what do these images have in common. what is it that threads them together in my mind, in my life?
another rhetorical question.
yesterday, daughter Jenny and i drove the many miles to East Mountains in th gigunda 4 wheel drive Silverado borrowed from the Old Cowboy. we took 5 goats to the goat show. above, is Amelia who won reserve grand champion for junior does. i wish i would have been able to focus differently and tell you numbers, but i didn't so just can say that there were MANY people and MANY MORE goats than people and a goat show is an I N T E N S E event. it has to "move along" at an orderly clip and if there is anything goats are Not interested in it's moving along at an orderly clip. my job was to keep track of 3 or so goats at a time while one was being judged. so i sat on the ground with a long lead that had several collar clips which made it difficult to photograph everything. actually, these were the only 2 photos i took. after all was said and done, there was an enormous potluck barbque and after that, we hooked up a 2 horse trailer that Jenny bought and
set out for home
here is where the above images begin to relate and i am still watching. it has to do with life Occuring, with how we all choose from the Myriad Possibilities and CHOOSE which will Hold our meaning, our purpose for particular segments of our life's journey. i will say here that i was Afraid about hooking up that horse trailer, about driving those many miles in a relatively unfamiliar huge truck on this new mexico freeway that is similar to a vehicular rodeo. before i left home at 5am i had put 2 drops of the Joyous Warrior under my tongue and as i pulled out from the ranch where the show was, i thought about Cindy's ..Handstories... aunt who was a cowgirl. and when i got home, finally, early evening, all of us safe and sound, Jenny, the goats, the trailer at her house, and me finally here, i looked long at this large cloth on the wall, this cape of What's Next and oddly enough, saw it all as part of some one very very large Thing.
