Stopped at the Lonely Plains Church, aka as the Taiban Church in New Mexico to show a friend the church on a recent trip to the enchanted state. When I always stop here I observe any changes the building has suffered. It’s amazing the church is still standing given the continued high winds of the…
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Viewing Endangered History
Photograph – © Christena Stephens Photography
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Meet an Accidental Historian
Beginning in June 2013 I started getting know Father Stanley Crocchiola who served as a priest for 13 years in Nazareth. The former New Yorker came to Nazareth in January 1969. Out of the many things he accomplished – one was that he was instrumental in getting Nazareth incorporated as a Texas city. I became…
Read MoreThe Character of a Juniper Tree
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. – Abraham Lincoln This New Mexico juniper tree is estimated to be over 400 years old. Its intertwined bark captured my eye along the trial long before I arrived to see…
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Forgotten Winds 