tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476321794883547115.post4972093950266697113..comments2023-12-31T08:47:38.867-06:00Comments on Girldrive: The Halfway Point: SANTA FE AND THE DESERTGIRLdrivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04691090052628234020noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476321794883547115.post-72062043040129065782007-11-15T19:48:00.000-06:002007-11-15T19:48:00.000-06:00Bailey Doogan wrote this wonderful note to me, and...Bailey Doogan wrote this wonderful note to me, and allowed me to post:<BR/><BR/>"Dear Emma,<BR/><BR/>I was sad to read about your camera. I remember our discussion about your beautiful twin-lens reflex. I'm assuming the loss was your other camera. You have my sympathy, but I know that yours and Nona's project is stronger than that loss -- I have been following your project and now I'm addicted. I really loved your writing on New<BR/>Mexico, and was very moved by Nona's piece on her mother.<BR/><BR/>When I moved out West in August, 1969 to teach at the U of A, I had<BR/>to buy a car and learn to drive. I traveled with my two friends,<BR/>Barbara and Sara in my 1963 Volvo P544, which I bought for $600. My<BR/>friend, Willie Foshag, called us the "Motor Girls", his favorite book from his childhood in the 20's. My memories from that trip are so vivid -- a devastating hurricane in Mississippi; the volvo being repaired for $25 in Purvis, Mississippi by a man who had lost his home that morning in the storm; my car being rear ended in Saltillo, Mexico, and then being "banged out" for free by the guy who hit me; drinking and dancing on the rez with Sara's brother, a lawyer for the Navajo's, and a few of his clients; passing out in the desert and sleeping under the stars while coyotes howled all night...<BR/><BR/>You're both in my thoughts -- Motor on.<BR/><BR/>Peggy"GIRLdrivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691090052628234020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476321794883547115.post-53358149908253313752007-11-12T11:03:00.000-06:002007-11-12T11:03:00.000-06:00Ditto the above remark. I've enjoyed every entry, ...Ditto the above remark. I've enjoyed every entry, but somehow tales of separation, loss and redemption make us that much richer, even if you have to lose a camera or have a sleepless night in the meantime.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139274365948893113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476321794883547115.post-10110378973051404612007-11-11T12:02:00.000-06:002007-11-11T12:02:00.000-06:00That was amazingly written. Stay strong, everythin...That was amazingly written. Stay strong, everything happens for a reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com