October 20, 2006
Who Killed Meadowlark Lemon?
Meadowlark [?] killed by Galena ‘Lena’ Martin at 146 Shady Lane, unincorporated Somerset Township, Jackson County, southernmost Illinois. Spring 2006. Photographed by Sheila Ryan immediately prior to being conveyed outdoors (on shovelhead) and heaved gently into ravine.
It’s all Lena’s work. I’m just the recording angel.
I did not physically or otherwise alter any of the elements of composition. Well, okay. There’s the fireplace shovel. But that was my only contribution to “Who Killed Meadowlark Lemon?”
Even though I’m slouching toward the sale of my rural property down here in southern Illinois, I’m thinking always to try and own some place out in the boondocks.
And I’m thinking that running a combination artists’ colony/animal refuge for ‘animal artists’ could well be my life’s work.