My two paintings “Looking Down Frijoles Canyon Towards the Caldera” and “Will that Rain Come Over Here?” have made it to the walls of the Manzano Mountain Arts Council 23 Years of Enchantment show.
I had shipped the paintings through the United States Postal Service, just making the due date of August 16.
Normally, I get very good service from the Post Office.
This time, there was a careless, idiotic mix-up at the Mountainair Post Office, and my work was shipped back to me because of “Insufficient Address”. Probably because I accidentally put the street address rather than the P.O. Box.
OK, my bad.
Mountainair is a very small town. Apparently, they couldn’t -or wouldn’t- figure out where the package was supposed to go, even though there’s only one Arts Center in town, and it happens to be less than two blocks away.
They could spit on each other, even on a windy day!
So I had to ship them back, two-day guaranteed.
They made it, and the VP of the Board, John Stange, was great enough to hang them the day before the event.
Thanks, John! The folks in Mountainair sure are nice people!
