Midge with
study for "Colossal Head"
from Veracruz, Mexico
Basalt 42"
Photo '06
Tuesday: Caught a 10am flight to Mexico. Bumpy ride.
Not the pilot's true vocation. Took longer than expected.
Tried to do nails on the tray table. Got on first coat of
clear. Did not purchase ear-phones for the movie. Was
looking for a little peace and quiet after long week shopping
with Barbie. . . No, please I don't want to try on anymore
cowboy boots. . . Purple. . . What you are calling purple
is blue, Barbie, blue! It's not a purple outfit, but a blue busi-
ness suit!!! I dress for success! When I'm not out on a dig
in the jungle I dress professionally. Teaching archaeology
at Harvard has always been an ambition of mine and I like
to be properly attired in the classroom!
Wednesday: First day out in the jungle on a dig. So glad to
be out in the wilds again. Temperatures are a little high for
this time of year. Drinking lots of water. That cute anthro-
pologist with the ripply muscles is not here. I am working with
a Botanist specializing in archaic flora--Herkimer Peavey. A
small-ish man, balding with very thick eyeglass lenses. If he
looks at the sun too long it'll set him aflame. He talks incess-
antly. I gave him Barbie's phone number. She won't mind at
all if he calls her when we get back to the states.
Thursday: A long hard day in the jungle. Unwinding this
evening with a bottle of Mescal. Begged off dining with Peavey
by the camp fire. . . My poor aching head. . . I deliberately
took my hat off this afternoon in the smoldering heat to be
able to use it as an excuse this evening. I will have time to
write out detailed notes of today's work.
Friday: Herkimer is getting on my nerves! He's found some
fossils and is quite impressed with himself! I asked a guide to
take me a little further into the jungle. The heat was terrible
today--but the jungle was much cooler and the bugs they were
a-bitin'. There are ruins and artifacts literally everywhere.
They were a prolific people. Jungle overgrowth is the biggest
impediment I have encountered--other than Herkimer.
End.
1 comment:
We must have more! Is Herkimer perhaps a diamond in the rough, or is he scratched and dinged? It's so good to see Midge getting out like this. Inspires all of us women to break free of the kitchen and take our high heels to the wilds.
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