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Gabaldon Horse Camp, Apache Sitgreaves National Forest, AZ
If you travel enough eventually the names of places, natural and unnatural, begin to repeat – forming some kind of staccato rhythm as you...
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April 13, 2024 – Las Cienegas to Geronimo’s Trail, Peloncillo Mountains
It’s colder today, no doubt a function of yesterday’s wind, but at least it has ceased for now. I imagine it carries a constant presence...
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El Camino del Diablo, Cabeza Prieta Wildlife Refuge, AZ
There is a woman I covet. I lose her. I find her. I lose her again and each time I hope she stays a little longer than the last. Her...
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Miller Canyon Wilderness, Huachuca Mtns, AZ
Who am I and when did that question become so difficult? A mother. A writer. A woman trying to make sense of it all, balancing the past...
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Chiricahua Mountains
I sit here in the place of those before me, riding the same trails, gazing on the same mountains. Washing my face in the same spring...
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