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Alison Carrillo Remembers

On Ed’s 24th Death Day

Today is the day Ed died 24 years ago, on July 14, 1997. His widow, Alison Carrillo wrote this poem in his memory. On Ed’s 24th Death Day You left when I was young Now I am old Fresh from… Read the rest

El Chinaco

What I know about El Chinaco is what Ed told me. Who is El Chinaco?  After the Chinese had finished working on the Central Pacific Railroad some of them, having had enough of Gringolandia, headed South to Mexico. Some of… Read the rest

Ed and Mary Holmes

by Alison Carrillo Mary Holmes was a gorgeous, long-legged painter, teacher and mother who loved horses even more than she loved men. She was forty five, smarter than most, outspoken, iconoclastic, with a quick eye for what mattered: painting. She… Read the rest

Ed in Spain 1960-61

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Ed at age 23 joined his good friend, John Fox, 29, a graduate student in painting at UCLA, with the intention of living together in Madrid for the year. John remembers: September 1960, Ed arrived in Madrid. I had spent… Read the rest