My mother is pictured on the right in each photo. Lately, I’ve been reading “The Opposite of Fate:  Memories of a Writing Life” by Amy Tan.  She’s my “contemporary” (born in 1952), as well as one of my favorite authors. In the book, Tan writes about her relationship with her mother and later the details [...]

Only the Good Friday is hosted by the eclectic, but multi-talented Shelly. El Santuario de Chimayó Recently, while in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a friend and I took a drive up to Chimayó to visit the chapel and the surrounding town.  Whether or not you are Catholic, (or even Christian) it’s a beautiful area and [...]

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. [...]