcycles,
votives, pickups, reindeers
and always plastic flowers
adorn the graves of the adored

And back home… snow

and snow and more snow

and we come full circle…

 

Special thanks to Maggie…
with her adventurous heart

January Flying Carpet 2023

In January the Flying Carpet 

flew to the Land of Dreams

and in a dream
she was at an art opening
flying paper airplanes.
A message was written on each one:
“Dreams are Time's Boomerang”

 

That dream turned into an inspiration in waking life…
so she started making 

paper airplanes

and she wanted 

to make a lot of them

and in the making,
some paper airplanes turned into valentines

and she started folding them
and stacking them up

and then they looked like feathers

and then they looked like seedpods

and then they turned back into valentines
and the valentines' message was:
Plant a seed of love

 

Special thanks to the Dreamers
and the Valentiners

December Flying Carpet 2022

 In December
The Flying Carpet
celebrates celebrations

Celebrate shining and bright

Celebrate having the freedom
to shine our lights in the window

Celebrate western tea

Celebrate eastern tea

Celebrate the spaces in between

Celebrate dressing up

Celebrate wrapping it all up

As the Year of the Tiger roars out,
Celebrate looking forward
to the Year of the Rabbit

Special thanks to Satori
and my Wild Rumpus Family

November Flying Carpet 2022

 In November
The Flying Carpet
“Let the good times roll”
in New Orleans

Music around every corner

in The French Quarter

Waiting at the Vampire Cafe
but the wait was too long
“let's have a Bloody Mary”

The Backstreet Museum
The Fantastic World
of Mardi Gras Indians

Got our fix
for drugs and beauty

at The Pharmacy Museum

Total juxtaposed wackiness
at Mardi Gras World

Weird Stores with

broken magic boxes
and the Decatur Angel… $5,000.

Saint Louis Cemetery
in the light of day

Found paintings/
found collage/
found assemblage

Special thanks 

to Lion-headed Susan-san

 and Maka Nani

*photo by Susan Dierker

October Flying Caroet 2022

 In October The Flying Carpet
admits to being
a grateful non-recovering
Fall-a-holic

The Flying carpet can ascend
on autumn elation alone

The morning of windy yellows
Las Golandrinas

Farmer's Market:

“Who made your beautiful banner?”
“Grandma made it…
no more… this is the last…
she's 90 years old-- “
 Chencho Ochoa
Red or Green?
Chile is our business

Who painted your great sign?
“I did”she said proudly

Offrenda at the Folk Art Museum
“Earth in Crisis: 

for the souls
of the casualties 

of man made disasters”
Stephanie Riggs

You never know who will be
around the corner

Sometimes 

"there's no place like home”