At one time if a mountain or an ocean wasn’t in sight I could not find anything magnificent to see. My home area was St. Louis, Missouri and the surrounding plains and grasslands. You could drive for hours and see nothing but magpies, maybe the […]
All posts tagged: Southwest
Salida, Colorado by Sarah Leamy
A few days alone in the mountains did wonders for my confidence. We can do this. It’s not so bad, right? I talked to the pets constantly; full of words now that Trader Joes didn’t use them all up on customer service. Harold followed me […]
American Timbuktu by Richard LeBlond
American Timbuktu (or how not to lose very much money playing blackjack) When Dad died in 1979, I inherited a family tradition. For the next two decades, I headed to Nevada once a year to play blackjack. Gambling had become an important element of our family […]
Hot Springs Landing, New Mexico by Sarah Leamy
Elephant Butte State Park, NM is only three and half hours from home, in theory. It took us most of the day. I took the long route once again. Poor critters in the back of the van, they simply dozed until the engine stopped and […]
Writer’s Retreat
With twenty acres to hike, views of distant mountains and mesas in the high desert, this is a unique place. Think of it as “Rustic Camping” with the simple life of wood stoves, writing in the daytime, and a huge view of mesas and mountains. […]
