Photos

John at the summit of La Loberia, Gaucín, summer 2017

John at the summit of La Loberia, Gaucín, summer 2017

Coming back to Tyrone Guthrie house after an evening walk

Coming back to Tyrone Guthrie house after an evening walk

 

Lake Annaghmakerrig, from my room at Tyrone Guthrie Center, in the early morning

Lake Annaghmakerrig, from my room at Tyrone Guthrie Center, in the early morning

 

 Hiking in sun and fog northeast of Gaucin (setting of Chapter 27 in <em>Fighter Pilot's Daughter). Happy to escape my study!

Hiking in sun and fog northeast of Gaucin (setting of Chapter 27 in Fighter Pilot’s Daughter).

 

My father in the Korean War pilot's jacket I'm wearing in home page image

My father in the Korean War pilot’s jacket I’m wearing in home page image

 

With my mother and sisters at the farm in Alabama, c. 1957: (L-R) Lizzie, Nancy, Frannie with Sarah on her lap, and me

With my mother and sisters at the farm in Alabama, c. 1957: (L-R) Lizzie, Nancy, Frannie with Sarah on her lap, and me

 

Gaucin at sunset on the third to the last day of 2016. No editing or color added!

Gaucin at sunset on the last day of 2016. No editing or color added!

 

At a demonstration on behalf of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe against Dakota Access Pipe Line, Lehigh University November 2016

At a demonstration on behalf of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe against Dakota Access Pipe Line, Lehigh University November 2016

 

With my baby sister Sarah at High Street on Hudson, NYC, 4 Nov 2016--happy before the election

With my baby sister Sarah at High Street on Hudson, NYC, 4 Nov 2016–happy before the election

 

Tyrone Guthre Arts Centre, County Monaghan, Ireland (September 2016)

Tyrone Guthre Arts Centre, County Monaghan, Ireland (September 2016)

 

Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Artists' Studios

Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Artists’ Studios

 

Thinking of Frannie, my mother and subject of much attention in <em>Fighter Pilot's Daughter</em>, sketched here in a Saks ad for Intoxication perfume in 1945, when she worked in their advertising department.

Thinking of Frannie, my mother and subject of much attention in Fighter Pilot’s Daughter, sketched here in a Saks ad for Intoxication perfume in 1945 when she was working in Saks’s advertising department.

 

A clear winter day in Gaucin

A clear winter day in Gaucin

 

Sunset the same day

Sunset the same day

 

Roman temple located near the Puerta del Reloj, Jimena de la Frontera

Roman temple located near the Puerta del Reloj, Jimena de la Frontera

 

In my Dad's flight jacket from the Korean War--my bio photo for "Songs of Ourselves" an anthology of writing inspired by Walt Whitman, coming out soon with Blue Heron Book Works. I edited the volume and wrote the introduction.

In my Dad’s flight jacket from the Korean War–my bio photo for Songs of Ourselves, an anthology of writing inspired by Walt Whitman coming out soon with Blue Heron Book Works. I edited the volume and wrote the introduction.

Map of the world drawn by Giovanni Vespucci, nephew of America Vespucci, in 1526. At the Hispanic Society, NYC.

Map of the world drawn by Giovanni Vespucci, nephew of Amerigo Vespucci, in 1526. At the Hispanic Society, NYC.  Researching old manuscripts for a project for Acoma Pueblo and found this lovely old map hanging on the wall in the reading room.

 

The Dalton Dead Reckoning Computer my Dad used for navigating.

The Dalton Dead Reckoning Computer my Dad used for navigating.

 

Astrolabe, 1450, in the Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid. Used to chart the stars and calculate time centuries before the clock.

Astrolabe, 1450, in the Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid. Used to chart the stars and calculate time centuries before the clock.

 

Burros outside the blacksmith's shop, Gaucin, January 2015

Burros outside the blacksmith’s shop, Gaucin, January 2015

 

Visit to Bodega Descalzos Viejos, located in an early 16th-century monastery in Ronda, Spain, with Andaulcia Art & Culture group, July 10, 2014

Visit to Bodega Descalzos Viejos, located in an early 16th-century monastery in Ronda, Spain, with Art & Culture Andalucia group, July 10, 2014

 

Wine cellar at Bodega Descalzos Viejos

Wine cellar at Bodega Descalzos Viejos

 

Relaxing on a summer morning at the finca in Gaucin

A summer morning at the finca in Gaucin

Gaucin and Sierra Crestallina viewed from our place

Gaucin and Sierra Crestallina viewed from our place

 

With Students in "Lit & Film of the 60s" Samantha Tager (left) and Maggie Hughes (right)

With Students in “Lit & Film of the 60s” Samantha Tager (left) and Maggie Hughes (right)

 

Mary in Heidelberg, 1969

Mary in Heidelberg, 1969

 

Jack and Frannie on the SS United States, 1965

Jack and Frannie on the SS United States, 1965

 

Lawlor family in New Vernon, NJ, just before sailing to Germany, February 1965 (L-R Frannie, Jack, Lizzie, Sarah, Nancy, Mary

Lawlor family in New Vernon, NJ, just before sailing to Germany, February 1965 (L-R Frannie, Jack, Lizzie, Sarah, Nancy, Mary

 

Portrait my mother had taken in Miami, 1955, of herself surrounded by us: Lizzie (top l), Nancy (top r), Sarah (lower r), me (lower l)

Portrait my mother had taken in Miami, 1955, of herself surrounded by us: Lizzie (top l), Nancy (top r), Sarah (lower r), me (lower l)

 

Frannie and Jack Lawlor at the Marine Corps Birthday Ball, Camp Lejeune, NC, 1954

Frannie and Jack Lawlor at the Marine Corps Birthday Ball, Camp Lejeune, NC, 1954

 

Mary Ellen, Frankie, Philip, and Frannie Walsh at the Stork Club, NYC, c. 1942

Mary Ellen, Frankie, Philip, and Frannie Walsh at the Stork Club, NYC, c. 1942

 

Jack Lawlor climbing into a T-6 Texan Trainer, c. 1943

Jack Lawlor climbing into a T-6 Texan Trainer, c. 1943