The postcard: 8-12-77 Dear Katie—- Come visit.  Bring self, guitar & beaucoup vin du pais. We’re up on Aztec Peak L.O., Tonto NF, about 20 mile south of Young off 288.  Will be here till October, probably. Love, Ed & Renée. The night before it came, I’d just return from California where Earl and Travis Edmonson and I had recorded twenty eight songs for a double album to accompany my first book, Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle—a  book I’d proudly sent to Ed in February of that same year—a book he’d made favorable comments about; nonetheless, I wanted to talk to … Continue reading →