NOMAD DREAMING

It was too much work to drill a hole in the coin to make it into a pendant so I stitched and beaded a bat cave for the Chiroptera quarter...

First bunch of sweet little green grapes harvested today. I’ve been waiting for this bunch to turn black because I thought I had planted...

Sunday savory brunch on the cooling rack: vegan, gf veggie patties : a mix of cooked and puréed green split peas, rolled oats, leftover...

Saturday past was my first day flying totally solo at Farmers Market management table, as our manager wasn’t feeling too good. Couldn’t...

Spied a few swelling little Madhu Ras Rajasthani honey melons the other night. My first time growing this heirloom, open pollinated...

One day away from full Buck Moon, she rises golden, doing a Dance of the Seven Veils (thank you wildfires) for Turtleback Mountain.

Flowing in from the garden these days: a river of San Marzano, yellow grape and cherry tomatoes, Havasu, Fresno green and Thai hot chile...

Black cherry stained fingertips after preparing 6-7 lbs of sweet cherries for the dehydrator. Preserving what’s in season is an offshoot...

Scarlet Runner Beans (Phaseolus coccineus) have buds at last. I expected these vines to be more vigorous but they are struggling a bit....

Twenty days from planting seed, the Sonoran White Tepary Beans are looking good. Germination rate was around 65%. Here’s hoping these...

The gem squash vine is covered in brilliant orange flowers and swelling squash. Have begun harvesting them along with milk stage Indian...

Jars of tomato sauce are mounting up in the pantry. Squirreling the harvest to be enjoyed in winter, when this generosity of tomatoes,...

Starting to fill the dried legumes and pulse jars in the pantry again. This morning the Milagro bean field offered some ready to shell...

Sunrise on the great, grey green Rio Grande, between Elephant Butte Dam and Truth or Consequences , New Mexico, from a kayak. With...

Didn’t find a ripe eggplant in my living pantry, but I did find a good handful of green beans ready for harvest. Main meal today is...

So much spicy chile heat coming in from the garden in the mornings now. Cayenne peppers will be dried for grinding into pepper flakes....

Immersed myself for an hour or so recently in a magical realist world of Mexican tin folk art tiende that line the road through Hatch,...

Green chile roasting has begun in the Chile Capital of the World: Hatch, New Mexico It was early in the day when I passed through the...

Spent a happy few hours recently grading my over 27 pounds of Inchelium Red heirloom garlic which was harvested late May and has been...

Good Morning New Mexico. Good Morning Turtleback Mountain. Good Morning World. A rain storm visited at the time of amrit vela. The...