Salli McQuaid
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Cosmic Illusions
lofty quilts and high art by Salli McQuaid
 

With the seemingly endless personal tragedies that have occurred throughout the worst natural disaster in our country's history, I hope my new work Ashes not only expresses the universal bleakness and loss that accompany death, but will provide some consolation to those who were caught in Hurricane Katrina's fury. It is my deepest belief and prayer that out of the immense destruction our people will build better and happier lives. We will always own our memories, and surely we will once again meet.
--Salli McQuaid, 2005


Ronnie "The Rock", LOL
 

      Ashes ...
 in memory of Ronald David Randall, 1945-2004  

Verse 1.


 buffalo.jpg (22004 bytes)  

 lonefe1.jpg (33858 bytes)   Verse 2.

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Buffalo grazed still fields, 
while a lone post watched		  Weary, we rested. The horizon glowed
points of light, faded and then vanished
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The creek flowed cold, numbing the view
An eroded tractor lumbered into camp		  A new day opened. Children ran
electric and conquered trees like summits 
hauling wood.jpg (95668 bytes) werested.jpg (47398 bytes)      ashes15.jpg (19928 bytes)
Hauling a dead tree to brew. Once 
giant, its resolution was now ashen		 Our creek streamed in to storm-ridden 
grief.  
     

  knots.jpg (44130 bytes)  

Knots spiraled into trees
     
--Salli Randall McQuaid. Photos by Salli & Mike McQuaid
   Chemult, OR, 2005  

  Ashes Away


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