Killlashandra over at Full Time in New Mexico has awarded me the Arte y Pico Award. Gee, and I thought no one really read my blog!   Thank you Killlashandra – I’m truly honored! “Arte y Pico translates literally to ‘art peak’. It has been passed on as meaning a creative and interesting blog.” To [...]

The “Fire on the Mountain” that I’m familiar with is a fiction book based on a true story by Edward Abbey. Abbey based his plot around actual events in which a New Mexico rancher named John Prather who fought government attempts to confiscate his land to make it part of the White Sands Missle Range. [...]

is hosted by Fleur de Lisa What is the most useful gift you’ve ever been given? I think it would have to be the “gift” of friends who were there when I really needed them. Name the most terrifying moment of your life so far. I’m at best a “nervous” flyer.  Once, when attending a [...]