"The New Mexico artist Delmas Howe combines Greco- Roman myth with the myth of the cowboy. [He] offers an idyllic, idealized world, a guilt-free celebration of a sexuality which no longer considers itself to be forbidden."
Penelope turns to examine the approaching figure not realizing yet that it is her husband. A suitor stands in the trailer and the finished quilt hangs over the chair. Ulysses is returning in the nick of time. Telemachus leads a horse ino the scene and the dog who recognizes his master first is beginning to wag his tail.