“You have a magic carpet
That will whiz you through the air,
To Spain or Maine or Africa
If you just tell it where.
So will you let it take you
Where you’ve never been before,
Or will you buy some drapes to match
And use it
On your
Floor?”
- Shel Silverstein
Ours was a glorious, if brief, summer’s idyll this past Sunday. Taking a [...]
Category Archives: Carlos Ferguson
Sunday in Des Moines
June 30, 2010, 7:54 pm
Artist Talks: Carlos Ferguson & Peter Feldstein
May 21, 2010, 6:40 am
I found myself laughing out loud all this week when I recalled how Charlotte, our seven month old granddaughter, would squeal as loudly as she could, until she turned red in the face, to see how excited we would be by her antics.
Blowing on dandelions with Charlotte at Squaw Creek Park
Other than play [...]
Carlos Ferguson / Tiny Circus
September 24, 2009, 6:11 am
I’ll tell you a story.
I first met Carlos Ferguson in the summer between his junior and senior year at Grinnell College. He was venturing into the fabled printmaking program at the U. of IA, where I was a graduate student. My hours at that point in my life were ungodly. I got up at 4:30 [...]