© Katrina Katz
My beautiful Martha and her "Muffin"
I wrote that poem after upon driving up to the farm and that was the image I saw!! All the animals were following in a line single file - no kidding by height!!
She
took a shy, quiet girl that had no self
confidence and showed me what I had inside.
She believed in me and my talents. I was
in need of direction, and she showed me how
to look inside. She praised my artistic
adventures and pushed me until I jumped into
art.
I had been in accounting school
{can you imagine a leftie who transposed
numbers in accounting
school?!?}
Martha was raised d in Gallup, New Mexico in
the early 1900"s. This sweet little
blonde girl grew up with the Navajo Indians.
Martha told me many stories of growing up In Gallup. She told me of how after working all week many of the Navajo Indians would be drunk all week-end. A few years ago when I got to see Gallup, I was taking photos of Gallup. I saw this mural. As I looked all the way down at the end you can see the feet & legs of a very drunk person!,
She came to Oklahoma in a covered wagon. She raised three boys on her own. Her father and uncles the Wetherill's discovered and explored the Mesa Verde, and Rainbow Bridge in Colorado.
In the Smithsonian December 1993 Issue is an extensive story on the Wetherill's and the exploration of the Mesa Verde. Soon I hope to summerize the article here.
To the end of her days she
typed on an old
Underwood typewriter she bought in 1942 for
$2.50. She wrote many newpaper articals and
letters on that old typewriter. She taught
me about writing and encouraged that as well
as my art.
I have more to tell you
about this wonderful woman that affected my
life. So come back and find out more about
Martha.
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