2 posts tagged “marfa”

There is some dude here at the hotel. He checked in with his entourage today. He looks like Dr. Andrew Weil. He is wearing this solid black, long-sleeved, loose-fitting cotton or linen ensemble. He has people opening and closing doors for him. I was taking pictures tonight, and his bodyguards/entourage guys were eyeing me suspiciously.

Maybe he is famous? Maybe he is a drug runner? Maybe he is a Russian Orthodox monk? Do you know any large, older white men with longish hair and long beards who would be in Marfa? Maybe he is an artist?

An Artiste? One of the members of the entourage was carrying a cane for someone else. Or maybe it was a staff? Maybe he is a witch doctor? A spiritual healer? A warlock? He has a high-pitched voice and he giggles like a little girl.

Someone help me solve this mystery!

Sadly, this is the last evening of the Marfa trip. We're about to go find some dinner and then find some drinks. The one thing I wanted to be sure to remember is that there is some dude in town who wears a big straw hat and rides a bike up and down Hwy 90. I think I've almost run over him 4 times. He is always in my blind spot at the corner of the front windshield--behind the bar that goes back up over the passenger door.

But today it was different. I was pulling out of the motel, and there is a big wall on either side of the exit, so you can't see the street until you slowly nose out past the wall. And sure as heck, the bike guy goes pedaling by from my left as I'm trying to be sure to look both ways. I think I probably missed him by a couple of feet, but I am starting to think he's trying to make me crash into him. Crazy artists in this town...