Western Village of Payson

07/20/2026

And here is the fourth poem from my Mom. "Kachina, Spirit of the Invisible Forces of Life"... (ya should've seen her personal collection of them! Hundreds!)...
This one is one of my favorites. Maybe cuz I gave it a kind of, "Outlaw Country" vibe to it. A bit of a little, "Man in Black" feel... or maybe because of a painting...

You'll notice this video's got a different background image from the other music videos. This is one of my Mom's paintings. A rare one... She only did a handful in Oil... and its actually unfinished. Mom completed every project she started. Ma was never a quitter. But I love how you can see the pencil and ink still, waiting to be covered and colored. who knows, maybe she'll come back and finish it... 😉

When She knew Her time was short, She had us boys tell her what we wanted for ourselves, (for the will). Anyway... when I pointed this one out to her, She did remember it wasn't finished and immediately wanted me to pull it off the wall, so She could finish it... 🤣 "I love you Ma... that's one reason why I wanted it... Luv U always Ma..." 🥰

And here is the fourth poem from my Mom. This one is one of my favo...

07/20/2026

Well... here's the third of my Mom's poems that she wrote back in the 70's. This one's a good one. It express more of who my Mom was...

please , enjoy... Soft Moccasins

Well... here's the third of my Mom's poems that she wrote back in t...

07/11/2026

Here's the second poem by our Mom, "What Is Left Behind"...

This song represents her Love and Passion for Past Civilizations and the People that filled them. Our house was a museum... Kachina Dolls, Ancient Pottery and Arrowheads... you couldn't even throw a nerf ball in the house...

please enjoy this Duet...

Music Data Vault: What Is Left Behind - lyrics only by Sue Malinski

Here's the second poem by my Mom, "What Is Left Behind"...This son...

07/10/2026

Hello Friends of Western Village...
Ken Malinski here and I just wanted to drop a little information...

We are going to be closed two days a week now. Tuesdays & Wednesdays. This is to give us a little breathing room in getting the store back into a routine that the family can control better... I'm the only one who lives in town, the rest are in Tonto Basin & Phoenix... and I'll be back in the store on Thursdays to spruce up the Rock Shop...

We're still digging into our hacking situation. It is only with Facebook and nothing seems to be wrong. So needless to say, this retired IT Geek is taking back control of Facebook and gonna give this place a little refresh...

And the last bit is... a song...

As most of you know Mom wrote a book of poetry back in the 70's. Just 5 poems and it was a pride & joy of her creativity... so being a compu-geek, I took some of them and turned them into songs... I hope you enjoy this little, lyrics only, music video...

So what we got here... is one of my Mom's poems that she wrote way ...

07/08/2026

ATTENTION friends of Western Village...
It appears someone may be trying to hack our page...
If you have any questions or suspect foulplay, please... Contact the Store...