The following articles were written by me. Any mistakes are honest ones. My intent is to shed light on a place that not many people experience deeply. On its surface, it embodies its a harsh environment of the high plains/Chihuahuan desert. Look more deeply and it is a place that is uniquely beautiful. It is the home of rugged individualists, creatives, outlaws, idealists and everyday folks who want to be left alone. There are glimpses of past attempts to control it and the aftermath of natural disasters that occurred as a result. Many people from many places and cultures passed through with only a few generational families still here. For those of us who consider it home, it is a place that shaped us in sometimes profound ways–much more deeply than it could ever be defined.

And so, some of my musings for what they are worth.