"When dawn spreads its paintbrush on the plain, spilling purple... ," Sons of the Pioneers theme for TV show "Wagon Train." Dawn on the mythic Santa Fe Trail, New Mexico, looking toward Raton from Cimarron. -- Clarkphoto. A curmudgeon artist's musings melding metaphors and journalism, for readers in more than 150 countries.

A taste for movies

  • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • A River Runs Through It
  • High Noon
  • The Darkest Hour
  • Dunkirk
  • Shane
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Lincoln
  • The Last Picture Show
  • The Way
  • Memphis Bell
  • Gettysburg
  • The Blues Brothers
  • Il Postino, The Postman
  • The Front Page
  • Harry Potter
  • Spotlight
  • Citizen Kane
  • Network
  • The African Queen
  • Bridge Over the River Kwai
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • Dr. Zhivago
  • Saving Private Ryan