I’m in New York for both the jurying of the Society of Animal Artists’ annual show “Art and the Animal”, which will be tomorrow and then, the following day, the board of director’s meeting and review of applications for membership and “promotion” of current members from Associate to Signature Status.

Afterwards, I’ll be hitting the road with two artists friends and colleagues, Guy Combes and Andrew Denman, heading south to the Delaware shore where we will visit Assateague and Chincoteague Islands and then up to the Philadelphia area for a couple of art museums and other sights.

I’ll try to post a few photos as we go, depending on internet availability.

Mongolia Monday’s regularly scheduled programming will resume on May 16. In the meantime, here’s one of my favorite music videos, which is one answer to a question I sometimes get: “Why Mongolia?”