desert view, the cove, la quinta, california

sunny palm springs, late september 2007

more snapshots of a palm springs holiday

Before there was the U.S. lottery, there was the Irish Sweepstakes benefitting Irish hospitals. I remember in the 1960s my father sitting at a table with Irish Sweepstakes Tickets spread out before him as he used to buy and sell them - and even once won what probably seemed at the time a small fortune on the sweepstakes - and I remember how I appreciated the aesthetic value of the them - the texture of the paper, the beautiful, unusual dyes, the fonts and abudance of mysterious text - and to this day the memory of seeing my father handle them remains a quiet and wonderful, sensual memory of that time.