I am remiss! It has been four long months since I did any sharing here but, you see, I got house-bound. Being a writer means being ok with house-bound. You put your head down and do the work you promised to do. But then you need a break from the work you want, and need, to do. Especially when your work happens from a chair. In front of a screen. On a desk. In your bedroom. Not in a coffee shop (too much caffeine!). Not at a cafe (too much people watching!). Not on a plane (to

One of my favorite things about living in New Mexico is: road trips. I’m in love with the places I can be in just a few hours: Taos, Bandelier National Monument, White Sands National Monument, Durango, the Jemez Mountains, the Hopi Nation, Gila National Forest, even...Mexico! OK, maybe Mexico is a bit further than a couple of hours but that’s a trip for the future. The very near future, in fact. Anyway, the point now is: I can get to all these places in the same amount of tim

Georgia O'Keeffe, Black Place II, Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art One of the greatest things about moving to a new place is exploring it. In New Mexico, the possibilities seem endless. In just four months, I've been all over the state -- and much of the Southwest -- from Las Cruces to Taos, Bisbee to Flagstaff. On the way to and from all of these places, I see dozens of spots and think, "I need to camp there." The place at which I would most love to experience the stunnin