Golden hour. Taken at the Marfa, Texas home of musician Fran Christina and his artist wife Julie Speed. They live next to the Chinati Foundation, which was established by the late artist Donald Judd.
Downtown Marfa, Texas and a gorgeous sky. On our 3-hour drive from El Paso we encountered a rainstorm and drove underneath a double rainbow.
Marfa, Texas. The Hotel Paisano, where cast and crew stayed during the filming of "Giant" in 1956. I thought Elizabeth Taylor stayed here, too, but just learned she had a private home in Marfa.
The Palace Theater, standing empty on Marfa's main drag.
The delightful and hilarious Jo Harvey Allen at the Marfa, Texas concert celebrating her 55th anniversary to Terry Allen.
David Byrne, close friend of Jo Harvey Allen and Terry Allen. I think he was singing "Psycho Killer" at the time. Or was it "Love Hurts"? He directed Jo Harvey in the movie "True Stories."
Jo Harvey Allen, center in blue smock at Marfa, Texas concert celebrating her 55th anniversary. Dick DeGuerin on left.
Music by a fire pit. Marfa, Texas. The man on guitar -- didn't get his name -- sang a song about trains. The talented fiddler on the right added grace notes.
Marfa, Texas. Dick DeGuerin (with the blonde woman standing behind him) was our host. He's the criminal defense attorney seen in the HBO documentary "The Jinx," defending Robert Durst.
Jo Harvey Allen, just after a giving a wonderful reading at the Crowley Theater in Marfa. Her book, "Homerun," has funny, tender stories of her Lubbock childhood. That's Joe Ely on the left.
Marfa, Texas. Terry Allen at keyboard, his son Bukka behind him on the accordion. Joe Ely on guitar, second left.
Marfa, Texas. Abandoned movie house?
Marfa, Texas ingenuity: Gas station repurposed as an art museum.
Rain clouds approaching Marfa.
Texas skies, my oh my. Mexico is just 60 miles away.
