I never meant to talk about her here, but rather relate a brief projection of the weeks to come. We’re heading for Idaho, and the wonderful hide-away supplied for us by friends (who also knew my parents, and ultimately bought their house). It’ll be our studio away from home for making art, writing and various projects . . . enough of which we’re already feeling behind.<\/p>\n We’re taking the long way to get there–like through Portland, Oregon, where Anne long before signed up for an encaustic (wax) workshop. On the way there we’ll stop in Palo Alto where I’ll be\u00a0speaking and painting to a couple of groups.<\/p>\n Add to this some four or five other business-type stops, galleries and the like, and it looks like a full-on working trip. But that works for us. Oh, and don’t forget the stays along the way with family and friends. That adds to the quality and meaning of it all . . . and exactly how my mother would have done it. She modeled well.<\/p>\n![\"Toyota-Los-Osos-650\"](\"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Toyota-Los-Osos-650.gif\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThe van, full of art supplies, even Anne’s press, at an early (business) stop in Los Osos.<\/h6>\n
(Below)\u00a0That’s Mom and Dad, with a friend between (and another taking the picture) adventuring somewhere in the Rockies. Very likely they all kept in touch, and stayed at one another’s houses all down the years. (Click twice.)<\/h6>\n