IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT’S OVER YOUR HEAD

Bringing brews to you wherever it’s most comfortable and convenient. The trailer is portable, taking the malt to wherever it is needed. Looking at the blackboard, I wonder what Murica Walking Beer is. It’s pretty cheap.                      

WOULD YOU?

We do sometimes. It’s Mrs. C’s home state and there is lots of family. It has a bad reputation in much of the country as bland and featureless. Not so. Since my first visit when we were dating, I found subtle beauty in a rolling, green to amber countryside and vast vistas. The Kansas City metro area, which is divided between Missouri and Kansas, is always worth a visit. This van was seen at a local art fair.                

Art In The Dark

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I'd never been to either of our major art fairs at night before. The one in September in Clayton is in an urban setting, surrounded by streetlights and buildings. Laumeier Sculpture Park is a large wooded area out in the suburbs with less light pollution. As the sun set it felt a little like going camping with artists. I hated camping when I was a Boy Scout. (I also hated being a Boy Scout - hi, ho, the city life for me.) But I might be willing to find a lean-to and sleep with the great sculpture of this place, more about which over the next couple of days.

GUESS WHAT? I shot a bunch of new Arch pictures yesterday.

TOMORROW: I see.

Artists' Portraits: Frances Kite at The Laumeier Art Fair

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There are two big annual outdoor art fairs in St. Louis. One opened last night at Laumeier Sculpture Park, which is a special place. We went directly to see an old friend, Frances Kite from Lawrence, Kansas, who makes exquisite cloisonne jewelry. Some of her work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. We met her and her husband, Dwain Workman, at the first of these fairs, perhaps twenty years ago. Workman is a painter, sculptor and wood craftsman of great originality. We have several of his - well, they can't be categorized but they hang on walls - in my office.

My wife does not have jewelry lust. I don't think she owns a diamond and has no interest in them. However, she's bought a couple of Kite's gorgeous pieces over the years. She saw a new work last night that drew her in and, well, Mother's Day in the U.S. is tomorrow and we had a good month at the ofice in April and it's simply beautiful and why not. St. Louis, get out to the fair this weekend, go meet Frances and buy her stuff. You won't be sorry.

TOMORROW: more from the art fair.