Wild Stallion at Pryor Mountain WHR - lightontheland.com

nice photo

Several years ago during the annual wild horse sale in eastern Montana I saw a mare and colt when driving through the WHR. Whenever I stopped the pickup to shoot pictures, the mare would move farther away, and her colt would immediately follow. Never did she let the vehicle get closer than 50 yards. I was surprised to see that wild horses are smaller than domesticated ones -- this wild mare and all the horses sold that day.

love all of your posted photos. You were a superb teacher. --of photography--of poetry --of English. Looks like you are able to continue to appreciate the beauty of the Earth. My best, Cathy(gvhs'71)

DO YOU KNOW HOW PARANOID I AM TO WRITE A COMMENT TO THE MOST MEMORABLE TEACHER I EVER HAD ? I WAS A NEW STUDENT AT HOPKINS HIGH IN 1985. IT WAS MY JUNIOR YEAR, AND I HAD YOU FOR A POETRY CLASS. I LOVED YOU SO MUCH I TOOK SHORT STORIES THE NEXT QUARTER. ILL NEVER FORGET WHAT YOU WROTE IN MY YEAR BOOK. YOU SAID, " I WAS IN LOVE WITH A WOMAN FROM OKLAHOMA ONCE, AND YOU REMIND ME OF WHAT GOOD PEOPLE COME FROM THAT STATE ". READING THAT TODAY STILL MAKES ME SMILE. I LOVED SITTING IN THAT CIRCLE EVERY DAY ARGUEING WIHT MY PIERS OVER THE MEANINGS OF SHORT STORIES, WHILE YOU QUIETLY STOKED THE FIRES OF OUR IMAGINATION. I WISH YOU HEALTH AND LONG LIFE.

Beautiful photo. I'm qualified to judge because you taught me photography. Are you still with film, or have you gone digital yet?

I'll be in CO June 13, 2008 and would love to connect. Jim McCabe, GVHS'65, (mccab003@umn.edu)

Cathy and Julie, what a pleasant surprise to reconnect with you via the Google page. Of course i remember both of you, how you immersed yourselves in the vigorous discussions of poems and stories. My memories of those classroom days are more than nostalgia; they very often enrich me with vivid details -- visual and linguistic. My wife died 20 years ago; five years later I bought three acres and a "house" on Chalk Creek in Chaffee County Colorado, elevation 7700', where I have lived alone for 15 years in solitude and gratitude, spending much time gathering digital images of the details of my world -- from this Arkansas River Valley to the 14,000' summits of the many mountains nearby. Hike out sometime for another discussion of "Ars Poetica." onthecreek@chaffeeco.net.