Peggy Long:  

Hello to all. This is a new addition to the story of my current life. My role here in Lawton has changed almost completely in the past few weeks. Last week my siblings and I worked very hard to reconcile all of my mom and dad's beautiful art glass lamps collection. We sent much of the better things for an antique auction in St. Louis in late October. Before that we will have an garage sale auction and sell all the other things and the house in early Oct. So the real point is that I will be able to go back to my home in Santa Fe much earlier than I had anticipated. I have some regrets about leaving my home here in Lawton because of the many wonderful friends I have made this time round....but my heart has been in Santa Fe and Taos for a very long time...since about 1948 as a kid....and continues to belong to the the beautiful environment, the focus on the arts and my good friends there. I'll also be one state closer to my kids in Phx. My daughter Lori and her 3 kids, Casey, Jonah and Indigo live there where I go as often as possible. Casey just graduated from an Arts High School in Tempe; he is a guitarist and artist. He has enrolled in a professional sound engineering academy in Tempe for the fall and will return to his art at some time. The other two are in a private Montessori elementary school and are doing great... Indigo happy, beautiful and sil...Expand for more