Posted by on Sep 16, 2010 in Self-identity, The American Southwest | 0 comments

Dia de independencia — 16 de septiembre de 2010

Dia de independencia — 16 de septiembre de 2010
What does it mean to be independent in modern-day Mexico?
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Posted by on Oct 10, 2009 in Albuquerque | 0 comments

Infrastructure fractures

Infrastructure fractures
Cruis­ing west on Cen­tral, past Coors, is never going to be the same again. I’ve watched it change, pas­sive eyes scan­ning the long, brown flats chock full of weeds green or brown as the sea­sons changed, from 5th grade through…well…now. Granted, I’m the pas­sen­ger less often, and...
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Posted by on Sep 24, 2009 in The American Southwest | 0 comments

I grew up like a

wild west weed wan­der­ing tall and round, spiky. dried and hol­low, drifting. shot out of loose sand home, dull fibrous bit­ter green. raises a stink when torn. sun dries to a hard snap pro­tec­tive, razor lances. scrape skin, embed in nap Lots, gar­dens, street edges squeeze, wrenched brown dry...
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Posted by on Apr 28, 2008 in Day's Muse, Self-identity | 2 comments

Writing to Remember

Things have been pretty busy, but SenoritaRuth.com has been on my mind, and I want to make sure that I keep up with it, even if it has to be with small, off-topic posts like this one. I mean, I have a mil­lion great ideas that I even­tu­ally plan on fin­ish­ing up or start­ing, but there’s...
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