Our solstice ceremony

                                                           Bring instruments

                                                  The fire is the offering as well as the music

Our Solstice Marker

I'm facing southwest next to the solstice marker my wife, Marcia built. Every winter we invite friends to celebrate the turning of the sun back to us. There is an opening in the wall where the sun projects a point of light onto a point that marks that event. We believe it is important to witness the astrological and mythological events that connect us to creation.

Kaibab Sunset

My wife loves to make shadows on trees. In the background House Rock Valley and that curve on the right is upper Grand Canyon in the far distance Echo Cliffs

Octoburn Madman (me)

I think the whole point is to celebrate our relationship to the elements. AND have fun, I think I sorta went nuts

Art Business

Yesterday we spent the day at a seminar on making $ out of art. Marcia, my wife, said: "I'm in it only for the art" This is one of her pieces an actual formal dress that she painted and called "Earth Dress" before ceremoniously burning it at Solstice.

One of our guests at the Octoburn

Could'vd been a human Katchina

tell me your tale

I'm a storyteller, so please send me any of your stories. I promise I won't keep them but I believe I can be a better teller by listening well. I'm sure there's some really interesting albeit short real life stories out there. Let's begin. To start, ask about the story behind this photo. Just copy and  paste and go to my e mail tommar@kanab.net Thanks.