The Harry Potter fanatics are going nuts at the Teton Theater.  They started lining up in the morning on Thursday, and now they have reached a frenzy.
 

Stopped into Pinky G’s the new pizza place in the Pink Garter.  Good pizza.  Great atmosphere.  Very promising.
 
 

The halcyon days of summer are here.  (If you have time to enjoy them while you’re working your ass off.)  Perfect weather.  Spectacular scenery.  Big traffic jams in the Park as tourists go frantic over animal sightings.  I’m a bit jaded, but I did see something cool – 4 or 5 elk swimming accross Ox Bow Bend.  (My camera’s too wimpy to get an image of that.)

It was a beautiful afternoon in Buffalo Valley on Wednesday.  I can’t believe it took all the way until the summer solstice for summer to kick in.
As I was walking on the Elk Refuge today it occurred to me that Jackson Hole is my Jerusalem.  Of course Jerusalem is also “my Jerusalem”, but My spirituality has always revolved around the beauty of this valley.  When I think of the good things in life that give me faith I think of Jackson Hole.  I wonder if Miller Butte is my Western …

RaptorFest at the Teton Raptor Center at the Hardeman Barns in Wilson (tetonraptorcenter.org) seemed successful.  Lots of people.  Colorful dancers.  A good showing for a first time event.  They even had greeters at the end of the driveway.  I guess Wal-Mart has blazed a trail for another local non-profit.

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They’re Baaaack!!!  Tourists are back clogging the square.  That’s a good thing if you are trying to make a living.  Seems like a lot of Japanese this month.  The weak U.S. dollar is good for something.

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An old west shoot out in South Dakota …

Carnaval de Tlaxcala took place Saturday in the parking lot of the Teton County Library. This was a crazy 45 minute long polka with no breaks in the music. Deafening keyboard and bass blasted out of the sound system drowning out the trap set while dancers jived in vivid costumes. Very cool, but also quite tedious.

Chuck Leavell gave the commencement address to the seniors of the Jackson Hole Community School on Friday, May 27. The ceremonies took place in Jackson Hole’s Center for the Arts. Leavell, who is a monster musician, was very charming and articulate as he wended his way through platitudinous remarks, and a piano bar rendition of “Here Comes the Sun”.

Congratulations to: Katherine Morgan Lunsford, Sarah Christina Lucas, Carmen Alicia Bonilla, John Patrick Donovan, Cooper William Field

I made my annual trek out to the C-Bar-V Ranch for their graduation ceremony.  It’s always a moving experience. C-Bar-V Ranch is a school for special needs kids.
 

Three lonesome demonstrators showed their support for Israel on Monday on the northwest corner of Broadway and Buffalo Way.  I dropped by to show some support and to chat for a while.  Though I’m a big fan of Israel I’m not a Kool-Aid drinker.  I realize that the Palestinians have a beef, and that there needs to be accommodation on both sides, but I admire Israel’s scrappy courage in the face of threats from psychotically hostile neighbors and the hypocritical condemnation of the majority of U.N. states.

The gang of three …

Jackson, WY resident Travis Walker has orchestrated a vortex of artistic energy and eco-activism.  In addition to being a talented artist, he’s become a pioneer for choreographing a community project of passionate and creative people.  Hard work, determination and dedicated volunteers like Tony Birkholz have transformed a dilapidated building on Gregory Lane into the new incarnation of the Teton Art Lab and Factory Studios.

.01: What prompted your relocation to 1255 Gregory Lane?

The Teton Artlab has been on the move since our inception in 2007, and it has been due to …