NOMAD DREAMING

Just another enchanted dawn: sunrise from the front porch with Turtleback Mountain sneaking into the picture. Streetview of a midwinter...

On a chilly Sunday, when just about the whole western) world was feasting (again), ostensibly this time because of the birth of a saviour...

Breakfast of champions. Blue corn pancakes with maple syrup, blueberries and bananas. I used my own homegrown blue corn which I nixtamalized, (following a YouTube video) and then ground myself in a kitchen processor. Cornmeal is mixed with equal parts chickpea flour to help the pancakes bind and raise the protein level. Liquid can be plant or dairy milk or even just water. A dash of cooking oil. I used olive oil because I don't mind the taste. Baking powder for leavening. Th

Also on AZ HWY 60 on my little road trip to Boyce Thompson Arboretum is Miami, (pop 1,897) another copper mining town. I really wanted to...

A few weeks ago, at the tail end of November, I took a little road trip into Arizona. My goal was to see autumn colour in Boyce Thompson...

First time in a looooong time that I've seen that symbol in the forecast. I did think there was snow in that sky scape, when I went out...

Celebrating solstice and a day of wraparound sunshine, Little Yoni canoe and I take to the water at Lake Caballo. Cranes fill the sky as...

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...