NOMAD DREAMING

In the previous post I delt with arriving in Terlingua thus “I found the dot on the map, navigated a way there and spent three nights in...

Apologies for the recent lack of posts. I stepped away from constant electronic connectivity for a while in mid January. A (cancelled due...

And just like that, in time for Lunar New Year, the free federal home tests for the bah humbug virus are arriving at my house....

Full wolf moon from Mustang Island on the Texas Gulf coast. I’ve been practicing invisibility skills, and maybe a tad off the map for a...

In the last days of 2021, I sat at the table outback, in the thin Chihuahuan desert winter sun, carving the lunar new year Water Tiger...

Main meal today, the first day of 2022, is a stew of black eyed peas, onion, cauliflower, carrots, celery and wild mustard greens (latter...

To say I have a big woodpile would be an understatement. My stash of salvaged wood for projects currently takes up way too much space....

Framed in the style of the Old West, a sign at the little village of Magdalena public library entrance calls for people to wear masks. On...

Solstice greetings from 33.1284° N, 107.2528° W. This being the winter solstice, the warmth from the (safely contained) bonfire I built...

Just as predictions for below freezing overnight temperatures started to become more common, the courtyard Meyer Lemon decked itself out...

Though big expansive exploration is off the horizon (thanks bah humbug virus) small ventures still provide relief, vistas and...

Good morning sky. Good morning Turtleback Mountain. Good morning neighbours. Good morning hacienda. It was a tad chilly going out onto...

Meteorologists have been calling it an autumn heat wave in the desert southwest: the unseasonably warm, dry days and nights stretching...

Saturday past I took a little drive to tiny Hillsboro, NM (pop 154 in 2020) to their town wide holiday celebration. Musicians played on...

Moon is swelling again, dancing with Venus in the western sky, just after sunset Cradling her shadowy full potential. Feeling restless,...

Curve Billed Thrasher seems to feel that sharing is overrated. An LBJ tried to join in the splashy fun recently. They were quickly put to...

Since I have no heritage which connects me significantly to the Feast of the Great Turkey Massacre, I spent the day harvesting peanuts. I...

With temperatures dropping into mid thirties at night now, I called time on the last of the Fordhook 242 Lima beans (Phaseolus lunatus)...

This week past (night of Nov 18/19) saw the first frost and provoked a final harvest of eggplant and hot chilli - both the heirloom...

Last week I took a little road trip to Tucson, Arizona, to deliver the southwest native Sonoma White tepary beans (Phaseolus acutifolius)...