Word: shrub
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...beached in a red desert. Saplings enclose it; years ago the river vanished. From a circus cage on wheels, a bearded paterfamilias glowers, serenaded by a man in tails (on cornet), a bus boy (French horn), a girl in evening dress (violin), and a child perched in a potted shrub, tapping on a drum. A scattering of vacant chairs inhabiting an empty, silent landscape marks the spot where a party died. Philip C. Curtis, 63, is possibly the only Surrealist now living in Arizona. But Surrealism is a term he uses "quietly, incidentally, to express my ideas. Most Surrealists...
...support, and visited her in Arizona while working on the story. Researcher Linda Young staked her claim to the assignment years ago. She regularly visits Arizona's Indian lands on vacation, and last year even bought a piece of the state-1½ acres of juniper and manzanita shrub near Flagstaff...