Rebound

Bruce Parker and John Boak, at John's home in Denver, CO - 6/28/26

Bruce Parker stopped for a second half visit with John Boak & Linda in Denver, en route from Aspen to MN. We spent most of our awake time considering problems and opportunities of mutual import. 

BP

Canyon Art

John Boak and Bruce Parker at chez Boak near Leadville, CO – 5/26/26

Bruce Parker visited John Boak & Linda Keller at their cabin near Leadville CO. 

Then after the Aspen Ideas Health Festival tonight in Denver, I visited John’s artwork on display at the Aurora CO Art Complex. ((See pix.) Happy trails to all.

[Photo of Bruce and one of John's paintings on display at the The Tilting West art show at the Aurora CO Art Complex.]

[Photo of program of Art Show.}

I neglected to document a stop in KC, MO chez Charles Thomas

- Bruce

Housing and bench

Jim Conroy, Kim Hart, and Irene Taurins, at Kim Hart’s home in Bloomfield, VA – 4/9/26

Thursday April 9 – Jim Conroy and Irene Taurins visited Kim and Linda Hart for meals and conversation at their fantastic rural home in Bloomfield, VA near Middleburg. We had a fine time catching up on life, laughing about the aging process, and considering wild thoughts about reality and the nature of consciousness --- originating from Dan Brown’s latest novel, The Secret of Secrets, which we had all just read. 

Linda made a splendid dinner of spinach from her garden, with three cheeses in a phyllo crust. With a beet salad, also raised in Linda’s garden, the meal was perfectly paired with some kinds of grape based liquids with ethanol. 

Another Bench - at Kim's.

Kim is still having fun encouraging and investing in new residential complex projects. As always, Kim is seeking ways to find balance among competing interests, while creating much needed housing in the area. He currently has two affordable housing projects under construction.  One is 52 units and the other 80.

Jim and Irene went on the next day to attend Jim’s 60th high school reunion in Bethesda MD on April 11. Walter Johnson High School, named after the baseball pitcher, and constructed in a cow pasture in 1956. The dairy farm was still operating in the 60s. The school had no air conditioning. So there was powerful aroma-based motivation .to avoid summer school.

- Jim

Circle Route to CA - part 5

Dave Pieri and Bruce Parker at Dave’s home in La Crescenta, CA – 3/13/26

- Bruce

Circle Route to CA - part 4 (some French and Philosophie)

Bruce Parker and Ed Landler at Ed’s home in LA – 3/9/26

Midday meeting en passant, northbound.

Bob Dylan dedicated his “Philosophy of Modern Song” to “Doc Pomus.” His writing partner was Mortimer Shuman. Robert Crumb was an aficionado of roots music (the Cheap Suit Serenaders) - could he have been the real life model for Shuman the Human?

- Bruce

Circle Route to CA - part 3 (Mike's Mirage)

Bruce Parker and Mike Lawler at Mike's home in Rancho Mirage, CA - 3/5/26

Overnight and many words at Rancho Mirage, CA. Westward, Ho!

- Bruce

Circle Route to CA - part 2

Bruce Parker and Dennis McClure at Boca Negro in Petroglyphs Monument, Albuquerque NM – 3-2-26

Bruce Parker & Dennis McClure at Boca Negro - a subsection of Petroglyphs Monument, Albuquerque NM. Andrea was off on a parallel outdoor venture.

Another photo from Albuquerque with Andrea. 

- Bruce