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Edward Sargent Wildlife Management Area, Chama, NM
What makes a cowgirl? The hat? The boots? The horse pushing and spinning until the herd has settled and all are found? No. Cowgirl is a...
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Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM
The ravens followed us, I’m sure of it, moving off their perch on a nearby hog trap and into the pines. And the dandelions are bigger...
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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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At the confluence of Carson and Santa Fe National Forests and the Chama River Canyon Wilderness, New Mexico
It’s been a minute, since I’ve written to you my love and I am sorry for that. I have been tired, at a loss for words, swept up in this...
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Somewhere in New Mexico
When I woke this morning there was snow on the mountain tops, both the Little Hatchet and her big brother to the south. It wasn’t there...
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Somewhere in New Mexico
I cannot explain myself to you – nor to me for that matter. But I can tell you, the routine of a life repeated endlessly day after day is...
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The Muddy Rio Chama
If I had a secret code, it would be one of eagles and roosters. Of stars nesting among threads of blackness. The simmer of an arced flame...
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Gila Wilderness & National Forest, NM
We drive until the pavement ends and then drive some more through an old mining town turned touristville where dilapidated cabins mingle...
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Brantley Lake State Park, New Mexico
I am a flannel shirt person, tank top underneath, scrappy jeans and boots below. Button down flopping in the wind and straw above my...
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Cloudcroft, New Mexico
The dogs lie panting, tongues lolling sideways. It seems they are constantly panting these days. The air is still. The only other...
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Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area
A Mayan city of rock flat topped with squared edges mingles with the turrets of Arabia, the desert asphalt transitions into limestone and...
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Chama River Wilderness, Santa Fe National Forest, NM
Sometimes I get tired of fighting the wind. Tired of keeping my head down and shoulders bunched. Yearning to see the blue above. To...
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