June 2, 2004
I finished the John Wesley Hardin portrait this morning. Didn’t take my own advice, and just had to add a few little brush strokes. I’m holding my breath but I think I actually improved it.

Our True West Forum is finally up and now you can talk to each other and move about the cabin. I went into the Westerns forum and put my two cents in regarding some comments made there by Bob Reece on John Ford being God.

There’s a new documentary on Sam Peckinpah coming out on the Westerns Channel in August. They sent us a preview copy on CD. I’m going to watch it tonight.

Let me know if you can navigate the multiple forum discussion boards, and if the controls are adequate and not confusing. I confess to being confused by some of the hoops I had to go through to get a message posted, but then, I’m not a surfer or webhead.

The oldest person in the world just died. At age 114, Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan passed away last Saturday in Puerto Rico, but not before confessing her secret for longevity: she always cooked with pork fat.

Brad Radina made some chile colorado (red chile) for the birthday party last week and gave us the leftovers. I’m going to Bashas’ this afternoon to get some pork.

"I just got skylights put in my place, the people who live above me are furious."
—Stephen Wright