STAINED GLASS

as it happens, my first ex (there have been three) was a talented artisan, both in floral arrangement and in stained glass. when we spent four years as caretakers at canelo hills cienega, a nature conservancy preserve, we supplemented our meager stipend with her work. i helped out with designs and building a light table, but she definitely did the lion's share. her business was called clearlight glassworks, the "clearlight" being a sly reference to a variety of LSD. seeing this mandala made me think of those days --