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The Chicks of T or C
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico is a charmingly quirky village between Socorro and Las Cruces. Its sister village is Elephant Butte, where the giant otherworldly reservoir sprawls across a treeless vista. My host’s next door neighbors keep a brood of egg-laying chickens. They like vegetables, but are not that fond of me. “We don’t come…
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Carpios Ridge, Trinidad Lake State Park Sunset
Standing at the top of a dirt trail, steeply sloped towards the lake below, I’m waiting for the sun to set. Clouds color as it descends. Barely pink among gray shadows over powder sky blue, January wisps adorn the tips of distant peaks. The deep gray blue green lake reflects vigilant trees. Watchful brave birds,…
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Farewell Colorado Springs. I’ll be back.
My family moved to Colorado Springs in 1974, just before my seventh birthday. I remember my father trying to explain the size of mountains, as we left Texas. I remember the signs, one word per sign, that lured tourists to Santas Workshop. Yes, my Jewish family visited the Christmas themed entertainment park at some point…
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