Jeane George Weigel on 01/16/2023

My Upcoming Show at Palette Contemporary, Albuquerque

I want to extend an invitation to any of you who are local to attend my first show in many years. A Sense of Place will be held in Albuquerque at Palette Contemporary and is opening on January 28th from 1:00 to 4:00. I would love to see you there.It seems fitting for me to be finally breaking out ag

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My Upcoming Show at Palette Contemporary, Albuquerque
Jeane George Weigel on 05/15/2021

Adventures in the Art of Bread Making

This post was originally published on November 1, 2012. Since then it’s gone through many updates on its platform and had lost its photos and comments and such. While putting it all back together I decided I wanted to republish it now because it’s such a great recipe that perhaps many of you haven’t

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Adventures in the Art of Bread Making
Jeane George Weigel on 05/10/2021

Willie Chance (Because We Took a Chance on Each Other) Weigel

What to say about Willie? Willie is my just-turned one-year-old puppy. I started looking for him right after the world was struck with Covid. Half the world, including the US, was under lock down. And my 16 year-old rescue dog, Finn, passed away. During the pandemic.Finn was one of those “heart dogs

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Willie Chance (Because We Took a Chance on Each Other) Weigel
Jeane George Weigel on 02/14/2021

Democracy

So, President’s Day Weekend. I’ve been wanting to get excited about Valentine’s Day/Presidents’ Day, but just hadn’t found the heart with all that’s going on.I mean I felt celebratory over Biden’s inauguration, and thought I might anchor to that. But somehow my personal sense of betrayal by the outg

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Democracy
Jeane George Weigel on 09/15/2020

The Española Valley, Part 2, Española

Photo: Anasazi Farmland, Jemez Mountains 1982, Paul LogsdonThis is the second part of a two part story. Here is a link to the first part: http://high-road-artist.com/17288/southwest-history/the-espanola-valley-part-1/Photo: Bob EkertAs written by Camilla Trujillo in, Images of America, Española, “…

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The Española Valley, Part 2, Española
Jeane George Weigel on 09/10/2020

The Española Valley, Part 1, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo

Photo: Bob PeachI first thought about writing this post because I had to go down to the hospital in Española to get my first Covid test. I’m fine, I’m just having a procedure next week that requires I be checked first.So I thought I’d swing by Chimayó Rocks to take a few photos that I didn’t get the

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The Española Valley, Part 1, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo
Jeane George Weigel on 08/29/2020

Chimayó Rocks, Española, New Mexico

NOTE: Nearly all of the photos used in today’s post were pilfered from Chimayó Rock’s website and one, the moving out/packing photo, was shot for the “Albuquerque Journal” by Eddie Moore.Do you remember the story I told you earlier about Chimayo Rocks, the wonderful rock shop I discovered in Español

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Chimayó  Rocks, Española, New Mexico
Jeane George Weigel on 05/03/2020

Continuing

Here we all are, still in this unreal pandemic situation.I am so much luckier than most, living up here on this mountain in New Mexico. And I’ve wished there was something I could do for those of you who aren’t as fortunate.So, once again, I’ve turned to Anne Lamott. She says, “In the aftermath of l

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Continuing
Jeane George Weigel on 03/15/2020

Times of Trouble

Photo: L. Sebastian“… we somehow keep coming through unsurvivable loss, the stress of never knowing how things will shake down, to the biggest miracle of all, that against all odds, we come through the end of the world, again and again — changed but intact (more or less)… Insofar as I have any idea

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Times of Trouble
Jeane George Weigel on 12/21/2019

Spirit Horse Gallery, Chimayo,NM

I have been casting about for a topic, a story, anything, to express the beauty in this difficult world. I wanted to write something uplifting to you, and I suppose to me as well, for this holiday season. The world seems to have gone so ugly of late.Photo: L. SebastianPhoto: L. SebastianI live in a

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Spirit Horse Gallery, Chimayo,NM
Jeane George Weigel on 09/18/2019

An Essence of the High Road to Taos–The High Road Art Tour 2019

Spirit Horse Gallery, ChimayoThe “High Road” for those of you who don’t know, is the old highway running between Santa Fe and Taos. It winds up and through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and past ancient Spanish land grant villages.Sally Delap-John, TruchasOver the centuries artists have been drawn

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An Essence of the High Road to Taos–The High Road Art Tour 2019
Jeane George Weigel on 09/12/2019

Magic

I live in a remarkable place that is not only filled with beauty but also with magic. I live where the ancients used to live, among their ancestors, the Indians. And the Spanish, the Mexicans, the Aztecs, the Penitentes…Their mark is all around me, in the air I breathe, the mountain I see, the land

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Magic
Jeane George Weigel on 06/26/2019

Dennis Hopper in Taos

After Mabel and Tony passed away (see http://high-road-artist.com/16750/an-artful-life/georgia-okeeffes-introduction-to-new-mexico/), there was some upset at the pueblo.They had believed that the house and land would come back to the pueblo after the couple’s death. Perhaps it was pueblo land that T

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Dennis Hopper in Taos
Jeane George Weigel on 06/23/2019

Georgia O’Keeffe’s Introduction to New Mexico

Okay, this time I did go looking for Georgia O’Keeffe. I was inspired by experiencing her White Place the other day (see http://high-road-artist.com/16700/southwest-history/georgia-okeeffes-white-place/.Arnold H. Ronnececk Casa LuhanAnd I was headed to one of my favorite places to stay, the Mabel Do

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Georgia O’Keeffe’s Introduction to New Mexico
Jeane George Weigel on 06/18/2019

Georgia O’Keeffe’s White Place

I did not set out seeking Georgia as so many seem to do. I just went on a hike with friends. It didn't occur to me until days later that we were in Georgia O'Keeffe's White Place. I did not set out seeking Georgia as so many seem to do.Kim and I were invited on a hike with our friends who had a spec

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Georgia O’Keeffe’s White Place
Jeane George Weigel on 06/02/2019

Hiking Close to Home

Now that I’m feeling better I get to begin to get out into nature again and I’m thinking I’ll take you all along with me whenever I go.In fact Kim and a couple of friends and I went to the desert for my first hike since surgery this past week.This place is just about a 10 to 15 minute drive from the

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Hiking Close to Home
Jeane George Weigel on 05/29/2019

Rocks Rock!

Since I was a very small child I have been captivated by rocks and archeology. I used to walk the allies of Tacoma gathering treasures, and the beaches of Manzanita on Vashon Island. Maybe in part because it was a wealth of riches I didn’t need to be rich to enjoy. I have only one of those earlier f

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Rocks Rock!
Jeane George Weigel on 04/21/2019

Shameless Promotion (and there’s a prize!)

Truchas is a place away, a time away. It is steeped in history and a deep heritage. It is simply a beautiful, peaceful place to be. Photo: Lorey S.Okay, I’m going to admit right out of the shoot that this blog post is being put out there to shamelessly support my friend’s little, very special B&B he

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Shameless Promotion (and there’s a prize!)
Jeane George Weigel on 04/13/2019

Retreat!

... turn that long, painful look inside to the feelings generated within us by what we see--because those feelings we can do something about. Those we can heal. But we don't get to heal things that are outside of us. Coming into Talpa…As many of you know, I’ve been ill and then I had something of a

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Retreat!
Jeane George Weigel on 04/04/2018

God Speed Little Man

Bubba is a sensitive soul who has worked hard to fit. He has risen above fear, confusion and loss in order to live a good life. I believe there just may be some lessons for all of us in that.Bubba sitting with his best friend this morningNote: I’m republishing this piece about my dear Bubba which wa

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God Speed Little Man
Jeane George Weigel on 03/08/2019

Ah, Life! Blessed Life…

Those of us who grow do so by developing our moral imaginations and expanding our carrying capacities for pain and bliss…” Mary Pipher, New York TimesBy the time we’re older, like me and some of you, we come to know that life is hard. I look at this ancient village where I live in the mountains of n

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Ah, Life! Blessed Life…
Jeane George Weigel on 01/05/2019

Be Kind to the Suffering

A note about the photos in this post: The blog’s platform has been updated and I don’t know how to upload new photos so have drawn from the library of past posts…I have been wanting to talk to y’all (this fresh word compliments of some new friends, I like it so I’m using it) for a long time now. You

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Be Kind to the Suffering
Jeane George Weigel on 11/27/2018

The Miracle of Kathleen Ramsay, Part 2

When asked what she thinks her biggest contribution is to her community, Kathleen Ramsay says that it is her Cottonwood Veterinary Clinic in Española, New Mexico. It’s a fairly rural area, and quite poor. She says, “Probably 60% of people living there make $10,000 per year." And she has personally s

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The Miracle of Kathleen Ramsay, Part 2
Jeane George Weigel on 11/12/2018

The Miracle That is Kathleen Ramsay, Part 1

It’s been far too long since I’ve written to you all and there are so many reasons for that. One is that I was busy working with a friend to present a woman from our community as a CNN Hero nomination. Sadly, we didn’t win and Kathleen Ramsay did not receive the recognition we feel she deserves, nor

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The Miracle That is Kathleen Ramsay, Part 1
Jeane George Weigel on 08/21/2018

Isabro Ventura “Charro” Ortega, at Home in the Clouds

Photo: New York TimesWe here in Truchas have suffered a terrible loss. Isabro Ventura “Charro” Ortega, a gifted woodcarver and our dear friend, passed away suddenly last Tuesday. Some who have been reading the blog since its beginning may recall him from a previous post written in 2011, http://high-

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Isabro Ventura “Charro” Ortega, at Home in the Clouds