On a brisk, cloudy October day in 2009, I went hiking with Sammy, who was an 80+ year-old lady. She wanted to show me the site of a known “Billy the Kid” hideout in Bailey County, Texas less than 15 miles from the New Mexico border. As we hiked up the side of the hill,…
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The 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 