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Big News: My Book is Done! (and, a question for you)
It has been almost nine years, but my book about the life of Maria Chabot is finally complete. This whole journey began as a visit to...

Zibby Wilder
Jul 232 min read
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Happy (almost) holidays. Here's an excerpt from my book on Maria Chabot.
Maria Chabot atop the Ghost Ranch house, 1944. Image courtesy of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. I don't really celebrate holidays, but I...

Zibby Wilder
Dec 14, 20245 min read
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Georgia and the Butch in NYC Feb-March 2025!
Award-winning playwright Carolyn Gage 's play, Georgia and the Butch , produced by the Skeleton Rep(resents), will premiere Feb. 25 -...

Zibby Wilder
Dec 11, 20241 min read
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*World Premiere* Georgia and the Butch, this August, in Santa Fe...and beyond!
Award-winning playwright Carolyn Gage's new play, Georgia and the Butch, will be premiering in Santa Fe August 9-18! The play will be...

Zibby Wilder
Jul 9, 20242 min read
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Mother's Day, My Mom, & Maria Chabot
My mom introduced me to Maria Chabot. My biggest regret is not finishing Maria's story before my mom lost her life.

Zibby Wilder
May 12, 20242 min read
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Thoughts on Florida
Well, I recently moved to Florida. It's pretty much the last place I ever thought I would live. For a vast variety of reasons. I am lucky...

Zibby Wilder
May 21, 20233 min read
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All Aboard! An Unexpected Revelation Aboard the Acoma
I recently had the opportunity to take a little train ride. The train was called the "Sunset Special" and the ride went from the Santa Fe...

Zibby Wilder
Oct 11, 20224 min read
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The Story Behind This Moment in Time
A film detailing my story of this iconic photo of Georgia O'Keeffe taken by Maria Chabot. We all have our stories, none ever remaining...

Zibby Wilder
Sep 3, 20212 min read
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The Collectors
I've never been much of a collector, mostly due to the fact that for most of my life I've never been long in one place. After carting my...

Zibby Wilder
May 14, 20213 min read
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A Visit to O'Keeffe's Ghost Ranch Home
In my last post I shared a photo of a special place, a photo of which Maria Chabot sent to Alfred Stieglitz in 1944 showing him some of...

Zibby Wilder
Jan 18, 20215 min read
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A Harbour in a Storm
The story behind this photo of some photos is actually the story of the postscript within..."Where we eat breakfast". Which I will get...

Zibby Wilder
Jan 11, 20212 min read
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Ghost Ranch
It's a quiet, astonishing, ancient, and wild place. Still. As in, nothing really moves here other than the sky and shadows. Also still in...

Zibby Wilder
Apr 23, 20195 min read
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Plaza Blanca: Georgia O'Keeffe's White Place
Photo by Danielle Shull I have been traveling like a fat little bee lately, touching down to find my creative spirit pollinated by the...

Zibby Wilder
Dec 1, 20187 min read
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House Bound
I am remiss! It has been four long months since I did any sharing here but, you see, I got house-bound. Being a writer means being ok...

Zibby Wilder
Jun 12, 20183 min read
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Baggage is the Real Ball and Chain
On this day of one of the world's most ridiculously successful retail sales ploys, let me speak to you of love. And baggage. As I chop my...

Zibby Wilder
Feb 14, 20183 min read
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My favorite things to eat, drink and do in Santa Fe || Updated July 2022
UPDATED July 2022 I read somewhere that if Paris is for lovers, Santa Fe is for eaters. This is very true. So a lot of people I know, or...

Zibby Wilder
Jan 10, 20189 min read
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Road Trip!
One of my favorite things about living in New Mexico is: road trips. I’m in love with the places I can be in just a few hours: Taos,...

Zibby Wilder
Nov 3, 20174 min read
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Ghosted
Maria Chabot and Dorothy Stewart, 1933. Courtesy of the Maria Chabot Archive, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center I've always been a...

Zibby Wilder
Oct 1, 20174 min read
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Mother of the Santa Fe Indian Market
Maria Chabot on the cover of El Palacio Magazine, July/August 1994 The world-renown Santa Fe Indian Market is this weekend, August 19-20...

Zibby Wilder
Aug 18, 20172 min read
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The Bleak Place
Georgia O'Keeffe, Black Place II, Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art One of the greatest things about moving to a new place is exploring...

Zibby Wilder
Jul 27, 20173 min read
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