Tag Archives: New Mexico

Hector’s Descanso

“Hector was my god-brother. My dad was his godfather, and he was just like an older brother to me. In the Mexican culture, our culture, Godparents have a great role in our lives. They are our second parents. “Hector passed … Continue reading

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Descansos ’22

There are dozens I cannot stop for. Yet each one I pass inspires me to silence.

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Descansos III – Details

Not long after crossing into New Mexico from Texas, I abandoned Interstate 40 for Highway 84 stretching from Santa Rosa to Las Vegas. It was a lightly-traveled two-lane ribbon through desert shrubs, but it had its collection of roadside memorials. … Continue reading

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William Burroughs, Gore Vidal, and Los Alamos

Perhaps the most antithetical place on the planet to mention on or around Earth Day is Los Alamos, New Mexico, site of the development of mankind’s ultimate destructive weapon for Planet Earth. Yet that’s where I found myself a few … Continue reading

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