NOMAD DREAMING

Winter solstice in the northern Chihuahuan desert is filled with sunlight, though temperatures are a little on the chill side. Because...

What's Bigfoot got to do with it? It's all a bit of a mystery, just like cryptids themselves, but this Saturday, the 6th Avenue khadi...

Here at the 6th Avenue Shala we are equal opportunity. When it comes to encounters with ice at the frozen morning bird bath, we do not...

There was definitely snow on the wind, though none on the ground, for the first of the winter farmers markets last Saturday. Only six...

I had to go out to the Caballo Lake State Park administration offices to correct an error they had made on my annual day use permit way...

On a day of hazy peek-a-boo sunshine this week, in search of apples, I took a little drive out to the farm stall on Animas Creek. Turned...

It was really windy. I chose to stay inside and print most of the day. I need to replenish stock, since I have two markets coming up in...

On the first day of November, the sun played hide and seek all morning as I worked outback, tidying, moving rocks around, spreading...

Releasing light on the river, the Faucaria tigrina (aka Tiger jaw crassula) has decided to bloom just in time for Diwali this year. I am...

There's weather coming in. Setup just before sunrise, at the second to last farmers market this Saturday just past, was illuminated: a...

The West Lakeshore Trail runs some 11 miles (one way) north south along a portion of the western shore of Elephant Butte Lake. Because...

A storm system blew though and while just under an inch of rain is always welcome, the combination of wild wind and pounding rain laid...

Made my mark for democracy in the world today, then wandered downtown in beautiful golden sunshine a bit, trailing fingers and eyes...

I came back from the two days away at Southwest Print Fiesta to find San Marzano tomatoes, having woken from their summer heat dormancy,...

It has been a while since I have shown hand block printed offerings at a juried art market, though time was I did this kind of thing...

It's apple harvest season here. I scored a huge basketful from an ancient, over 100 year old orchard in the nearby old silver mining town...

While the rich yellow golds of Aspens and Big Leaf Maples begin to colour landscapes to the north, here in the Chihuahuan desert the...

Corn Maiden manifests as an alien superbug? No that isn't what Corn Moon, the latest card design in my Medicine Bundle series represents....

The Church of the Double Bladed Paddle equinox sunrise prayer service is at Lake Caballo. A light wind combined with monsoon full creeks...

A salt cellar married a protea to give birth to Cactus Dreaming. Sidestepping the dystopian, I work on new block printed card designs for...