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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK • ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH Some Things Never Change ‘A person’s a person no matter how small’

hen I visited Estonia nia I had a child at home in New one side and at other times heavi- with my aunt in 2009 it Mexico, preteen, loved his bicy- er on the other, she (or he) is Wwas under the burden cle. He went everywhere, prac- shifting the child from one side of history. My grandmother had ticed jumping over things, even to the other as she carries it. always hated the color red, the broke his arm hitting a rock in a “It looks like a giant ground color of invaders, murderers – ditch. There in the streets of Tal- sloth walks through a puddle the Germans, the Russians. She linn in Estonia, there were chil- also, it looks like they (people) On the shores of the ancient Lake Otero, a mother and child leave had to flee on a fishing boat, with dren on their bicycles jumping are jumping in the mud,” Bustos their footprints in this ice age landscape. (Art courtesy of Karen Carr) her children, as Russian tanks over things, riding on the curbs, said. “It looks like many of the took aim and fired at the boat. laughing, chattering – in Russian. activities they did back then, has produced evidence through one species and despite the In modern day Estonia, the “Look,” I said to my aunt, “Peo- they are doing today – walking footprints showing how animals brain-bending we get, training divide is yet divisive and bitter ple are the same everywhere.” quickly, keeping them (children) may have been hunted – but to violent and divisive behaviors between some Estonian and “No,” she said. “They are not. up out of the mud. White Sands still has many sto- and beliefs, no one can change Russian residents of the country. They are Russian.” “The neat part of the story is ries to tell in the fossilized prints that. When a baby cried in the Russian occupied since World But the truth is, they are the people are always people. It’s al- including the traces of children night, whether 10,000 years ago War II, the country houses fami- same. Their brains learn the ways been that way – connecting playing in puddles that formed in or yesterday, a parent answered lies who were told to move there same ways, they break their us back through time. It doesn’t giant sloth tracks, friends jump- the call, laughed at the strange from the Russian motherland. bones when they fall. They cry, matter where you come from ing between mammoth tracks faces she made and comforted They were given the possessions holler and laugh. Children every- and where you live. You can see and the steady stalking of hu- her with reassuring mumbles. and homes of the Estonian res- where play the same, absorb the interactions through time. We mans in search of large prey. This is our world, so much idents. Now Estonia is free, but same – running kites in Afghan- think White Sands is new, but we Designated a megatracksite more than you expect, so many the children’s children of those istan; hovering over Mancala in realize it’s been visited for thou- in 2014, White Sands contains stories to be told. Russians still reside in Estonian Africa; collecting shells on the sands of years.” the largest collection of ice age homes, farm their fields, rock shores of the United States; rid- Bustos said they noticed the (Pleistocene epoch) fossilized Elva K. the old cradles they found there ing bicycles in Estonia. new prints a couple of years ago footprints in the world, which Österreich is during the war. When White Sands National (2018). have been left behind by more editor of Desert Who really belongs there? Park Resource Program Manag- “We call them ghost prints,” he than just humans. Mammoth, gi- Exposure and Those who grew up in the hous- er David Bustos sees 10,000-year- said. “We only see them when the ant ground sloth, dire wolf, and would love to es, whose parents and grandpar- old footprints crossing the sands moisture is just right. Once we American lion tracks have been meet Desert ents lived there too, who know at the edge of Lake Lucero, he recognized what they were we found at White Sands. Exposure nothing else, live their lives and also sees people being people. worked with a team of experts.” “That’s how it goes out there,” readers in Silver City or work their jobs? Or is it those There are prints, extending A new paper published in Qua- Bustos said. “Who expects there any of our coverage areas. who were displaced some 75- almost a mile, of a small person ternary Science Reviews docu- to be anything out there? But Please contact her at editor@ plus years ago, with their heri- (child) and a bigger person (pos- ments the world’s longest fossil- there is so much more than you desertexposure.com or by cell tage and the land their ancestors sibly a mother) traveling together. ized human trackway discovered expect. There are many stories phone at 575-443-4408 to set worked for thousands of years, Sometimes the little prints disap- at White Sands National Park. An to be told.” a place and time to meet. The their homes ripped away by de- pear, the bigger person is picking international team of scientists, Across time and across the quote in the headline of this structive regimes? up the smaller person. Sometimes including Bustos and other staff world, human growth and be- story is from “Horton Hears a At the time we went to Esto- the bigger person is heavier on from the National Park Service, havior is the same. We are Who!” by Dr. Seuss.

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2 EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK 9 ON STAGE • Great 21 PUBLISHER’S • Some Things Never Theatre at Home NOTEBOOK • Water Woes ABOUT THE COVER: Change Black Box streaming at Sitting in the desert by A person’s a person by home by Mike Cook “Snows Arriving,” is by Cloud- Richard Coltharp Elva K. Österreich croft photographer Lynda Brug- 10 ARTS EXPOSURE • man. Since retirement in 2010 4 RAISINGDAD • If We’re Gallery Guide 23 WRITING CONTEST • A photography has become her Lucky Area galleries and art Lodger’s Death passion and changed the way she sees the world. Temperatures and noises by studios Honorable mention story by Jim and Henry Duchene “My goal is to create photo- Tom Hester graphic works of art that portray 11 ARTS EXPOSURE • 5 LETTER • Election Kudos the innate beauty of the world Arts Scene around us,” she said. “Every pic- Readers let their feelings Upcoming area art 24 TALKING HORSES • be knowne ture tells a story as seen by the happenings Learning About Life eye of the photographer and per- Things your horse can 6 EVERYDAY ceived in the heart of the viewer.” OBSERVATIONS • 13 ON THE SHELF • teach you by Scott Brugman’s work gained recog- Historical Lens Being Home Thomson nition in 2015 when one of her Catalina Claussen writes images, “Cooling off in the Late A photo love story by about the Mimbres Valley Afternoon,” placed first in the Basin Gallery of Photography Abe Villarreal 25 BODY • MIND • SPIRIT • animals category of New Mex- in Carrizozo and the Cloudcroft 7 GUEST COLUMN • Rio 14 BUSINESS PROFILES • Grant County Events ico Magazine’s photo contest Art Society Gallery. Info: www. Grande Trail Shopping in Tularosa and was published in the Febru- naturalworldphoto.com. More Weekly happenings in Grant ary 2016 issue. Her work can be of Brugman’s photos can be seen A Don Quixote quest by Pottery, furniture, art and County seen in person at the Tularosa on Pages 16 and 17 of this issue. Taylor Streit more in Tulie

7 TUMBLEWEEDS • 16 BOSQUE TIME • 26 STARRY DOME • A Cat’s Tale Traveling the River All the pretty roses by Festival of the Cranes by Capricornus, the Goatfish Lucinda Karter Edward M. Richstone Cornucopia in the stars by Bert Stevens 8 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS 18 BORDERLINES • • November COVID-19 in the Fields Area activities start coming Laborers share concerns by 27 32 YEARS IN SILVER back Marjorie Lilly CITY • Voting and Shopping 9 ARTS EXPOSURE • 19 RED OR GREEN • Changing the world by Chickens and Children Dining Guide Susan Golightly Artist on a mission by Restaurants in southwest Elva K. Österreich New Mexico 31 LIVING ON WHEELS • 9 ON THE SHELF • 20 HIGH PLACES • Dreaming America Frisco Box First-Time RV Advice Voices of undocumented Far away from everything Not as easy as you think by youth by Alethea Eason by Gabriele Teich Sheila Sowder

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y elderly father refuses out the door. He’s so stubborn, I didn’t bother answering. if it was something I didn’t know. clear my throat about a dozen to admit it, but his daily he even aggravates himself. “It’s cold,” I said. Meanwhile, my beautiful wife times. I don’t know how my wife Mwalks are taking their If it’s hot, I’ll tell him to wait un- “It feels warm to me.” was simultaneously making him shares a bed with me, because it toll on him. til it’s cooler. He’ll refuse. Some- “That’s because we’re indoors.” a warm tea and giving me the must drive her nuts. And thank And me. Mainly me. times he’ll even put on a light jack- “I’ll be alright,” he said, but stink eye for letting him go. Yikes! goodness for my CPAP machine. He no longer walks as far, he et. I’m positive it’s just to irritate what he meant was, “Nobody Suddenly, it was colder inside You know the saying: “Laugh, and no longer walks as long, but he’s me. When it’s cold, he’ll head out tells me what to do.” than it was outside. the world laughs with you. Snore, still determined to get out there the door in shorts and a t-shirt. When he got back, his cheeks When it’s hot, he comes back and you sleep alone.” and worry me to death. “At least put on a sweater,” I were bright pink, his nose run- looking as if he’s just had a stroke. “Why is it that men who snore “I don’t feel like going,” he’ll told him. ning. He was briskly rubbing his “Why didn’t you tell me how always fall asleep first?” my wife sometimes say, but before I can “It’s not cold,” he argued. hands together, trying to get the hot it was?” he complained to me once groused. encourage him not to torture “Pop, it’s so cold even Miley blood circulating. back in July, gulping down the “Which other men have you been himself, he’s grumbling his way Cyrus is wearing clothes.” “Who?” “Man, it’s cold,” he growled as glass of water my wife always has sleeping with?” I groused back. waiting for him. Room tempera- My father, on the other hand, ture, in case you’re wondering. drives ME nuts with all of his lip “I TOLD you how hot it was,” smacking, ooh-ing and aah-ing, I answered him. I didn’t know if and massaging of his front teeth he was serious or yanking my with his tongue. I’ve tried to sit chain. “CHICKENS are laying OM- down with him to watch TV, but, ELETTES, for goodness’ sake.” after a while, the only sounds I Later that night, he was sitting hear are the ones he’s making with in his favorite chair watching his his mouth. Modern Family’s Sofia favorite sport on his favorite TV. Vergara could be jiggling around His favorite team was playing. in one of her tight outfits and I The score was tied. It was a good couldn’t enjoy it. I have to get up game. Even his dog was interest- and go someplace else. Someplace ed. Out of the blue, my father where I can’t hear the neverend- called it a day and shambled off ing Smack! Smack! Smack! With fall coming to an end, Thanksgiving is here with family and furry friends. to bed. My wife and I had been Yesterday, the “Ah, ah, ahhhs,” The girls are here to make sure your animals get the best nutritious foods. talking quietly in the kitchen. We “Oh, oh, ohhhs,” and “Hee, hee, Victor, Diamond, and taste of the wild along with tasty treats. just looked at each other. heees” were so loud I could hear Now in stock select house plants and evergreen trees are here with wonderful Sooner or later, Father Time him all the way in my bedroom color and variety. catches up with all of us. No upstairs. matter how much we exercise. “Sorry, Sofia,” I told the TV, “I As always No matter how healthy we eat. just can’t give you the attention We all get to the age where it’s you deserve.” happy planting. our doctor telling us to slow The noises were so loud, my wife down, not the police. even asked if my father was okay. For example... “He really likes ‘Modern Fami- I’ve noticed the older I get, the ly,’” I told her, not really explain- more noises I make. Sometimes ing anything. I grunt when I sit down, but My lovely daughter came into mainly I grunt when I get up. My our bedroom and made the mis- father grunts too. When he does, take of asking me why I never sit he blames it on the dog. LUCKY When I go to bed at night I must continued on page 5 Casitas de Gila Guesthouses · Gallery Nature Preserve

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EVERYDAY OBSERVATIONS • ABE VILLARREAL stand for a pose, dressed to the nines, and looking straight into the camera, sending us a mes- sage of hope and wonder for the Historical Lens amazing possibilities that lay ahead of them. Most of all, they A love story told through a black-and-white photo let us know how much two peo- ple could love each other. here is something that at- grandfather Abram was a Seabee ing and wishing of a young lady It is that sentiment which was tracts us to our connec- in the Navy, deployed overseas. in waiting. captured in one of the top songs Ttions to the past. Black He was just one of 16 million The wedding-day couple pos- during the year of their wedding and white pictures of grandpar- Americans serving their country es in front of a backdrop. It by Bing Crosby titled “I Can’t Be- ents, or funky old items that are trying to defeat a faraway enemy looks nice but not nice enough gin To Tell You.” mirrors to the lives of previous that threatened the globe. The to know that it’s still a picture on “I can’t begin to tell you how generations. We come across future bride’s name was Rafaela. a curtain. There are columns on much you mean to me, my world them during visits to family and She was back home in a border each side. The background im- would end if ever we were Abram and Rafaela Villarreal in sometimes in sad moments as town, living the quiet life of a agery isn’t what you would con- winter of 1946. (Courtesy Photo) through. I can’t begin to tell you, we commemorate a loved one’s Mexican-American, hoping to sider inspiring but that’s okay. In how happy I would be if I could passing. one day meet her life partner. this photo, it’s your grandfather post-war America. speak my mind like others do.” It was only a few days ago that At least that’s the way the sto- and grandmother that are the In 1946, the United States was They are the words I hear when I found a negative of my grand- ry unfolds in my mind as I look center of attention. being reborn into a new society I see a love story in an old black- parents. I held it up to the light, at the photo. There’s a lot you He stands at attention. She filled with young G.I.s who were and-white photo of a bride and trying to make out their faces. can take away from a black and smiles benieth a veil and a large returning home to find them- groom known as Grandpa and Taken in 1946, the wedding-day white photo. Without the colors, bouquet of flowers. They both selves again. They had survived Grandma in the winter of 1946. image of a happy bride and your imagination comes to life. look straight on and into the the unimaginable and the young groom was a milestone moment You picture the colorful adven- future, only imagining what life ladies of the world were ready to Abe Villarreal in the history of my family tree. ture stories of a young soldier, would bring to newlyweds, a son welcome them into the new or- writes about Only a year before that, my and the quiet moments of hop- and daughter of immigrants in dinary of an American life they the traditions, fought to preserve. people, and Seeing my grandparents in culture of a black and white photo on America. their wedding day makes me He can be believe there was a time when reached at two young 20-somethings could [email protected].

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GUEST COLUMN • TAYLOR STREIT old highway and/or I-25 itself. the individual towns along the No more wasting time with the Rio and the great wildlands that slow routes, and Albuquerque are in the vicinity of these towns. can be conquered in a couple That could be good for everyone Rio Grande Trail weeks on a proper highway (no and would not insult the econo- hitch hiking please). The city has my and the environment. Following the tradition of Don Quixote? trails by the Rio, but remember There are no less than a dozen that it also has got that crime mountain ranges from El Paso here is a plan in the works Don Q was a thru-hiker for sure. chosen to do this in winter to thing going, so you will need an to Albuquerque within 30 miles to carve a 500-mile-long The thru hiker of today is avoid the 100-degree heat.) urban hiking mentality – pack ac- of the Rio – with sensible lands Ttrail along the Rio Grande not the big spender the busi- To get a full international feel to cordingly. for trails, including wilderness in New Mexico. This planning ness-minded folks behind the your journey, start at the wall in So, hustle northward until you areas and wildlife refuges and started many years back, and trail are targeting. I met a lot of Texas, just brace one foot against hit that massive expanse of Indi- even some miles of legitimate although little trail has been pro- them when I guided out of Cha- it and with a mighty shove leave an land and take the huge east- trail along the Rio for day use. duced, lots of time and money ma. These are nervous folks who the heartbreaking view of Juárez ward detour through Madrid, This should help business that have been spent. It all seems to pace back and forth between behind you. But good times are New Mexico – a very nice town, need a boost; and books, trail have gone into hibernation since Canada and Mexico. They do lit- ahead because the Rio is dry in though nowhere near the Rio. guides and outdoor-related stuff the pandemic started, but it is tle shopping in between. winter, and you can dance right Although not on the trail map, could be created. likely to be back, as a “gung-ho” The 97-page master plan of the up the channelized ditch for the capital city is just ahead. With I own a fly-fishing guiding out- response to any trail seems the trail is 96 pages of well-done fluff the first 100 miles! The trail is the throngs of hikers, there will fit that has been booming since norm – regardless of its feasibility. and must have cost a fortune. It designed to go through the few probably be some trick signage the pandemic started because I have lived, fished, hunted, has few real facts, but one of towns along the way in case you attempting to steal you toward outside-minded people quick- and worked at both ends of our those is that the pueblos don’t want to shop, eat or buy a house the “City Different.” A glamor- ly figured that being out in the grand river in New Mexico for 50 want the trail. So, the planning and retire from hiking. They have ous shopping destination that breeze is the safest place to be in years and think this trail is a bad commission – when faced with all that at Elephant Butte Lake will leave you penniless – unless a pandemic. Same holds true for idea for the potential hiker, for such realities – goes to extremes and Truth or Consequences. But you figure out that the “trail” is hiking – but a trail has got to be the environment and for legiti- of fancy. For instance, since the you’ll get to the north side of the really a disguised shopping ex- boots-on-the-ground good, not mate outdoor businesses. Rio water is full of heavy metals lake and be glad to be out of that travaganza and flee toward the just a dream of Don Quixote’s. The cart came before the and the throng of hikers is gon- much civilization; but come up tranquility of the mighty Rio – horse on this idea because, if na need water every eight miles, against a wall of savage wilder- off to the west somewhere. Taylor Streit you look at a map, it doesn’t they suggest drilling wells. ness. The roadless portions will Our proposed portion of the has guided fly take five minutes to figure out That’s nearly 50 wells by my fit the Don Quixote model well: hike ends here for now, and yes, fishermen for that the terrain, the land status math – and maybe 1,000 miles of cactus, mesquite, lions, bears, there are some sensible places 40 years — and river flow show this to be an roads. And so many hikers are deer, oryx, bighorns, rattlers and for a trail heading further north. primarily in impossible effort. expected that good order must wild cattle will have to give way It’s just the lower 450-mile sec- New Mexico, And since it will only be near a be kept to cut down on elbowing to trail progress. tion that’s problematic. but in the flowing Rio Grande a fraction of a “‘trail rangers’ program where But the Bureau of Reclamation Let’s hope all the money and Bahamas and Argentina as the time, I suggest a new name volunteers hand out local restau- wildlife biologist might nix that, effort spent for the Rio Grande well. He recently moved to – the “Don Quixote Trail.” That rant gift cards or other rewards and if so, another route needs to Trail are being put to better use Grant County from the Taos man, while fighting through for good trail behavior.” be figured out. But as the nearby at this time of great trauma. But area. He is the author of thorn thicket, imagined himself But let’s imagine a few months terrain is not conducive to a trail if the idea comes back, maybe several fishing books and is in fields of waving grasses, bub- of a thru-hike on the “Don Quix- – and a Turner ranch is on the gears will be shifted to a plan more than familiar with New bling springs and shade trees. ote Trail.” (You have, of course, east side – the best route is the that works, perhaps highlighting Mexico as wilderness.

TUMBLEWEEDS • LUCINDA KARTER Where I come from, we would neighbors live with eight, 10, 14 probably call the rose-colored cats. It now makes perfect sense tules found along the marshes to me why our house, much to of the Rio Tularosa “cat tails.” our surprise – though no one A Cat’s Tale Which brings me to another apt else is around here – came with name for this town, having noth- two cats. Like many cats in Tu- All the pretty roses ing to do with roses: City of Cat larosa, they have several names. Tails. To us they are Jo-Jo and Louise, When Danny and I were read that the “tul” of “Tularosa” roses with all they need to flour- Everywhere you look you after our grandmothers. To our house-hunting online from New in fact refers to the “rose-col- ish here. see them, little cat tails, big cat neighbors, they are Laverne and York this past spring, planning ored tules,” or reeds, that grow As East Coast gardeners with tails, bushy ones, scrawny ones. Shirley. our move to southern New Mex- in the marshy land around the minimal experience with roses Never in my life, save perhaps in We recently found ourselves ico, a property came up that we Rio Tularosa, the small river that ,we looked around our neigh- Rome, have I seen so many cats considering adopting two kit- could afford in Tularosa. I de- provides water to the town’s borhood outside of the coveted hightailing it around town, peer- tens from a litter born to a feral duced from the middling Spanish famed “49 blocks” and their orig- “49 blocks” with its acequias ing around corners, from under cat living with two dear new I have left from college that the inal 19th century irrigation sys- and saw roses growing plenti- bushes, from atop roofs, from friends. And this is how it hap- village’s name meant something tem, the acequias. fully there too. We bought two, under abandoned trucks. They pens, I suppose. We will go from approximating “all the roses,” To add to the confusion sur- one red and one pink, and plant- are feral or domestic or some- having two cats to having four, and was immediately charmed. rounding its name, it turns out ed them with high hopes. After thing in between. It isn’t unusual and just as simply, we will start My inference came from assum- that Tularosa is in fact actually their first month, there was an here for a cat to frequent sever- to blend in among all the cat ing the first syllable, “tu,” had nicknamed “the City of Ros- imposed ban on watering out- al homes, sleeping in one and tails, and maybe someday, all the something in common with the es,” and for good reason; cen- side for two weeks. Our roses eating in another. Friends and pretty roses. French “tout” or the Italian “tut- turies-old rose bushes can be went into shock, our hopes for ti,” both meaning “all.” Add “la found in many a garden, grow- a rose garden on hold for now. rosa” to that to form “Tularosa” ing in front of old adobe walls, The 10 locust trees that pro- and there I was dreaming of a gracing otherwise pragmatic vide the blessed shade from place to plant that rose garden chain-link fences with beauty, the desert sun may have also I’d never been promised. and even lining the median of blocked too much sun for the Months later, and somewhat the town’s vector, Route 54. Tu- poor things, to add to the stress settled into our new home, I larosa’s unusual irrigation sys- of the drought. But the City of came upon an old tourist bro- tem and a seemingly endless Roses had another surprise in

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40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS• ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH What’s going on in November? Desert Exposure would like to instructional video posted to www. applied anthropologist, follows the SUNDAY, NOV. 15 seven local and regional musicians. include your special events, from facebook.com/lcmuseums on Nov. film. Info: Zoom link available at Silver City/Grant County A new concert will be released any southern New Mexico commu- 7. Info: To reserve contact Stepha- fiestalatina.org. Bilingual Storytime: “Thunderboy every Thursday from Nov. 5 until nity, in our listing. Please submit nie, [email protected] or call Jr.” — 7 p.m. with the Silver City Dec. 17 on GMSACD’s social media your event title, time, location and 575-522-3120. Museum. A book by Sherman Alex- channels: Facebook, Instagram and contact information to editor@ ie, read by Ted Pressler (English) YouTube. desertexposure.com; Desert Expo- “Nature & Science Discovery and Xochitl Hernandez-Moctezuma sure 1740-A Calle de Mercado, Las Pre-K” Take-out STEM activity — (Spanish). Info: www.silvercitymuse- SATURDAY, NOV. 21 Cruces, NM 88005; or call Elva at By reservation only, the Las Cruces um.org or 575-597-0229. Silver City/Grant County 575-680-1978 Museum of Nature & Science offers Silver City Farmer’s Market — 9 kits free, available while supplies WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18 a.m.-noon at the corner of Pope SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 last. Practice paleontology with two Las Cruces/Mesilla Street and College Avenue, Silver Silver City/Grant County dinosaur-themed activities with a .Community Care: Cruces Cre- City. Info: silvercityfarmersmarket@ Silver City Makers Market — 8:30 Junior Paleontologist kit. Recom- atives presents CommunityShare gmail.com. a.m.-noon at the MainStreet Plaza mended for ages 2-5. This program — 1-2:30 p.m. on Zoom Webinar downtown. An outdoor market will be accompanied by instruction- with the Branigan Cultural Center. Las Cruces/Mesilla hosting artists, makers and growers al videos at www.facebook.com/ For those interested in sharing Farmers Arts and Crafts Market from around southwest New Mexi- lcmuseums on Nov. 12 and 19. their knowledge with Las Cruces — 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. At the Plaza of co. Info: makersmarket@thefuture- Info: To reserve contact Stephanie, Community Schools. Register to at- Las Cruces and along Main Street. forge.org or 575-313-5665. [email protected] or call tend by emailing Kayla at kmyers@ Info: 575-805-6055. Silver City Farmer’s Market — 9 575-522-3120. las-cruces.org. Info: las-cruces.org/ Las Cruces/Mesilla a.m.-noon at the corner of Pope museums. THURSDAY, NOV. 26 Street and College Avenue, Silver History Notes: “Significance of THURSDAY, NOV. 5 Virtual New Mexico City. Info: silvercityfarmersmarket@ Virtual New Mexico the Afro-frontier: Blackdom” with “Animal Track Identification Kit” Downtown Gallup Rocks: Felix gmail.com. Downtown Gallup Rocks: James Dr. Timothy Nelson — 1-2 p.m. on Take-out STEM activity — By Gato Peralta of Albuquerque Mecale of Gallup — 7 p.m. Gallup Zoom Webinar with the Branigan reservation only, the Las Cruces — 7 p.m. Gallup MainStreet Arts Las Cruces/Mesilla MainStreet Arts & Cultural District Cultural Center. Nelson explores Museum of Nature & Science offers & Cultural District offers a virtual Farmers Arts and Crafts Market offers a virtual concert series to the Afro-Frontier to identify history kits free, available while supplies concert series to be recorded in — 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. At the Plaza of be recorded in Historic Downtown evoked by the Compton Cowboys last. Take a nature walk in your Historic Downtown Gallup, featuring Las Cruces and along Main Street. Gallup, featuring seven local and re- when they joined Black Lives Matter neighborhood and learn how to seven local and regional musicians. Info: 575-805-6055. gional musicians. A new concert will protests by horseback. Link: re- identify animal tracks with the help A new concert will be released be released every Thursday from brand.ly/Blackdom. Info: las-cruces. of an interactive guide. Recom- every Thursday from Nov. 5 until Nov. 5 until Dec. 17 on GMSACD’s org/museums. mended for all ages. Dec. 17 on GMSACD’s social media social media channels: Facebook, Info: To reserve contact Stephanie, channels: Facebook, Instagram and Instagram and YouTube. What’s the Word: Arabic — 5:30- [email protected] or call YouTube. 6:30 p.m. on Zoom Webinar with 575-522-3120. FRIDAY, NOV. 6 the Branigan Cultural Center. Las Cruces/Mesilla Monthly meeting to learn the Arabic Artist Talk and Demonstration language ad get a view into Arabic with Chantelle Yazzie-Martin — culture, this month Iraq is featured. 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Zoom Webinar This session is for high school aged with the Branigan Cultural Center. learners and up. Register to attend Hear from local indigenous and by emailing Kayla at kmyers@ LGBTQAI+ artist about her exhibit las-cruces.org. Info: las-cruces.org/ and methods of creating her pieces. museums. Link: rebrand.ly/ChantelleYazzie. Info: las-cruces.org/museums. Virtual New Mexico Downtown Gallup Rocks: Tyan SATURDAY, NOV. 7 Biter of Flagstaff, Arizona — 7 Silver City/Grant County p.m. Gallup MainStreet Arts & Silver City Farmer’s Market — 9 Cultural District offers a virtual a.m.-noon at the corner of Pope SUNDAY, NOV. 1 concert series to be recorded in “Be a Water Chemist” Take-out Silver City/Grant County Street and College Avenue, Silver Historic Downtown Gallup, featuring STEM activity — By reservation Bilingual Storytime: “The Spirit City. Info: silvercityfarmersmarket@ seven local and regional musicians. only, the Las Cruces Museum of of Tio Fernando/El expiritu de tio gmail.com. A new concert will be released Nature & Science offers kits free, Fernando” — 7 p.m. with the Silver every Thursday from Nov. 5 until available while supplies last. Be City Museum. Info: www.silvercity- Las Cruces/Mesilla SATURDAY, NOV. 28 Dec. 17 on GMSACD’s social media a water chemist with this “GSK museum.org or 575-597-0229. Farmers Arts and Crafts Market Las Cruces/Mesilla channels: Facebook, Instagram and Science in the Summer” hands-on Farmers Arts and Crafts Market — 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. At the Plaza of YouTube. experiment. Use pH as an indica- Las Cruces and along Main Street. — 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. At the Plaza of WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4 tor of safe water and test different Las Cruces and along Main Street. Las Cruces/Mesilla Info: 575-805-6055. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 water treatment methods. Recom- Info: 575-805-6055. “Saturday Family Science: Silver City/Grant County mended ages 7 and up. This kit will Ornithology” Take-out STEM THURSDAY, NOV. 12 Silver City Farmer’s Market — 9 be accompanied by a live demon- SUNDAY, NOV. 29 activity — By reservation only, the Silver City/Grant County stration on Zoom Saturday, Nov. 21 a.m.-noon at the corner of Pope Silver City/Grant County Las Cruces Museum of Nature & Transcending Borders Film and at 10 a.m. Info: To reserve contact Street and College Avenue, Silver Bilingual Storytime: “How Holly- Science offers kits free, available Presentation Series online — 10 City. Info: silvercityfarmersmarket@ Stephanie, shawkins@las-cruces. while supplies last. Learn about hocks Came to New Mexico” — 7 a.m. with Western New Mexico gmail.com. org or call 575-522-3120. ornithology through owls. Dissect University’s Fiesta Latina. “Pot- p.m. with the Silver City Museum. an owl pellet to learn about owl tery of Mexico Vol II Trees of Life A book by Rudolfo Anaya, read by Las Cruces/Mesilla THURSDAY, NOV. 19 diet. Recommended ages 7 and up. –Izucar de Matamoros, Acatlan and Correa Hemphill (English) and Javier Farmers Arts and Crafts Market This kit will be accompanied by an Metepec” lecture with Marta Turok, Salas (Spanish). Info: www.silver- — 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Plaza of citymuseum.org or 575-597-0229. Las Cruces and along Main Street. Info: 575-805-6055.

Silver City/Grant County WNMU Zoom Open Mic — 7 p.m. at Western New Mexico University. Info: wnmu.edu/culture or 575-538- 6496.

Virtual New Mexico Downtown Gallup Rocks: Rippy and the Sillyettes of Gallup — 7 p.m. Gallup MainStreet Arts & Cultural District offers a virtual concert series to be recorded in Historic Downtown Gallup, featuring DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2020 • 9

ARTS EXPOSURE • ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH Chickens and Children Artist on mission to spread awareness

hen human traffickers (“coyotes”) get Children do Not Belong in Cages.” their hands on children, they are often “The kids [in detention along the border] are lost Wreferred to as “pollos,” the Spanish word they are going to human trafficking,” she said. “Life for chickens. When local artist Sonya Fe heard the goes on we all forget. This is a horrible state for us phrase, it affected her so strongly she was motivat- too to be in. My mural is showing the emotional ed to investigate the situation more and now she depression they are all going through.” has decided to do something about it. A friend of Fe’s, another artist Lalo Garcia, is “I was aware of this nightmare and did small also be working on the same theme in California. paintings of it,” she said. “We are trying to have artists in other states get As an artist, Fe is spreading awareness through on board with this campaign,” she said. “I’m an an- her art. She was offered a wall and went big with gry artist. My paintbrush will be mightier than the the work. Now she is encouraging artists across sword. Maybe we can get together a fundraiser for the country to take up the call of “Chickens and the supplies. It’s just two of us now and eventually it’s going to snowball.” Fe said she and Garcia are calling on artists to submit their artwork under the umbrella of “Chickens and Children do Not Belong in Cages,” but the work can be of any style or subject they would like but should have the phrase on the im- age somewhere. “The more murals we paint, the louder the voice for these kids,” she said. The mural is located on the wall along the rail- road tracks off Hoagland Road, behind the house at 2005 Carlisle Drive in Las Cruces. Fe can be found on Facebook or reached at 926-606-8213 for Artist Sonya Fe sits with her Las Cruces mural, “Chickens and more information. Children do Not Belong in Cages.” (Courtesy photos) ON THE SHELF • ALETHEA EASON Dreaming America Voices of Undocumented Youth in Maximum Security Detention From the Earth During a recent poetry event, or- finement between poetry sessions. De- From the earth grew a fruit ganized by Georgina Marie, the Poet spair seeps through selections such as Michelson says the act of writing poet- So delicious Laureate of Lake County, California, in in “I Forget.” ry transformed how these youth interact. I paused to wonder, which three Silver City, New Mexico po- Each poet also has found personal trans- Who harvested this fruit? ets participated, Michelson spoke of the Without reason to exist formation as he expresses his individual “pre-pubescent boy” who could not read I often forget that I am/ story of living with violence, fear, and “From the Earth,” is one of 40 po- or write and how he dictated “From the real and this makes me ache hopes for the future. “Crossing Bor- ems included in the poetry collection Earth” to another boy who had literacy the soul I don’t have ders” expresses this in a tender manner. Dreaming America: Voices of Undocu- skills. or can’t find me mented Youth in Maximum-Security De- Michelson used the term “poets” to as I wander/somewhere else. These borders are hard to cross. tention.” These poems were written by describe his students, most of whom With their fears, furies, frustrations young men who are undocumented im- traveled from Honduras, Guatemala, El But a fragile joy also is found in this But I keep fighting to learn migrants, ages 12 to 17, incarcerated in Salvador, and a few from Mexico. On av- collection. In “The Future,” another Although borders are hard/ Harrisonburg, Virginia. The editor, Seth erage, they have a second-grade educa- poet reflects, To transverse Michelson, chose the tion, were orphaned between the ages of I’ll one day make it across and im- poems included in the book from po- six to eight, and underwent substantial The future is something new prove my life. etry writing workshops he conducted trauma and abuse in their home coun- that comes bit by bit. within the facility. The poems are of- tries, which led “to threats to themselves The bad, the mistakes/ All proceeds from “Dreaming America” fered in both English and Spanish, the or others, often gang or cartel related.” remain behind/ go directly to a legal defense fund for the translations provided by Michelson’s This collection is full of dreams, heart- The important thing is to keep young men in detention. The book can students at Washington and Lee Univer- breaks, vulnerability and hope. Many of going in life and see be ordered at www.settlementhouse.us/ sity in Lexington, Virginia. the writers spent time in solitary con- the best in the world. dreaming-america.

ON STAGE • MIKE COOK Mary Hokom–Counseling Specializing in Family, Children, and Individual therapies with traditional and playful approaches to healing... Great Theatre at Home 575-574-2163 Black Box Theatre offers streaming [email protected] Located at 301 W. College Ave. Suite #1 lack Box Theatre’s resident No Strings used Zoom technology to present “Mr. Icky,” a Silver City, NM Theatre Company has kept busy doing cre- short comic play written by novelist F. Scott Fitz- Bative projects since the Black Box Theatre gerald in 1922. Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor • Registered Play Therapist • Infant Mental Health – Endorsed (BBT) shut down in March because of state public BBT also has available online a collection of health orders. Shakespeare monologues, directed by Taulbee. The theatre’s production of “Bosoms and Ne- Also online are monologues and short plays glect” was presented as a streaming play in Sep- written by Colorado playwright Dinah Swan (who ADOBE TECHNIQUES, LLC tember, and past productions of “The Importance is also a talented artist whose work has recently Concete Pumping & Decorative Gravel, of Being Earnest” and “The Rivals” are viewable been on display at the Doña Ana Arts Council and Shotcrete, Slabs, Block Laying, on the NSTC’s YouTube channel. the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Muse- Bobcat, Dirt, Gravel and Pavers In addition, Las Cruces actors Scott Brocato, um). Debbie-Jo Felix, Luz Resendez, Rachel Thom- Two of Swan’s pieces were directed by Herman 575-574-5956 as-Chappell and Joshua Taulbee are in rehearsal and are available on YouTube: “The Make Over” LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED (#367590) for BBT’s upcoming production of Tony-winning and “White Trash Etiquette.” FREE ESTIMATES playwright Mark Medoff’s play, “The Majestic Kid.” BBT’s streaming plays can be viewed under the ROHAN STITES, OWNER They recently took a break from rehearsals and “Now Streaming” tab at www.no-strings.ord. SILVER CITY, NM • WWW.ADOBETECHNIQUES.COM 10 • NOVEMBER 2020 www.desertexposure.com

We strongly recommend gallery patrons The Glasserie Studio Bayard Unsettled Gallery & Studio, 905 N. call locations before visiting as gallery and Store, 106 E. ARTS EXPOSURE Kathryn Allen Clay Mesquite St., 635-2285, noon-5 p.m. hours are subject to change and do so College Ave., 590- Studio, 601 Erie Wednesday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday often. Contact Elva Österreich at Desert 0044. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. St., 537-3332. By to Friday; 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturday, Exposure at 575-680-1978 or editor@ Monday to Saturday. appointment. and by appointment. desertexposure.com to update listings. Grant County Art Gallery Guide Virginia Maria Romero Studio, All area codes are 575 unless indicated Guild Gallery, 316 St. 303-888-1358; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Northern Grant 4636 Maxim Court, 644-0214. By otherwise. N. Bullard St. 10 a.m-5 p.m. Monday Monday and Wednesday and 10 a.m.- County appointment, [email protected], Silver City through Saturday; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday. Casitas de Gila, 50 Casita Flats Road, virginiamariaromero.com. Alaska Mudhead Studio-Gallery, 371 Sunday. GCAG.org. Sterling Fine Art, 306 N. Bullard St. Gila, 535-4455. By appointment. Camino de Viento in Wind Canyon. Guadalupe’s, 505 N. Bullard St., 535- Silver City, 505-699-5005, 11 a.m.-5 gallery@casitasdegila. com, www. Magdalena By appointment, Letha Cress Wolfe, 2624. Thursday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. p.m. Wednesday to Saturday and galleryatthecasitas.com. Atelier Studio 605, 605 W. First St. A potter, 907-783-2780. Leyba & Ingalls Arts, 315 N. Bullard 1-3 p.m. Sunday, or by appointment. collective space containing Village Anthony Howell Studio, 200 W. Market St., 388-5725. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday Abstract to realism, workshops and Deming Press Print Studio; DOrkyART.us; St. 574-2827. By appointment only. to Saturday. Contemporary art ranging lessons available. sterlingnm.com. Deming Arts Center, 100 S. Gold St., Glennoznap.com; Es•Press•O. 838- [a]SP.“A”©E, 110 W. Seventh St., 538- from realism to abstraction in a variety Studio Behind the Mountain, 23 546-3663. Monday to Saturday 10 6452. Letterpress Cards and Journals, 3333, [email protected]. of media. www.LeybaIngallsARTS. Wagon Wheel Lane, 388- 3277. By a.m.-4 p.m. Fine Art Printing & Photography. 9 Barbara Nance Gallery & Stonewalker com, [email protected]. appointment. www.jimpalmerbronze. Gold Street Gallery, 112-116 S. Gold a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Studio, 105 Country Road, 534-0530. Light Art Space, 209 W. Broadway com. St., 546-8200. Open noon-4 p.m. Bear Mountain Gallery, 902 First St. By appointment. Stone, steel, wood St.. 520-240-7075. Open 10 a.m.-5 Studio Upstairs, 109 N. Bullard St., Monday to Saturday. 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. and paint. Sculpture path. www. p.m. Thursday to Saturday; 10 a.m.-2 574-2493. By appointment. Orona Art Studio, 546-4650. By Paintings by Eddie Tsosie, jewelry and barbaraNanceArt.com. p.m. Sunday; and by appointment. Syzygy Tile Gallery, 106 N. Bullard St., appointment. lyntheoilpainter@ gmail. navajo rugs. The Barking Dog Studio, 512 Bremen Contemporary photography and other 388-5472. com, www.lynorona.com. Blue Canyon Gallery, U.S. Highway 60 St. (off Cooper Street) Open 11 a.m.-5 media. Workshops, exhibitions and Tatiana Maria Gallery, 305 N. Bullard Reader’s Cove Used Books & Gallery, (1 mile east of Magdalena), 575-854- p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. events. [email protected] www. St. 388-4426. 200 S. Copper St., 544-2512. 2953, 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. daily. Paintings, 534-9620 lightartspace.com. Tree Spirit Gallery, on-line only at Monday to Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. pottery and jewelry. Blue Dome Gallery, 307 N. Texas St., Lloyd Studios, 306 W. Broadway www.cogan-cogan.com. 303-888- Photography by Daniel Gauss. C&S Morning Star, 805 First St., 505- second location at 60 Bear Mountain St. 590-1110. Sculpture, custom 1358. Studio LeMarbe, 4025 Chaparral SE, 288-6361. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday to Road, 534-8671. Open 11 a.m.-5 knives and swords. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 21 Latigo Trail, 941-387-8589. 544-7708. By appointment. Thursday. Navajo jewelry and rugs. p.m. Monday to Saturday. www. Wednesday to Saturday and 10 a.m.- Sculpture by Barbara Harrison. By Evett’s Café and Gallery, 501 First bluedomegallery.com. 2 p.m. Sunday. appointment only. Columbus St., 854-2449. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Borderlands Gallery, Stephan Hoglund Lois Duffy Art Studio, 211C N. Wild West Weaving, 211-D N. Texas Village of Columbus Library, 112 Wednesday to Sunday. Photographs, Studios, 211 W. Yankie St., Silver City. Texas St., 534-0822. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. St., 313-1032, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday Broadway St., 531-2612, 8 a.m.-7 plein air landscape paintings and 218-370-1314. www.stephanhoglund.com. Saturday or by appointment. Original to Saturday, www.wildwestweaving. p.m. Monday to Saturday. illustrated childrens books. The Cliffs Studio & Gallery, 205 paintings, cards and prints. www. com. Judy’s Studio, 104 N. Main St. N. Lyon St., corner of Yankie and loisduffy.com, [email protected]. Wind Canyon Studio, 11 Quail Run Rodeo 375-743-9110. 1-4 p.m. Saturday Lyon streets, 520-622- 0251. By Lumiere Editions, 104 N. Texas St., Road off Hwy. 180, mile marker 107, Chiricahua Gallery, 5 Pine St., 557- and Sunday and by appointment. appointment. 956-6369. Vintage and contemporary 574- 2308, 619-933-8034. Louise 2225. Open daily except Wednesday, Drawings and sculpture. Common Ground, 102 W. Kelly St., photography. Monday to Friday. Sackett, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kind of a Small Array, 106 N. Main 534-2087. Open by chance or by prior The Makery, 106 E. Market Place. 590- Wednesday and by appointment. St. 210-473-9062. A humble space arrangement. 575-534-2087. 1263. Freestyle weaving studio and Wynnegate Gallery, 1105 W. Market Hillsboro for art, music and poetry. 1-4 p.m. Cow Trail Art Studio, 119 Cow Trail school of fiber, book and paper arts, St., 534-9717, noon – 4 p.m. Saturday Barbara Massengill Gallery, 895-3377, Saturday and Sunday and by in Arenas Valley, 12-3 p.m. Monday, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Thursday to Monday, and Sunday, also open for Red open weekends and by appointment. appointment. or by appointment, 706-533- 1897, www.makerysvc.com. Dot Tour, artist showings and by La Posada Gallery, 1008 First St. www. victoriachick.com. Manzanita Ridge, 107 N. Bullard St. appointment. Mesilla 910-297-9904. Affordable original Creative Hands Roadside Attraction 388-1158. Zoe’s Studio/Gallery, 305 N. Cooper St., Doña Ana Arts Council Arts and art, photography, paintings, Art Gallery, 106 W Yankie, Silver City. Mimbres Regional Arts Council 654-4910. By chance or appointment. Cultural Center, 250 W. Amador Ave., pottery, santos and icons. 1-4 p.m. 303-916-5045 Hours are 10:30 a.m.- Gallery, Wells Fargo Bank Bldg., 1201 523-6403, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday to Wednesday to Sunday. 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, N. Pope St. 538-2505, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Old S’cool House Gallery, 500 Main Mimbres Friday. and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. By Tuesday to Sunday www.mimbresarts.org. Chamomile Connection, 3918 U.S. Galeri Azul, Old Mesilla Plaza, 523- St., corner of Fifth Street, 360-298- appointment at other times. Molly Ramolla Gallery & Framing, Highway 35, 536-9845. Lynnae 8783. Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 1461. Abstract paintings, textiles and Elemental Artisans, by appointment 203 N. Bullard St., 538- 5538. www. McConaha. By appointment. p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Galeria fabric creations. 1-4 p.m. Saturday only, 215-593-6738. ramollaart.com. Kate Brown Pottery and Tile, HC on the Plaza, 2310 Calle de Principal, and Sunday and by appointment. Francis McCray Gallery, 1000 College Ol’ West Gallery & Mercantile, 104 W. 15 Box 1335, San Lorenzo, 536- 526-9771. Daily 10 am.-6 p.m. Warehouse 110, 110 N. Main St. Ave., WNMU, 538-6517. 10 a.m.-3 Broadway St., 388-1811/313-2595, 9935, [email protected], Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery, 2470 517-0669. Contemporary art and p.m. Monday to Friday. 8:30 -10 a.m. Monday to Friday. www.katebrownpottery.com. By Calle de Guadalupe, 522-2933. Daily performance gallery. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Gila Gallery Photographs of the The Place at the Palace, at 201 N. appointment. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and by appointment. www. American Southwest, 206 N. Bullard Bullard St. 575-388-1368. Ouida Touchön Studio, 2615 Calle warehouse110.com. St., 342-1914. Soul River Gallery, 400 N. Bullard de Guadalupe, 635-7899. By appointment. ouida@ouidatouchon. Alamogordo com, www.ouidatouchon. com. Patron’s Hall/Flickinger Center for The Potteries, 2260 Calle de Santiago, Performing Arts, 434-2202, 1110 524-0538, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday to New York Ave. Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Tularosa HorseFeathers, 318 Granado St. 585- Las Cruces 4407. Art, Southwest furniture and Big Picture Gallery, 2001 Lohman Ave, decor. Suite 109, 647-0508. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., The Merc, 316 Granado St. 505-238- Tuesday to Friday. 9:30 a.m.- 6469. Art gifts by regional artists, books. 1 p.m. Saturday. Blue Gate Gallery, 4901 Chagar St. Capitan (intersection of Valley Drive and Taylor Heart of the Raven, 415 12th St., Road), open by appointment, 523- 937-7459, Functional and decorative Interested in advertising in Desert Exposure? 2950. pottery, classes. Camino Real Book Store and Art Gallery, 314 S. Tornillo St. 523-3988. Carrizozo Have questions or want to learn more? Thursday to Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Malkerson Gallery 408 12th St. in Justus Wright Galeria, 266 W. Carrizozo, 648-2598. Court Ave., 526-6101, jud@ Tularosa Basin Gallery of delvalleprintinglc.com. 8:30 a.m.-5:30 Photography, 401 12th St. in Let’s have coffee and talk! p.m. Monday to Friday. Carrizozo, 575-937-1489, 10 a.m.-5 Las Cruces Arts Association, located p.m. Thursday to Monday; noon to 5 in Cruces Creatives, 205 E. Lohman p.m. on Sundays. Exclusive exhibit Silver City Deming Ave. lascrucesarts.wixsite.com/arts. venue for the winners of New Mexico Las Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N. Magazine’s photography contest and 1st Mondays of the Month 1st Tuesdays of the Month Main St., 541-2137. 10 a.m.-4:30 the largest photo gallery in the state. 11 am - 1 pm 11 am - 1 pm p.m., Tuesday to Friday; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday. Lincoln Mesquite Art Gallery, 340 N. Mesquite Old Lincoln Gallery, 1068 Calle la St., 640-3502. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Placita, across from the visitor’s Thursday to Friday; 2-5 p.m. Saturday. center in Lincoln, 653- 4045. Coffee TRANQUIL M. Phillip’s Fine Art Gallery, 221 N. bar featuring 45 New Mexico artists, Main St., 525-1367. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday New Dimension Art Works, 615 E. Piñon St., 373-0043. By Appointment. San Patricio COFFEEBuzz HOUSE NMSU University Art Gallery, Williams Hurd La Rinconada, NM 281 U.S. Hwy. Hall, University Ave. east of Solano, 70, 653-4331, www. wyethartists.com. 646-2545, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday to Monday through Saturday 9 a.m.-5 Sunday. p.m. Works by Peter Hurd, Henriette & Nopalito’s Galeria, 326 S. Mesquite St., Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, N.C. Wyeth 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Friday to Sunday. and resident artist, Michael Hurd. Art Cottage Quillin Stephens Gallery, behind New location: 300 N. Arizona St. downtown COAS Books, 312-1064. on the corner of Yankie and Arizona White Oaks By appointment only. White Oaks Pottery, 445 Jicarilla Drive 200 S. Gold St., Deming Tombaugh Gallery, Unitarian (three miles past White Oaks), 648- Universalist Church, 2000 S. Solano 2985. Daily, 10 a.m-5 p.m. Porcelain Monday, Oct. 5th Monday, Jan. 4th Tuesday, Oct. 6th Tuesday, Jan. 5th Drive, 522-7281. Wednesday to Friday pottery by Ivy Heymann. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or by appointment. Monday, Nov. 2nd Monday, Feb. 1st Tuesday, Nov. 3rd Tuesday, Feb. 2nd Monday, Dec. 7th Monday, March 1st Tuesday, Dec. 1st Tuesday, March 2nd Visit us at Call (575) 993-8193 | email: [email protected] www.desertexposure.com DESERT EXPOSURE NOVEMBER 2020 • 11

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est. 2008 Arts Scene Full-Service Music Source for: Upcoming area art happenings • Musical Instruments ART SCENE • Accessories continued on page 10 offer a diversity of creativity vember at Wild West Weaving, • Guitar Stringing SILVER CITY in painting, photography, glass 211 North Texas St. D in Silver • Equipment Rentals and mosaics, pottery and wood City. For more information visit working, jewelry, clothing, and Donna’s website at www.fourdi- • Pro Audio Equipment fiber arts. To celebrate, the guild rectionsweaving.com. • RCF Dealer is holding a drawing for a $25 Gift Certificate. Entries for the DEMING Financing available for in-store purchases: Acima Credit drawing will be taken at the gal- • November 2020 at the Dem- 212 East 12th St., Silver City, NM | 575-590-7776 | [email protected] lery from Nov. 17 through Sat- ing Art Center is the month urday, Nov. 28. Info: www.gcag. for the annual Recycle Show Thank you for supporting your local music store org. which is sponsored by “Keep Luna County Beautiful.” Fea- tured are pieces of art made from 90 percent recycled mate- Silver City Museum rials and crafted by artists of all • Tuesday, Nov. 20, the fifth an- ages. Intake will be Saturday, nual Arte Chicano Exhibit be- Oct. 31, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. The gins at the Silver City Museum. show will be judged and prizes The exhibition series is a chance awarded. The exhibit will run for the museum to support and from Nov. 1-28. Deming Art Cen- celebrate Chicano artists work- ter is located at 100 S Gold St., ing in the area. Arte Chicano Deming. Its hours are 10 a.m.-3 “Etched glass” by Paula Geisler 2020 features the work of Chris p.m., Monday to Friday and 10 Alvarez and Buck Burns as cu- • Also at the Grant County a.m.-12:30 p.m., Saturday. Info: rated by Diana Leyba-Ingalls. Art Guild Gallery four art- 575-546-3663 or www.deming- The exhibit will be installed in ists are featured through Nov arts.org. the Dodge Gallery and will be 15: Tom Vaughan Sandy Feutz viewable at www.silvercitymu- of FeVa Fotos; glass artist Pau- CLOUDCROFT seum.org in the form of a video la Geisler; and traditional rug Cloudcroft Art Society Gallery tour with commentary by the hooker, Anita McDaniel. The • The Cloudcroft Art Soci- artists. It will be waiting for Grant County Art Guild Gallery ety’s Annual Holiday Art & in-person viewing when the mu- is located at 316 N Bullard Street Crafts Show features original seum is able reopen to the pub- in Silver City. It is open from 11 work by regional artists and arti- lic. Info: 575-597-0229. a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday-Friday and sans. The gallery is located in the 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. • Donna Foley’s show of new ART SCENE works titled “Desert Light & continued on page 12 Inner Landscapes” at Wild West Weaving gallery in down- town Silver City. The show fea- tures the contemporary South- west tapestries Foley is known for throughout the region. Her work consists of using the tra- ditional natural dyes of indigo, The Grant Couty Art Guild cochineal & madder root in con- • The Grant County Art junction with local dyeplants, Guild is celebrating the second i.e. cota, chamisa and snake- anniversary of the opening of weed on a high luster yarn. The the gallery in the former Hester yarn is custom spun wool that House at 316 N. Bullard Street in comes from sheep that she has Silver City. The gallery opened raised for over thirty years. Also its doors two years ago on Nov. in the gallery are some of her 17, 2018. Thirty-six members, all handwoven scarves and shawls. Grant County residents, display “Desert Light & Inner Land- their work at the Gallery and scapes” will be up through No-

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ART SCENE 10 and drivable art on wheels, a off your entire continued from page 11 purase 2012 Toyota Prius, the first in FRAMING SALE! old red brick schoolhouse which the “Baby, You Can Drive My 1100 S. Main at houses the Nivison Library at the Art!” series. The auction may Sale includes regular glass, dry Iao in Pueblo Plaa east end of Burro Street where it be pre-viewed at www.nmesta- 2620 mounting and assembly Mon-Fri - Sat - Special selection of metal and real intersects Swallow Place. Gal- teauctions.com/. Shoppers may here Creativity, People and wood frames lery hours are 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on start bidding on Sunday, Nov. Materials Meet. Matting and other glass options IN USINESS YEARS! Saturdays through the end of 1; the auction closes Saturday, available at regular price Art By Jan Severson Not valid with other specials or work in progress. No coupon needed. Sale items not included November. Nov. 7. Info: www.daarts.org or 575-523-6403. THEY CALL THE WIND MARIAH, LLC Art By Meredith Loring “Deer” by Patricia Black work. Two local fiber artists are featured for the month of No- Like us on Facebook Like us on Instagram vember, Jan Severson and Mer- facebook.comcallthewindmariah instagramwindmariah “Tired Leaves” by edith Loring. Penny Duncklee Severson prefers the colors • The 10 O’Clock Artists of nature, you will often find CECILIA “Ceci” McNICOLL will be exhibiting at AA Studio her weaving with colorful reed, Hacienda Realty Gallery starting Nov. 13. The yarns, wood objects and beads. “Squashblossom” By Theresa show is about reimagining and Loring’s interest in fabrics and 1628 Silver Heights Blvd, Silver City, NM 88061 Montoya Basaldua c: 575.574.8549; o: 575.388.1921 reinterpreting an existing work fiber started early when she [email protected] LAS CRUCES of art. Each artist has taken first learned to sew. She primar- www.haciendarealtysc.com RenFaire 2 Photos an art piece they may not have ily uses recycled fabric, yarns, • Many Renaissance Arts- been completely satisfied with beads ,and leather, along with Faire vendors and local artists and reimagined and recreated found objects and decorative have generously donated well the piece. AA Studio is located items from thrift stores, for over 100 fine art items that will in Las Cruces on Calle de Oro a variety of techniques. First be part of an online auction behind 2645 Doña Ana Road. A American Bank in Mesilla, is through Mesilla Valley Estate Covid-safe artists reception is well represented by gallery Sales. Shoppers can expect to scheduled for 5 p.m., Nov. 13. members who rotate their art- find extraordinary paintings, Info: 828-467-9060. work monthly. In addition, the photographs, sculpture and 30 artists of the Gallery offer art jewelry donated by local artists • The Mesilla Valley Fine in various media, which include such as Carolyn Bunch, Wayne Arts Gallery, 2470-A Calle de original paintings, oil, acryl- Suggs, Patricia Black and Guadalupe, across from the his- ics, pastels, watercolor, fused Theresa Montoya Basaldua. toric Fountain Theatre, is cur- glass art jewelry, unique one of The auction also includes col- rently accepting applications lectible items, local art tours, from artists to display their art- ART SCENE continued on page 13

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ART SCENE Gallery offers a visit to the art of • An area created format continued from page 12 southern New Mexico artists in showcases artists’ work on a kind woodturnings, stained their web-based galleries. While Facebook at “Las Cruces NM Mis Amigos Pet Care Center glass, photography, ceramics, we can’t yet go to all these gal- Artists & Art Showcase” on mixed media, unusual decorated leries and studios and spend our a page is specifically for the gourds, handmade textile weav- time perusing the amazing work many undiscovered artists and ings, art tile, fiber art, affordable of southern New Mexico artists artisans in Las Cruces and Doña quality natural gemstone jewel- and craftspeople, we can take a Ana County. No matter what it is ry, colored pencil, handcrafted journey through their creativity. you do, painting, photography, basket weavings, colored pen- This section of the Desert Expo- sculpting, pottery, jewelry, fiber cil, charcoal, pen and ink draw- sure website journeys through arts, woodworking, decorative Boarding Daycare Training Grooming Retail ings, prints, cards and miniature some of the talent we have arts, etc., anything created by Certified Trainers and Pet Care Technicians Follow us on Facebook paintings. COVID -19 adjusted south of Interstate 25. If you are you is welcome to be displayed. 11745 Hwy 180 E, Silver City, NM www.misamigospetcare.com 575-388-4101 gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 a southern New Mexico artist Please note, this FaceBook page p.m. daily with limited access. and would like to be included in is meant to be a digital art gal- Info: 575-522-2933, www.mesil- this listing, please contact us at lery, rather than a sales tool. lavalleyfinearts.com. [email protected] or This FaceBook page is the cre- by calling Elva at 575-443-4408. ation of Robert Paquette, a long- VIRTUAL Website: www.desertexposure. time volunteer for many Las NEW MEXICO com/virtual-gallery/. Cruces community service orga- • Desert Exposure Virtual nizations.

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48+ years in 47business! Years in Say “Hi”to Ivan, the Business!Feb. 7th 2021 Southwest galleria of will make it blue-gold macaw! 49 years! unique treasures! Fine Gold & Silver Jewelry * Pottery * Fossils * Sand Painting Kachinas * ‘Mexico To You’ Items * Fine Art * Native Crafts WE BUY & SELL GOLD, SILVER, OLD JEWELRY, SCRAP, BULLION, OLD COINS FREE GIFT Open Mon.–Sat. 9am to 4:30pm WITH PURCHASE, THE BLUE STONE MENTION 1117 S. White Sands Blvd., next to Applebee’s Alamogordo, NM 575-437-9828 DESERT EXPOSURE 14 • NOVEMBER 2020 www.desertexposure.com Shopping in Tularosa BUSINESS PROFILE • FELIX TORRES BUSINESS PROFILE • TRISH SEE F. Torres Pottery Tulie Treasures 1106 St. Francis Drive in Tularosa 314 Granado Street in Tularosa Who owns/manages it? Felix Torres Who owns/manages it? Trish See How many people do you employ? Family How many people do you employ? none owned and operated. What are the core products of your busi- What are the core products of your busi- ness? Farm home, vintage, rustic, southwest, ness? Excellent selection of imported colorful cabinets, furniture, art, gifts; items change talavera pottery for home/yard, all kinds of week to week statuary, red and green Hatch chile, red chile When did you first open and what are your pepper ristras. hours of operation? March 2020; Tuesday to What are your hours of operation? open Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 12:30-4 daily 8:30 a.m. -6:30 p.m. p.m. How is your business adapting to the How is your business adapting to the COVID-19 outbreak? Open daily so people COVID-19 outbreak? I can’t really say be- can shop at the store. cause we still get people; it is affecting people What should our readers know about your who travel, local people stay home more. business? Support a local family-owned busi- What should our readers know about your ness that works hard to keep a good selection business? It’s fun, it’s new and our items of products. change day to day; different items all the time; How can potential customers contact you? we’re very friendly Stop by the store during convenient hours open How can potential customers contact you? daily. 575-585-0087.

BUSINESS PROFILE • DARRYL WILLISON BUSINESS PROFILE • KAREN KEREZMAN The Merc in Tulie HorseFeathers Gallery 316 Granado St. in Tularosa 318 Granado St. in Tularosa Who owns/manages it? Owned and run by partici- Who owns/manages it? Karen Kerezman is the new pating artists owner since July 2019, after being the store manager How many people do you employ? No actual for the previous owner, Jacque Day, for three years. employment, we volunteer our time but get paid a set How many people do you employ? We presently commission on all the daily sales we work that day. employ one associate, Pat Douville, a well-known What are the core products of your business? member of the local retail community and a very Art! Art gifts, functional items, wearable art, cards, knowledgeable asset to our gallery. pottery, etc. What are the core products of your business? When did you first open and what are your We feature mainly Southwest art, including jewelry, hours of operation? 2016, current hours are (as per home decor, pottery, fabric, leather, wood, metal allowed for now) Wednesday-Sunday, typically 11 and lots of rustic furniture. Our artists come from a.m.-5 p.m. all around the Southwest, including our native tribes How is your business adapting to the COVID-19 and our neighbors in Mexico, but we do feature our outbreak? Adapting as well as we can; being a small talented local artists, which makes it possible for our business, not made of money, we ask that each artist customers to order custom-made pieces. adhere to the mandate of wearing a mask, wash hands How is your business adapting to the COVID-19 and disinfect where and when necessary. outbreak? We re-opened in mid-May after a six- What should our readers know about your week shut-down due to the virus, and now require business? We have and are eternally grateful to have masks, social distancing and limited occupancy, a regular base of clients. They, like first-time shoppers, which has been very manageable. see and appreciate the local diversity of art, affordabili- What should our readers know about your ty of our art, the fun in the functionv and best of all, the business? We offer gift certificates, layaway, local personal attention they receive unlike the commercial delivery and shipping. Our Facebook page shows stores. You actually get to talk with an artist in the shop photos of new products as they arrive. and get the stories behind the art – it’s awesome. How can potential customers contact you? By How can potential customers contact you? We visiting our Facebook page as well as by phone at the suggest connecting through our web site, www. store at 575-585-4407. We are open every day except themercintulie.com, or social media, Facebook: The Monday from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., Sundays until 3 p.m., MERC; or Instagram: tulie_merc. and look forward to welcoming you to our gallery.

THE MERC VISIT HISTORICAL Dare to dream! 316 Granado Street Fabulous Tularosa, TULAROSA, NM New Mexico/88352 [email protected] Want your Tularosa Business in this ad? like us on facebook-The Merc Call Pam Rossi, Advertising Coordinator 575-635-6614 www.themercintulie.com F. Torres Pottery & Talavera Hatch Red & Green Chile (in season) Ristras – Gift Shop Something for Everyone! Southwest Art, Gifts, Furniture & Décor Featuring Regional and Local Artists! 1106 Saint Francis Dr., Tularosa, NM Horse Featers Gallery Tularosa NM Open Daily 8:30 – 6:30 318 Granado St., Tularosa, NM 88352 Stop by and see us! Store: (575) 585-4407 Cell: (575) 495-5671 DESERT EXPOSURE NOVEMBER 2020 • 15

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“Tranquility-Fall in the Bosque” (Photos by Lynda Brugman) BOSQUE TIME • EDWARD M. RICHSTONE Traveling the River Festival of the Cranes goes online this year, birds still come

erhaps most unique and memorable about the Psandhill crane are its mi- gratory flight sounds and its mat- ing/bonding rituals. “This charismatic bird con- tinues to fascinate people in so many ways,” Bosque del Apache National Refuge Park Ranger Amanda Walker said. “For exam- ple, it is amazing how a bird like this, awkward on the ground, suddenly becomes graceful once it takes flight.” Bosque del Apache is 130 miles north of Las Cruces and 18 miles south of Socorro. Sandhill “Mid Day Reflection-Winter Bosque” crane boosters maintain refuges throughout North America to plements federal funding to Also, slides and videos, plus “BosqueEagle-Winter Bosque” preserve the species by combat- maintain the refuge through such real-time Q & A, will be part of ting degradation of their habitats means as preserving and expand- two webinars about cranes, (www.savingscranes.org). It is ing sources of water and reducing which then will be archived. sobering to realize that human the spread of invasive, non-indig- Contributing a festive spirit are activity threatens the survival of enous species of plants. artists from the New Mexico Tech this most ancient of all current- The Friends’ live Festival of Performing Art Series, a stargaz- ly living birds, whose lineage to the Cranes has been canceled ing party at the Magdalena Ridge direct ancestors can be traced because of the pandemic, and re- Observatory about 50 miles from back to confirmed fossils formed placed by Crane Fiesta 2020, of- the refuge, and a craft demonstra- at least 2.5 million years ago. fered entirely online for this year. tion involving the intertwining of At Bosque del Apache thou- While the Friends’ nature store yucca fibers to make sandals and sands of sandhill cranes, ducks onsite is closed, the online store the weaving of turkey feathers to and geese stay from late October continues to operate, now with create blankets. to late January, and then fly back even more products than before. The southern part of the state north. Others remain only about Other key updates about the fi- is part of the Rocky Mountain two days before continuing their esta can be found at the Friends’ Flyway, the swath that is tra- migration southward. By visiting website (friendsofbosquedelapa- versed by migrating sandhill the Bosque del Apache website, che.org). cranes as they head due south, (fws.gov/refuge/Bosque_del_ One already scheduled event some even as far as northern Apache) anyone contemplating is a fly-out and fly-in of sandhill Mexico. The cranes come from an in-person visit to the refuge cranes that can be viewed on the northern states (including during the pandemic can find up- Nov. 19. Just before the crack of Alaska), Canada and even Sibe- dates about closing and re-open- dawn, the cranes start communi- ria. Some cranes linger in the ings of the visitor center, tour cating among themselves with a Mesilla Valley until their return loops, and amenities like bath- variety of distinctive sounds. For trip to the north. In the spring, rooms, observation blinds and example, they gurgle, hiss, and some of the northbound cranes guided tours. honk and then fly off to the fields choose instead the longer route An auxiliary organization, to feed, starting at sunrise. They The Friends of the Bosque del return to their roosting grounds BOSQUE Apache, raises money that sup- shortly before sunset. continued on page 17 “Avocet-Spring Bosque” DESERT EXPOSURE NOVEMBER 2020 • 17

“Into the Corn-Fall Bosque”

BOSQUE All the while, a female, if inter- continued from page 16 ested, exchanges calls with him. that crosses the Platte River The effort is well worth it be- Valley in Nebraska, a route that cause if they end up bonding, it avoids the Rocky Mountains, typically endures as long as both which, in many places, are still members of the pair live. The covered in snow. romance stays alive throughout Migrating sandhill cranes fly in the year over a lifetime with oc- the daytime. So, a sighting can be casional cavorting and duets of made. But their usual flight ele- calls, which can be observed at vation of around 5,000 feet often Bosque del Apache. “Mass Ascension” makes it difficult to identify them, Julie-Anna Blomquist, who or see them altogether, especial- manages for The Friends aux- ly when the cranes catch a warm iliary the celebrations of crane upward draft to much greater migration and the website in heights in order to glide consider- all seasons, is grateful for their able distances. And they are diffi- partnership with the USFWS and cult to spot also when small fam- City of Socorro. ily groups break away from the “Visiting the refuge is a magi- flock. But their loud, always au- cal experience but maintaining dible, rattling bugle calls dramat- this fragile oasis does not hap- ically announce their approach pen by magic,” she said. from as far as 2.5 miles away. The sandhill crane breeds and Sources: “Sandhill Cranes’ begin raising young exclusively Mating Dance a Stunning in the far north. So, in our re- Spectacle,” by Sherry Boas gion we are not treated to their Orlando Sentinel (Nov. 7, famous mating rituals. A male 2010); “Sandhill Crane,” tries to attract a female by var- National Geographic; ious means, such as tossing “Sandhill Crane, Overview;” pieces of vegetation into the air, The Cornell Lab, All About pumping his head, leaping into Birds; “Fall Migration of the the air, spreading and fluffing his Cranes,” by Alyx Vogel, The wings, shaking his tail feathers. Prairie Pulse (Oct. 10, 2018). “Bosque Gobblers-Winter Bosque”

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BORDERLINES • MARJORIE LILLY COVID-19 in the fields? Southern New Mexico laborers share concerns

armworkers in Luna ple. Some journalists are asking just about everyone was wearing done some picking this year. His that there have been a lot. County have worked in whether laborers in fields and masks and another one, in stark name was Juan Arrolines, a teen- Some workers will be work- Fthe fields in southern New food processors are wearing face difference, where almost no one ager who spoke English easily. ing until December. Then work Mexico for decades, bending masks, practicing social distanc- was. Social distancing among He had worked in the fields only will start again in the spring for over in the sun and dressed in ing and disinfecting hands. workers and washing was not about one day a week this year a while. The issue of the Corona sweats, hats, and jeans, no mat- On a late September morning very visible. and earned $100 the most recent virus will almost certainly still ter what the weather is. I drove around southern Luna A week or so later I visited a day. He’d worked for the second be alive at that point and the fol- But a new issue faces them County a few miles from my trailer park, north of Deming, contractor, too. lowing summer. now. For years they’ve experi- house. I was in search of green where farmworkers have rented It’s clear that if the pickers ar- Several organizations, includ- enced the usual meager wages chile fields, as I’ve occasionally mobile homes for more than 25 en’t impelled by the contractor ing the New Mexico Chile Com- by labor contractors, meager done for years. The purpose this years. Talking to them helped to wear a face mask, maintain mission, OSHA, Department of Social Security and Medicaid year for me was not just to try to give a clearer look at whether social distancing, or wash their Labor and the Agricultural Ex- benefits, the issue of clean toi- protect the rights of farmwork- the workers and the public are hands; they’d rather not bother tension Office, have distributed lets in the fields, and harmful ers, but for the protection of the being protected. doing it. flyers or held seminars to inform pesticides. (I know of one man general public, too. The Corona One older woman had worked “It’s very unusual that people people involved with agriculture who’s making only $500 a month virus may be discriminatory to- for one particular contractor take precautions [with masks, of the ways they should protect in Social Security after working ward Blacks and Hispanics, but this year and earned only $20 on etc.],” Arrolines said. “[The con- themselves from the virus. 40 years in the fields. He and his also hits Anglos and everyone one recent day. This was in the tractor he works for] never takes But it seems to me that field wife are living on this.) else you can think of. last phase of the harvest, called precautions. They have water, workers and contractors need But now Mexican workers are I found two fields of workers a “la tercera,” or the third phase, but they don’t use it.” more instruction in why peo- mentioned in the news in some few miles from where I live, both when there were fewer chil- I told him I’d heard several ple should follow the anti-virus media because the COVID-19 vi- with about 40 pickers. The fields es left on the plants. She didn’t workers say, “I’m not afraid,” re- rules. It’s something especially rus is affecting Blacks and His- are often near paved roads. You want to give her name. The con- garding the lack of masks and so important to do because, with panics more commonly than An- can usually see from your car tractor told workers to bring forth. Arrolines laughed and said their low level of education, glos. This is apparently because whether people are wearing their own face masks, she said. he’d often heard the same thing. these workers have a hard time these people live and work more masks. A man named Lupe Rivera has It’s as if some workers believe understanding what the pan- closely together than other peo- I saw one chile field where lived at least a couple decades their fortitude would protect demic is. at the trailer park, which looked them from the virus. There’s been no serious out- almost tropical in the long-last- Workers have different opin- break of the Coronavirus conta- ing heat this fall. He worked for ions. “The majority of people gion among New Mexico agricul- another contractor. “I can’t work wear masks,” said Cirse Alejan- tural workers, but we need to be with the mask on,” Rivera ex- dra Fernandez, a woman who sure there won’t ever be one. plained. “Other people do wear worked in the fields. She came them. I know one woman who from Palomas three years ago to Borderlines wore one because of the dust.” live in a tiny oval-shaped trailer columnist “Some wear them, others with her 13-year-old son Miguel. Marjorie don’t. But you need to wash your This article is only a vague es- Lilly lives in hands.” timate of how many farmwork- Deming. Rivera pointed out a young ers and contractors are ignoring man across the road who had Covid rules. But there’s no doubt

SALVATION ARMY • MIKE COOK Holiday Events Scheduled Las Cruces captain ready for the season

Corner Florida & Columbus Hwy. he Salvation Army of Las Cruces has a vari- at the old K-Mart location on Bataan Memorial PO Box 191, Deming NM 88031 ety of events and activities coming up for the West, the drive will travel down Main Street to Tholiday season, Corps Officer Capt. Michael Lohman Avenue to Telshor Boulevard and a stop (575) 546-3922 P. Evans said. at Rudy’s Country Store and Bar-B-Q, 1020 N. Here are the events: Telshor Blvd. For the past • Annual Red Kettle two years, the Salvation Campaign: Sunday, Nov. Army has had more than 125 8-Thursday, Dec. 24. Every cars, trucks, motorcycles year, Salvation Army volun- and off roaders participate teers and the familiar red in this cruise across Las Cru- kettles are in front of busi- ces to help collect toys for nesses across the commu- The Salvation Army’s Angel nity to raise funds “to help Tree program to provide November Exhibit: Doña Ana County resi- toys for families that may Recycle Show, sponsored by dents all year long,” Evans not have a Christmas this “Keep Luna County Beautiful” said. “We are in dire need year without the communi- Exhibition Duration: of assistance with volun- ty’s help,” Evans said. “Peo- November 1 through November 28, 2020 teer ‘bell ringers’ to help ple can participate by driv-

Anyone of any age can enter up to 3 pieces made this year,” he said. ing their vehicle (each vehicle from at least 90% recycled materials • Las Cruces Cruising Coun- is asked to donate a boy- and a Prizes will be awarded in the following categories: cil “Turkey Palooza”: Saturday, Nov. girl-gift valued at $10) or by stopping Best in Show, People’s Choice 21. The Cruising Council is made up of local by Rudy’s, checking out the cars and donat- 1, 2, and 3rd place in the following age groups: car clubs that help the community. The Salvation ing their gift to the program. Children to age 6, Children to age 13 Army will host the council’s event at 1590 Cali- For more information on the Turkey Palooza and Teens to age 19, Adults 19 years and older fornia St. It will include games, candy, food, cars, Toy Drive, contact Capt. Noel Evans at 907-209- Bring art for the Recycle Show trucks, inflatables, music and more. 5491. For information on the Red Kettle program, in October 31, 2020 10:00 am to 1:00pm • Annual Toy Drive: Saturday, Dec. 5. Beginning contact Capt. Michael Evans at 907-723-0238. Due to Covid we will not have an artists’ reception Gallery hours are 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday through Friday and 10:00 am to 12:30 PM on Saturday Visit Desert Exposure online at www.desertexposure.com DESERT EXPOSURE NOVEMBER 2020 • 19

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Drop a note to Red or Green? c/o ? essential information will be $36 a year and rants are open seven days a week. Call for Desert Exposure, 1740-A Calle de Mercado, Update of open restaurants and services being offered. expanded listings, up to 10 lines, will be exact hours, which change frequently. All Las Cruces, NM 88005, or email editor@ * = Open; C/S = Curb Side; DEL = Delivery; D/T = Drive Through; $48 a year. To buy a listing in Red or Green?, phone numbers are area code 575 except desertexposure.com. Bon appétit! P = Patio; T/O = Take Out GRANT COUNTY RANT, 503 N. Hudson St., 388-4600. plus hot dogs, burgers, quesadillas: B Lohman Ave. , Las Cruces, NM 524-3524. Mexican, steakhouse: L D, Silver City Mexican: Tuesday to Sunday B L D. L D. P T/O 88005, 524-9251. Monday - Saturday, Saturday, Sunday and holidays also * ADOBE SPRINGS CAFÉ, 619 N. C/S * ANDELE RESTAURANTE, 1950 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. Specializing in relleno B. P T/O Bullard St., 538-3665. Breakfast LA MEXICANA RESTAURANT, 1105 Calle del Norte, 526-9631. Mexican: burritos and other mexican food. * LAS TRANCAS, 1008 S. Solano items, burgers, sandwiches: Sunday Tom Foy Blvd., 534-0142. Mexican Monday B L, Tuesday to Sunday B L D. GOLDEN STAR CHINESE FAST Drive, 524-1430. Mexican, steaks, B L, all week B L D; P /O T/O and American: B L. DEL P T/O FOOD, 1420 El Paseo Road, 523- burgers, fried chicken: L D, Satur- * CACTUS JACKS, 1307 N. Pope St. * AQUA REEF, 141 N. Roadrunner 2828. Chinese: L D. day and Sunday also B. P T/O 538-5042. Gluten-free, healthy gro- * LITTLE TOAD CREEK Parkway, 522-7333. Asian, sushi: LD. * GRANDY’S COUNTRY COOKING, * LE RENDEZ-VOUS CAFÉ, 2701 ceries, grill fast foods and beverages. BREWERY & DISTILLERY, DEL P T/O 1345 El Paseo Road, 526-4803. W. Picacho Ave. #1, 527-0098. Monday to Friday B L D, Saturday 200 N. Bullard St., 956- THE BEAN, 2011 Avenida de Mesilla, American: B L D. D/T T/O French pastry, deli, sandwiches: and Sunday L. T/O DEL 6144. Burgers, wings, 527-5155. Coffeehouse. * HABANERO’S 600 E. Amador Tuesday to Sunday B L. T/O salads, fish, pasta, craft * A BITE OF BELGIUM, 741 N. Ave., 524-1829. Fresh Mexican: B L *LET THEM EAT CAKE, 1001 E. beers and cocktails: Alameda St. No. 16, 527-2483, www. D. P T/O University Ave. Suite D4, 680-5998. * CAFÉ OSO AZUL AT BEAR abiteofbelgium.com. Belgium and * HACIENDA DE MESILLA, 1803 Cupcakes: Tuesday to Saturday. MOUNTAIN LODGE, 60 Monday to Sunday L D. American food: Daily B L. P C/S Avenida de Mesilla, 652-4953. C/S DEL T/O Bear Mountain Ranch Road, P T/O * BOBA CAFÉ, 1900 S. Espina St., Steaks, barbecue, seafood, sand- * LORENZO’S PAN AM, 1753 E. 538-2538. B L, special D by Ste. 8, 647-5900. Sandwiches, sal- wiches, salads, pasta: L D. C/S P University Ave., 521-3505. Italian, ads, casual fare, espresso: Monday pizza: L D. C/S DEL T/O reservation only. P T/O MI MEXICO VIEJO, 202 E Broadway to Saturday L D. C/S DEL T/O * HIGH DESERT BREWING * LOS COMPAS CAFÉ, 6335 Bata- St. Mexican food stand: 956-3361. 1010 Highway BRAVO’S CAFÉ, 3205 S. Main St., an Memorial W. Drive, 382-2025. * CHINESE PALACE, Monday to Saturday B L early D. COMPANY, 1201 W. Hadley 180E, 538-9300. Chinese: Monday to 526-8604. Mexican: Tuesday to Ave., 525-6752. Brew pub: L Mexican: B L D. C/S T/O Sunday B L. Friday L D. T/O * MI CASITA, 2340 Bosworth Drive, D. P T/O * LOS COMPAS CAFÉ, 603 S. 538-5533. New Mexican cuisine: * BURGER NOOK, 1204 E. Ma- Nevarez St., 523-1778. Mexican: B JOSEFINA’S OLD GATE CAFÉ, COURTYARD CAFÉ, 1313 E 32nd Monday to Thursday L, Friday L D. drid Ave., 523-9806. Outstanding L D. C/S T/O 2261 Calle de Guadalupe, 525-2620. St., Gila Regional Medical Center, T/O greenchile cheeseburgers. Tuesday to * LOS COMPAS, 1120 Commerce Pastries, soups, salads, sandwiches: 538-4094. American: B L. NANCY’S SILVER CAFÉ, 514 N. Saturday L D. T/O Drive, 521-6228. Mexican: B L D. Monday to Thursday L, Friday to Bullard St., 388-3480. Mexican: * BURRITOS VICTORIA, 1295 El C/S P T/O Sunday B L. DIANE’S RESTAURANT, 510 Monday to Saturday B L D. Paseo Road, 541-5534. Burritos: B L * LOS MARIACHIS, 754 N. Motel * KEVA JUICE, 1001 E. University N. Bullard St., 538-8722. Fine PRETTY SWEET EMPORIUM, 312 D. Now serving beer. T/O Blvd., 523-7058. Mexican: B L D. Ave., 522-4133. Smoothies, frozen dining (D), steaks, seafood, N. Bullard St., 322-2422. Dessert, ice CAFÉ DON FELIX, 2290 Calle de * LOS MARIACHIS, 5600 Bataan yogurt: B L D. P T/O pasta, sandwiches (L), salads: cream: Monday to Saturday. Parian, 652-3007. Mexican, street Memorial E., 373-0553. Mexican, L * LA NUEVA CASITA CAFÉ, 195 N. Tuesday to Saturday L D, * Q’S SOUTHERN BISTRO, 101 E. tacos, mini-burgers: Wednesday to D. D/T T/O Mesquite St., 523-5434. Mexican Sunday D only (family-style), College Ave., 534-4401. American, Saturday L D, Sunday brunch only 10 * LA MEXICANA TORTILLERIA, and American: B L. T/O steaks, barbecue, brewpub: Tuesday a.m. to 6 p.m. 1300 N. Solano Drive. 541-9617. weekend brunch. * LA POSTA RESTAURANT DE to Saturday L D. P T/O CHACHI’S RESTAURANT, 2460 S. Mexican: B L D. T/O Locust St.-A, 522-7322. Mexican: B MESILLA, 2410 Calle de San Albino, L D. DIANE’S BAKERY & DELI, * REVEL, 304 N. Bullard St., Robin Santa-Teresa, PsyD 388-4920. Elevated comfort * CHILITOS, 2405 S. Valley Drive, The Hub, Suite A, 601 N. 526-4184. Mexican: Monday to Sat- Psychologist Bullard St., 534-9229. Artisan food. Weekdays LD, week- Panorama Therapy ends BD, closed Wednes- urday B L D. C/S DEL D/T breads, pastries, sandwiches, * CHILITOS, 3850 Foothills Road Ste. Is your path less than clear? days. T/O deli: Monday to Saturday B L 10, 532-0141. Mexican: B L D. C/S It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that early D, Sunday L. * SILVER BOWLING CENTER CAFÉ, DEL D/T wears you out, it’s the pebble in your shoe. 2020 Memory Lane, 538-3612. Amer- * DAY’S HAMBURGERS, 245 N. Get support for your journey DON JUAN’S BURRITOS, 418 Silver ican, Mexican, hamburgers: Daily L Main St., 523-8665. Burgers: Monday [email protected] Heights Blvd., 538-5440. Mexican: D T/O. to Saturday L D. C/S https://panoramatherapy.com/ B L. * PECAN GRILL & BREWERY, 505-423-4831 (voice or text) * DRIFTER PANCAKE HOUSE, * SUNRISE ESPRESSO, 500 S. Telshor Blvd., 521-1099. Fee for Service * No insurance accepted 711 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-2916. Pecan-smoked meats, sandwiches, Teletherapy Breakfast, American: B L, breakfast 1530 N. Hudson St., 388- 2027. Coffee shop: Monday steaks, seafood, craft beers: L D. P served throughout. T/O T/O D/T * FORREST’S PIZZA, 601 N. Bullard to Saturday B L, early D. * DELICIAS DEL MAR, 1401 El St., Unit J. 388-1225. Tuesday to Paseo Road, 524-2396. Mexican, Friday L D, slices until 7 p.m. T/O D/T * SUNRISE ESPRESSO, seafood: B L D. P T/O * FRY HOUSE, 601 N. Bullard St. * DICK’S CAFÉ, 2305 S. Valley Drive, Suite C. 388-1964. Seven days L, 1212 E. 32nd St., 388-2927. Coffee shop, bakery: Monday 524-1360. Mexican, burgers: Sunday Sunday L, D. T/O DEL B L, Monday to Saturday B L D C/S P * GIL-A BEANS COFFEE SHOP, to Friday B L, early D, Satur- * DION’S PIZZA, 3950 E. Lohman 1304 N. Bennett St., 538-2239. Mon- day B L only. D/T Ave. 521-3434. Pizza: L D. DEL D/T day to Saturday 8 a.m.-noon. P T/O * DOUBLE EAGLE, 2355 Calle de * GOLDEN STAR, 1602 Silver TAPAS TREE, 601 N. Bullard St. Guadalupe, 523-6700. Southwest- Heights Blvd., 388-2323. Chinese: L in The Hub, 597-8272. Monday to ern, steaks, seafood: L D, Sun. Thursday L, Friday and Saturday L D D. D/T T/O champagne brunch buffet. P T/O GRINDER MILL, 403 W. College (closes at 4 p.m.). * EL SOMBRERO PATIO CAFÉ, 363 Ave., 538-3366. Mexican: B L D. * TASTE OF VEGAS, 303 E. 13th St., S. Espina St., 524-9911. Mexican: L 534-9404. Daily L P T/O. D. P T/O HONEEBEEGOODS “A * WRANGLER’S BAR & GRILL, 2005 * ENRIQUE’S MEXICAN FOOD, 830 Smudge of Fudge,” 714-515- Hwy. 180E, 538-4387. Steak, burgers, W. Picacho Ave., 647-0240. Mexican: appetizers, salads: L D. P T/O 0832. Dessert Catering. Specialty B L D. T/O FARLEY’S, 3499 Foothills Road, Bakery and more! Honeebee- Cliff goods.com. 7 Days a Week. 522-0466. Pizza, burgers, American, Mexican: L D. JALISCO CAFÉ, 103 S. Bullard St., Duck Creek Café, U.S. High- FIDENCIO’S, 800 S. Telshor Blvd., 388-2060. Mexican. Monday to Sat- way 180, Cliff, 535-4500. Visit 532-5624. Mexican: B L D. urday L D Sunday B. Duck Creek Café on Face- * THE GAME BAR & GRILL, 2605 * JAVALINA COFFEE HOUSE, 117 book.RVs/Big Rigs welcome, S. Espina St., 524-GAME. Sports bar Market St., 388-1350. Coffeehouse. Wednesday to Saturday LD, and grill: L D. P T/O T/O Sunday LD. “Bring home * THE GAME II: EXTRA INNINGS JUMPING CACTUS, 503 N. Bullard cooking to your table” SPORTS BAR & GRILL, 4131 North- St., 654-7367. 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HIGH PLACES • GABRIELE TEICH Frisco Box near Reserve A long day hike, far away from everything

won’t sugarcoat it: This is a as Forest Road 49. Turn left onto long one! With the drive from Forest Road 41 and take that all Iand to Glenwood it took us the way to the trailhead at the eight hours and we didn’t even end. This is quite literally the make it far into the box itself. middle of nowhere. We saw a But is it ever worth it! We are al- ranch gate with a sign “El medio ready planning to go back, prob- de nada” on the drive in – if that ably with one or even two nights doesn’t prove it. camping on the way. But don’t Warning: You will have to let me get ahead of myself. cross the San Francisco River We drove up from Glenwood five times before you get there, to Reserve, turned left (at the so a four-wheel drive vehicle is only intersection in town, yes) highly recommended. On the and then left after some miles day of our hike we got hit by a A thunder storm is catching up. onto a dirt road called Higgins thunderstorm in the afternoon Molly works to catch up to the rest of the group. Flat Road. You find it on the map and scurried back out as fast as (Photos by Gabriele Teich) our Subaru Outback could carry The trail is well visible the whole group already heading back, we us. And the actual rain had only way across the wide-open mesa turned around as well, but not HATE your CPAP? started to hit us when we were and into the canyon. Once you before taking a dip in the icy wa- almost back, a few hundred hit the water’s edge, though – ters to cool us off. Imagine NO tubes, NO noise, yards away from the car. With- unfortunately that is three miles On the water’s edge we found NO head straps! Non-Surgical in minutes we were soaked, but in – it can get sketchy. And when some good camp sites for small Non-Pharmaceutical happily so. The day had been you seriously enter the box, tents and took a mental note. hot, hot, hot. towering canyon walls to both That would be the way to do it. DR. KAIYRA SALCIDO, DDS As you climb up onto the mesa sides, the trail disappears. There Day 1: Hike in and set up camp. 3801 Pinos Altos Road, Silver City, NM 88061 at the onset of the trail, you can is only one way up: Climb over Day 2: Hike up the canyon all the (575) 597-3801 Fax (575) 597-6272 already see your goal, the Fris- the boulders and go through the way to the end and climb up to airwayinstitutenm.com co Box in the distance. It looks water. The going got really slow FRISCO BOX [email protected] gorgeous and very impressive. at this point and with half our continued from page 22

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er’s room.* Anna was forced to lost the dime along the way and was covered with violet flowers TOM HESTER remove a ladder-back chair, and Ma’m would credit me. We went and them flowers somehow em- when Howard sneaked a visit, he to the candy shop and I must of phasized his pale skin. had to sit at the foot of the bed. got lemon drops because I’ve “There we was, Ma’m grasping A Lodger’s Death “My daughter Helen is just a favored those my entire life. I my arm in her big hand and me bit younger than you,” Nowak shared them with Manny. We squalling and Mr. Nowak about n the one afternoon when told Howard. The lodger spoke knowed that we had to consume toppled over against the door. we talked, Howard was just from the high four poster bed, all the drops because I’d really be ‘Mrs. Pilcher, I found the dime Ia little older than I am now. which had once been Anna’s and in trouble if I left any evidence. the boy dropped,’ Mr. Nowak He told me of his boyhood in Michael’s. His yellowish skin was ”The truth was, I was in plen- said. He held up a silver dime. I Silver City, New Mexico, and slack on his body and when he ty of trouble without evidence. knowed it wasn’t mine and Ma’m of the TB lodger. We were in stretched up his arms, Howard I had wrapped the block in a knowed the same. If Mr. Nowak the front room of his brick and thought of bare elm branches. piece of canvas ducking that we had to bend over to pick up the pebble-dashed cottage on Pi- “It were my job to empty the used for that purpose. Still, by coin where he indicated it had nos Altos Street. The room’s bed pan and the spit bucket,” the time I got home, a sizeable rolled, he’d still be on the floor. stained wallpaper had columns Honorable Howard told me, “because the portion of the block had melted But Anna Diedrich Pilcher never of red roses and pink peonies. Mention consumption dried out a person and Ma’m who was always out of turned down a shiny dime. She There were a slumped sofa and every way. Nasty, nasty work. sorts was mightedly upset. let go of my arm and took the an over-stuffed chair with brit- to the American restaurants and Ma’m would warn me not to get “Ma’m had a rough, gravelly dime from Mr. Nowak. tle antimacassars. The place assigned her son to go about even a speck on me and to cover kind of voice and as soon as I “’Mrs. Pilcher,’ Mr. Nowak smelled of dusty geraniums, old the neighborhood to sell sweet my face. We had water but no in- hoisted the ice block into the box, said in the queerest voice, ‘I breakfasts and mold. buns. Standing on the corner of door toilet, and in the morning, at she demanded the dime in that would give anything to have my Howard’s faded blue eyes Spring and Arizona, he hawked noon and fore bed, I did that ter- no-nonsense tone. Every penny, beloved daughter here with me. darted about the room, showing little paper bags of lebkuchen. rible chore. But because of that, you see, was to be accounted for When life is the harshest, we none of the bleariness that often “I hated that work. De…de- I got to know Mr. Nowak better when Anna Dietrich Pilcher was need love, especially the love comes with age. Along the way spised it,” Howard confessed to than Margaret and Susan did.” involved. I told her the story Man- of our children.’ He turned and through his story, tears welled me. Yet, Anna didn’t want her oldest ny and I had worked out. shuffled back toward his big up, and a single tear coursed Anna hung a “Room for Rent” near the sick lodger and scolded “She grasped me by my ear bed. Until that moment, I had down his left cheek, directed by sign on the porch balustrade him if she caught him in the room and hauled me out of the kitch- never had a thought about Mr. wrinkles through the stubble of within a few weeks of Michael’s without a bedpan to empty. en. We had a small ash tree there. Nowak traveling thousands of three days. After saying lodger death. “A person can’t afford “But Mr. Nowak had nothing Ma’m forced to me bring down miles from Hudson, New York, Joseph Nowak’s name, Howard to be sentimental in times like to do but lie there and look at a branch for her to whip me. I to meet death in the company of had fallen silent, working the these,” she had told her son. the ceiling. It were hot that year suppose she figured it would add strangers. It came over me that edge of his afghan with fingers Grief was a rich widow’s luxury, and Ma’m had flung open the big some pain if I had to choose my here was a man of real courage. of both hands. and Anna Pilcher was not rich. window in his room. We had no torture. She done that dozens of Ten years old and I had an idea Howard sniffed and coughed. She would rent to the well or the screens on the windows, and times. I wonder now how that like that. I think it still. The cough was weak. ill, to female or male, meals in- bugs of every kind would come tree stayed alive. “Knowing how much I owed “I was just a boy, you know,” cluded or not. flying in, exploring. That’s part “Well, she thrashed me good him, I visited him the next morn- he said. He shook his head, as The three children, Howard of the treatment, you know.” and I set up to hollering, for I was ing, when Ma’m was out of the though to clear it. and his two younger sisters, During our interview, Howard truly hurting. When she dragged house, buying groceries. Mr. The death of Joseph Nowak crowded into the back bedroom offered many such asides about me back into the house, me sob- Nowak was propped up in bed, had followed by more than a and their mother moved into a treatment, about eating fatty bing, Mr. Nowak appeared at the arranging some papers. ‘Want to year the death of Howard’s own sort of lean-to that Michael had meats and drinking gallons of door of his room, leaning against see some pictures I’ve drawn,’ father, Michael Pilcher. Yet How- built to house his photographic milk, about keeping fresh air the frame. He had on the sleep- ard remembered clearly the end laboratory. She had running wa- even when the weather was ing suit Ma’m had fashioned for LODGER of Nowak; that of his father lin- ter in her little cabinet but no ba- storming or frigid. him out of flour sacks. The cloth continued on page 24 gered only like a feverish dream. sin to receive the water. “We had an ice box to keep the Seventy years after Nowak’s The first guest in the front milk, and Old Man Cummings death Howard lived not five or room with its big bay window delivered the ice in his buck six blocks from the house his open to March blasts was a board. His horse carried the mother kept in Silver City. Mi- mousy fellow from Indiana. name Traveler, after Robert E. chael had been an undertaker Within a month the doctor was Lee’s horse, because Cummings for the furniture store and mor- making visits deep in the night, had served in the Confederate tuary on Broadway Street, and and Howard in the back room Army. The two of them, horse a burst appendix carried him heard the muffled voices, foot- and man, were broken down. away as efficiently as horse trips steps and strange knockings, as I don’t know how the old man and childbirths had killed doz- though Dr. McIver were bump- found the strength. He would ens of his customers. ing against the ornate mahogany take his ice tongs and come After her husband’s passing, table under the window. swinging the block into our Anna Pilcher doubled her work to The children were at school kitchen just a whistling. Well, keep her family fed and clothed. when the railroad freight compa- one day, and I don’t recall why, Howard recalled her as a heavy- ny came and took away the cof- Cummings didn’t deliver and set woman with long brown hair fin. Anna opened all the house Ma’m sent me to fetch the block that she braided into a bun. He to air it out, for she still believed of ice in the little wagon I used said she spoke with an accent, stories about “bad air” even for the sweet buns. a gift of her parents, immigrants though modern folks knew that “The ice house was way cross who had settled in St. Louis. tuberculosis is caused by a bacil- town, near where the coal sta- When he introduced his moth- lus. Anna again stuck the “Room tion was. The railroad station er into his account, I asked him for Rent” sign onto the nail in the was there too, down the hill. how he remembered her. “I nev- porch railing and placed an ad in On my way, I met Manny Fer- 575-590-6081 • SILVER CITY, NM er heard her laugh,” he said, “un- the Independent. nandez. Manny was bigger than less it was to laugh in mockery Though as frail, Nowak was me by some, and he said that we of someone. She had big hands. friendlier than the dead Hoo- should go to the candy shop on Big, rough hands and the nail sier had been. 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e spend most of our confusing and at times more fright- lenged by physical and mental municate better with their em- and what does he continue to time with our horses ening than anyone can remember, issues gain the kind of positive ployees or customers, or to help teach me every day? Wtrying to teach them where it is virtually impossible energy necessary to face the develop better problem-solving • Patience – this may not seem what we want them to do – stop, to predict what the next day will lives they have in front of them. techniques to keep a company or important these days given the be safe, don’t spook, be calm bring, maybe it’s time to let our Horses make incredible contri- organization thriving. drive for immediate solutions for with the grandkids. If you’re a horses teach us a few things. butions in Equine Assisted Ther- If horses can give this much everything, but in a Covid world competitor, you may add lessons You are probably aware of the apy programs where they play back to us, maybe it is time for I think we’d all do better if we in how to run the barrels, work incredible things horses are doing an integral part in helping cou- us to start looking to them a bit had a bit more of it. When I start- a cow, or ride a dressage pat- in therapeutic riding programs, ples, individuals and even groups more for valuable input to our ed working with horses, I was a tern. It is a one-way relationship helping returning veterans with deal with the kind of emotional own lives. Let the horse sit at the consultant and managing partner where we are always asking and the emotional and physical scars conflicts that can influence or head of the class for once, pass- of a small firm in the Bay Area, expect them to always be listen- of war work their way back to destroy lives. There are some in- ing along the practical knowl- with a lifestyle to match. I had ing and learning. improved levels of confidence teresting programs where horses edge gained from millions of It occurs to me that given this and self-esteem. Or, in these same are used to help corporate lead- years of experience. HORSES crazy world we live in, a time more programs, helping children chal- ers and executives learn to com- What has my horse taught me, continued on page 25

LODGER structions to stay out of the sick the trees behind barely had ny had once told me about confes- “I was shaking but I went in continued from page 23 man’s room, at every opportuni- shapes. There was a picture of a sion and everything. directly and shut the door and he asked. I agreed. He turned ty Howard kept Joseph Nowak locomotive gushing steam at the “I slipped around to the back of stood at the side of the high one of the pages toward me. It company. Through the summer station. A team of horses pulling Manny’s house on Seventh Street bed. Mr. Nowak made a slight, was a drawing of a river, much and into the fall Howard heard a dray. A city street full of auto- and threw pebbles at the window very slight moaning sound but wider than I’d ever seen in New about the Hudson River and its mobiles and trolley cars. of the room where he slept with seemed to be at rest. Maybe Dr. Mexico, and there was a small Dutch settlers, he heard about “I’m telling you, in the scheme his three brothers. Of course, McIver had given him something boat on the water. perspective and color, he heard of things, a ghost of a man who all four boys got up, making all to quieten him. Maybe the priest “’This is where I’m from. I draw about a beautiful woman named was coughing away his very life amount of racket before Manny had. After some moments he pictures for a living,’ he told me. Harriet and her daughter Helen. and a little kid who so missed his climbed out the window. opened his eyes and they were Some years ago, it were after the One afternoon Nowak opened pa wouldn’t seem like much. But “When we arrived at the front swimming in his head and for end of World War Two, I came a leather portfolio that was in those hours. Well, those hours door of the priest’s house, we only an instant he focused on across a book of pictures from the wood crate. Howard told were something. Then, toward were all out of breath. ‘Now who me. “Young Pilcher. You’ve been old newspapers and magazines of me that the memory was clearer the end, Mr. Nowak give me a is Father supposed to come out a great friend. May you always those days. There were two or than glass. “Funny, ain’t it?” he gift, a wooden box with a slid- for?” Manny asked. I told him Mr. be as good to others as you have three by Mr. Nowak when he was said to me. “Millions and millions ing lid and inside were what he Nowak, our TB lodger from New been to me.” He closed his eyes a young feller. They took up whole of things happen to a man during called pastel colors, deep as a York. ‘He’s Catholic,’ I said. ‘Well, I again and turned his head. And I pages. He were mighty good.” his life and what he recalls most, rainbow made of crystal.” figure you wouldn’t be getting Fa- could hear nothing more. I wait- According to Howard, Nowak like it was ten minutes prior, is I had thought the interview ther for no Methodist,’ Manny said. ed but after a time I went back pointed a gaunt finger toward the a pad of watercolor pictures had reached its end. The ros- ‘Ma’m said that he’s got to hurry into the parlor and Dr. McIver box and told the boy to find a chis- spread out on bedcovers.” es and peonies had grown dim cause Mr. Nowak’s dying,’ ‘Well, rushed past me into the bed- el or screwdriver to open it. After Nowak shuffled sketch books in the light from a setting sun. ring the bell,’ Manny said. So I did. room. When he came out, he a struggle the ten-year-old had on the counterpane and opened When I had met Howard for the I pulled the bell. We waited. No said Mr. Nowak had died.” pried the top from the crate to re- one. It showed a small black and first time, sitting in Sue Lime’s answer. I pulled it again. Stronger. Here, Howard, sitting in the veal brushes, oil color tubes, bot- white terrier with a girl. “There Bullard Street café, he was with “Lights come on, cause the dark, his hands dropped into his tles of varnish, stones for mixing you go, Master Pilcher. Nickels, a gaggle of Chino guys he had church could afford electricity, lap, ended his story. He sat as colors, mortars for grinding them. with Helen.” mined with, and he insisted in and the priest pulls open that though he were meditating. “Please bring me the long, nar- Howard wanted to know how the middle of laughter and teas- heavy oaken front door like it Then he said, “I told my dear row case of pencils,” Nowak told Nickels got his name. ing that he would spend only was made of paper. He’s standing wife Kate about Mr. Nowak and Howard. When Howard did as di- “Oh, I paid a fellow on a street one afternoon with me. there in a night shirt, his thin hair when they come of age, my three rected, the artist sketched with corner three nickels for him It turned out that I should have all rumpled. He had red cheeks children. I think the eldest, How- great speed the room where they when he was a puppy no bigger negotiated for a week of after- that puffed out. ‘Father,’ Manny ard, Junior, who teaches at a were sitting and a boy looking than my hand.” noons. Now his white head had said at almost a yell, ‘You gotta community college in Santa Mon- very much like Howard in front “The truth of it was that I fallen forward, his chin on his come quick cause their lunger’s ica, knowed best as to why the ac- of a window, through which, in wanted to be with that girl and chest. There was no sound but dying.’ ‘Manuel,’ the priest said in count was so important to me. But fading and thin lines, were shad- that dog, more than anything. I the drip of water from a leaky the sweetest way. I was relieved now I told it to you and you can ows of bushes, trees and houses. asked him if he had any more faucet. Suddenly, straightening that I had thought of Manny. record it. We learned a lot from In that early morning hour pictures of Nickels. He did not up, Howard had one last story. “The priest, who was Ger- those people coming to little Silver apparently the life of a boy and but he had drawings of a tree An important story. man so that Ma’m could have City for the cure. A whole lot.” of a man who followed that boy placed in front of a forest. The He had gone to bed and was fetched him much better than Again there was a stillness and through seventy years was trans- fir’s limbs and needles almost already asleep when Anna shook I, closed the door gently and in Howard arose from his chair as formed. Despite Anna’s strict in- brushed gainst my hands while him roughly and told him that he a very short time came out in a fast as an eighty-five year old man had to go to fetch the priest at St. black woolen robe. He carried a can move and went into the next Vincent de Paul church. little leather box. We hurried up room. When he returned, he cra- “I knowed where the Catholic Cooper Street, the three of us, dled something in his right arm. priest lived,” Howard said, more to my house. The priest huffed He fumbled with the light switch or less pointing toward the loca- and when we come to a street, that lit a floor lamp in the corner. tion of the church. “But I didn’t he stopped and bent over, so to The wooden box, with no sign know the man. We didn’t attend take in more air. of wear and about the size of a ci- church much, but on the few “Ma’m had changed the top gar case, had a sliding lid. On the occasions when we did go, we sheet on Mr. Nowak’s bed, for lid, in an imprinted oval seal of went to the Methodist church on it had been soaked in blood. He brown ink, faded by age almost Broadway Street, cross from the had hemorrhaged and the room to extinction, I could read “Em- courthouse. But nobody could stank of blood and infection. erson’s Artistic Requisites” over argue with Ma’m. There were The priest went in and put his an image of a group of women a lamp burning in Mr. Nowak’s little box on the table under the garbed in flowing robes. Below Do you in Desert room, and I could hear Dr. McIv- window. He took out and kissed them inside a banner were the enjoy Exposure? er’s bass voice calling out com- a scarf, long and thin and with words “12 Pastel Sticks.” mands. I stumbled out of bed, gold threads glittering in the Finis jerked on overalls and took off. lamp light. Dr. McIver and I left If so, try out the “I hadn’t gone a block but I start- the room and stood in the parlor Footnote: *”Lunger” was the ed wondering how a boy who had with Ma’m and Manny. informal label people attached to never met the priest could per- “After the longest time, the tuberculosis sufferers, the health SOCORRO STUMPER suade him to come out in the dark. priest finished his visit and with seekers. Although T.B. can infect I knowed I needed help. It was sad face came from the room all parts of the body, its classic Weekly in el , and online at then I thought of Manny. I was sure into the dark of the parlor. He presentation was in the lungs. www.nmsr.org/SocorroStumper.htm ! that the priest knowed Manny. He said, ‘He wishes to speak with T.B. itself was often termed was a hard kid to ignore, and Man- the boy Howard.’ “Consumption” or “Phthisis.” BW

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SUNDAYS Women’s Al-Anon Meeting: Archaeology Society — 536-3092, BODY • MIND • SPIRIT Women Embracing Recovery [email protected]. — La Clinica Health and Birth Cocaine Anonymous — Grant County Weekly Events Center, 3201 Ridge Loop, Silver [email protected]. City. Contact:313-7891. PFLAG Silver City — A Course in Miracles — Little Artist Club — Silver City MONDAYS Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Information, 534-9172 or 534-1869. Public Library, 515 W. College SATURDAYS AARP Widowed and Single 3845 N. Swan. 575-590-8797. Future Engineers — 538-3672 or Avenue. 538-3672 or ref@ Persons of Grant County Republican Party of Grant County [email protected]. silvercitymail.com. Alcoholics Anonymous “Black Contact Sally, 537-3643. — 3 Rio de Arenas Road (the old Gin Rummy —corner of Yankie and TOPS — First Presbyterian Church, Chip” —First United Methodist Al-Anon family group, New Hope Wrangler restaurant). Texas Streets in Silver City. 1915 Swan, 538-9447. Church. Contact: 313-7891. Slow Flow Yoga — Grant County Democratic Party Vinyasa Flow Yoga — Lotus Evening Prayer in the Eastern Grant County Federated Becky Glenn, 404-234-5331. Sen. Howie Morales building, Center at 211 W. Broadway, Orthodox Tradition — Republican Women – Southwest New Mexico Quilters 3060 E. Hwy. 180. 654-6060. Becky Glenn, 404-234-5331. Theotokos Retreat Center, 5202 313-7997. Guild – Newcomers and visitors WildWorks Youth Space — Silver Ladies Golf Association — Silver Hwy. 152, Santa Clara. 537-4839. Meditation for Beginners — are welcome. 388-8161. City Golf Course. City Public Library, 515 W. Kids Bike Ride — Bikeworks, 815 Jeff, 956-6647. www. Westerners Corral – Jody Bailey- Prostate Cancer Support Group College Avenue, 538-3672 or lotuscentersc.org. Hall at: Jody_bailey88045@ — 388-1198 ext. 10. [email protected]. E. 10th St. Dave Baker, 388-1444. Silver City Squares — yahoo.com or call 575 342-2621 Storytime — 538-3672 or ref@ Narcotics Anonymous — New 180 Kay, 956-7186 or Linda 590-1499. and leave a message. silvercitymail.com. FRIDAYS Club, 1661 Hwy. 180 E. Yoga for happiness — Lotus Center, Overeaters Anonymous — First Silver Chorale – WEDNESDAYS Vinyasa Flow Yoga — Becky Contact Anne, 288-6939. 211 W. Broadway. 574-5451. United Methodist Church. 654- Glenn, 404-234-5331. Al-Anon family group — Arenas 2067. Southwest New Mexico ACLU Valley (the old radio station). Bob Garrett, 575-590-4809. Contact: 313-7891. THURSDAYS Silver City Woman’s Club — 411 All phone numbers are area code Archaeology Society — Blooming Lotus Meditation — TUESDAYS Silver Heights Blvd. Lucinda, 575 except as noted. Send updates Visit www.gcasnm.org, or email Lotus Center, 211 W. Broadway. Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support 313-4591. to [email protected]. [email protected], or call 313-7417, [email protected]. Margaret, 388-4539. 536-3092 for details. 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Appointment or free consultation: [email protected]. 16th St., Silver City. 537-3327. 575-313-4379 HORSES tently exhibit a desired behavior, able lessons we can learn from a continued from page 24 then you need to recognize and horse. The safest, most reliable clients all over the United States praise that behavior. Don’t dwell and most responsive horses are and overseas as well, and was on the fact it took him 10 steps the ones that know what and always on the go, stuck in traffic, to get a certain result, and may- where the boundaries are. It goes running through airports, going to be he bucked a bit on the way, to the most basic rule of herd be- meetings and pretty much on call but stop everything and praise havior – how to get along to be- Quaker Meeting for Worship is 24/7. People used to ask me how I him excessively for the last step long. Boundaries make them feel being held online until pandemic stayed so calm and even tempered that was perfect. I’m not talking safe and secure, and this allows restrictions are lifted. with all the stress, and I had one about false praise or recognition them to grow and develop. May- If you are interested in online worship, simple answer – my horse. just for the sake of giving it but be we need that, too. please contact us I realized early on that work- making sure when there is obvi- • Clear communication – may- For information, contact: 575-390-1588 ing with a horse required you to ous success it is clear to horse be it is just that we’re in a ma- slow down and put everything and human alike that it was a jor election year that gets me else aside for the time when you success. thinking about this, but I get were with your horse. I also saw • Living in the moment – The really tired sometimes about you needed to learn a different one thing I learned immediate- the “grey” contradictory world Transpersonal Psychotherapy language, be far more observant ly from horses was when you’re we live in. Rarely does anyone of little things, and be able to with them you need to be 100 per- say what they really think about LEARN TO TRUST CONFIDENTLY IN work at the pace of another liv- cent there and focused on them something. I think parents and YOUR FEELINGS, INTUITION AND HEART ing thing to get anywhere. To me, – if not, you literally could get kids, bosses and staff, teachers THROUGH PURE FEELING AWARENESS. it was no coincidence the most killed. I was amazed at the num- and politicians are all so worried productive years I ever had in ber of injuries and wrecks I saw about saying the wrong thing that business came after horses came because the human took a call it becomes impossible to clearly Ronnie Joan Diener LMFT, LPCC into my life. or was gabbing with a friend or communicate actual facts, things Silver City, NM 575- 535- 2762 Quantum Psychology • Collaborative problem simply daydreaming about some- that need to be said and under- Over 35 Years Experience www.quantumviewtherapy.net solving – it is impossible to get thing else, and the person didn’t stood. This isn’t the way it is through life without the help see a situation developing that in the horse’s world. Things are and guidance of someone else. could become dangerous. I’ve al- or they aren’t, there is no room Two heads usually are better ways found this need to be cen- for maybe’s or might’s. As a prey than one. I learned this quick- tered and focused very relaxing animal that relies on flight for ly with horses. Developing a and calming. I think most people survival, clarity is all important. horse, physically and mentally, would admit they exert far too It is no coincidence that the best and to the greatest level of safe- much energy thinking and wor- owners or trainers are the ones ty, requires you and your horse rying about things beyond their that use clear, consistent and to work together – accepting control, especially these days, precise communication in the his point of view and needs are at the expense of enjoying the horse’s language, making it easy equal to yours. He knows how moments right now. Watch your for the horse to understand what he sees the world and how he horse and let him teach you about is being asked and to respond would solve a problem if you living in the moment – that’s all based on that understanding, weren’t there, and he knows how that matters to him. and not on fear, confusion or in- his body works, so things get • Setting boundaries – a lot of timidation. done a lot faster and with more the political rhetoric out there Maybe next time you’re with COUPLES THERAPISTS permanence when he’s involved would seem to indicate that we your horse, pay a bit more atten- in the process. should all be able to do whatev- tion to what he is saying and do- Trained in Focus on and praise the be- er we want, whenever we want ing – then take that home and try haviors you want, don’t dwell on to. Interesting thought, but soci- to apply it to your life. I’ve never Emotionally the negative ones – I can’t count ety could never work like that. I found a better teacher or advisor. the number of times I’ve heard a believe most of us need to know Focused Therapy story about a child who comes there are some boundaries and Scott Thomson (EFT) home with a report card with 3 some rules that you can rely on lives in Silver A’s and a B, and the parents focus and that will be consistent. This City and Fee for service only on the B rather than praising the is certainly a challenge for par- teaches natural A’s. Same in business – “this was ents – how do you set bound- horsemanship No insurance accepted a good thing you did, but you aries, how firm should they be, and foundation MD should have also done that.” The what should the consequences training. You Neal Apple & Vicki 575-590-2181 same thing happens with horses. be for ignoring them, etc. This can contact him at hsthomson@ Vicki Allen MSW, LCSW Neal 575-590-0207 If you want your horse to consis- may be one of the most valu- msn.com of 575-388-1830. 26 • NOVEMBER 2020 www.desertexposure.com

THE STARRY DOME • BERT STEVENS Capricornus, the Goatfish Source of the cornucopia lives in the stars

alfway up in our south- the Black Tortoise of the North of our Sun and almost twice its ern sky is a half-goat, half by the Chinese. diameter. At magnitude +2.8, this Hfish named Capricornus. In Greek mythology, Capricor- star is not a solitary one, it has a This constellation is composed nus was thought to be the goat close companion in orbit around of third- and fourth-magnitude Amalthea (the Nourishing God- it. The companion completes an stars in a crooked “V” lying on its dess), that suckled the baby Zeus orbit in just over a day. side, with the point facing east. after he was saved by his moth- The companion (Delta Capri- Capricornus is depicted as a goat er, Rhea, from being devoured corni B) is around two-thirds the body, but instead of rear legs, the by his father, Cronos. The cornu- Sun’s mass and almost its diam- body merges into a fish tail. This copia, or the “horn of plenty” is eter. Its orbit brings it in front sea-goat is the 40th largest con- Amalthea’s broken horn, ripped of the primary from our point of stellation at 414 square degrees. off as she played with the power- view. This provides an eclipse Capricornus is a medium sized constellation about halfway up in While this is not the brightest ful Zeus. He then used his pow- almost every day. When the sec- our southern sky. This constellation represents a sea-goat and is constellation in the sky, it has ers to transform it into the horn ondary star crosses the front of composed of third and fourth magnitude stars in a crocked “V” been recognized as a goatfish of unending nourishment. the primary, the magnitude of shape lying on its side. It is just off the Milky Way, so we can get a all the way back to the Middle The brightest star in this con- the combined star system drops view of object outside of the plane of our galaxy like the globular Bronze Age when the Babylo- stellation is not the Alpha star, by 0.24 magnitudes. The repeat- cluster M30. Globular clusters belong to our galaxy, but they do nians used this constellation as but the Delta star. Delta Cap- ing eclipses make Delta Capri- not stay in the Milky Way’s disc. the symbol of their god Ea. This ricorni is a white giant star of corni an eclipsing binary star. constellation was recognized as spectral type A7, twice the mass One of the deep sky objects in Capricornus is the globular Calendar of Events – November 2020 (MST) cluster M30. This star cluster is 01 2 a.m. Daylight Savings Time Ends Sewing Machine and Serger located around 27,000 light years 03 1 a.m. Mercury stands still away from us. It is well south of 08 6:46 a.m. Last Quarter Moon service and repair. the Milky Way’s spiral-arm disc, 10 10 a.m. Mercury greatest distance west of the Sun Free Hand Long Arm quilting. almost directly under the end of (nineteen degrees) Nice selection of 100% cotton quilting fabrics the central bar nearest us. While Questions? Want to see the fabric? the Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, 14 10:07 p.m. New Moon Just give me (Cindy Ugarte) a call at it does have a central bar, classi- 15 Noon Mars stands still 575-538-2284 and we can get together. fying it as a barred spiral galaxy. 17 4 p.m. Leonid Meteor Shower peaks The bar is angled about 45 de- 21 9:45 p.m. First Quarter Moon grees to our line of sight, so M30 30 2:30 a.m. Full Moon [email protected] is south and west of the center of the Milky Way. M30 is magnitude +7.7, visi- more slowly, allowing them to be it gets light. ble in a good pair of binoculars. closer together. This results in a Mercury erupts from the It was discovered by French continuing increase in the densi- morning twilight at the begin- astronomer Charles Messier in ty of stars all the way to the core. ning of the month, reaching its 1764. It is about 12 minutes-of- greatest distance from the Sun arc across, which corresponds to The Planets for Novem- on Nov. 10. On that date, it will a diameter of 93 lightyears. The ber 2020. be almost 12 degrees above the Marie C. Weil, PsyD, ABPP, LLC stars in this tiny area represent Saturn and Jupiter are still to- east-southeastern horizon after Clinical Psychologist • Psicóloga Clínica Board Certified in Clinical Health Psychology a mass of about 160,000 suns. It gether in far eastern Sagittarius rising at 6 a.m. The Messenger is orbiting backward from most about four degrees apart. Both of the Gods will have a disc 6.8 Telehealth: https://mariecweilpsyd.com/telehealth/ globular clusters, so it was prob- are moving slowly eastward, seconds-of-arc across which will Silver City, New Mexico (575)342-1236 ably stolen from a satellite gal- with the faster Jupiter starting to be 58 percent illuminated. The Website: MarieCWeilPsyD.com axy rather than being formed as close in on Saturn. They are 33 magnitude -0.5 planet will trav- part of the Milky Way. degrees above the south-south- el eastward from western Virgo Globular clusters are old clus- western horizon as it gets dark. through most of this constella- ters bound to their parent gal- Jupiter sets a little after 10 p.m. tion and into western Libra for axies by gravity. While most of with Saturn following 20 minutes the last two days of the month. the galaxy’s stars are in the disc later. Jupiter’s disc is 35.5 sec- Comet Temple-Tuttle’s orbit of the galaxy, globular clusters onds-of-arc across at midmonth comes near the Earth on Nov. orbit the core of the galaxy in and it shines at magnitude -2.1. At 17. Tiny dust particles from the orbits that are inclined to the the same time, Saturn’s rings are comet spread along the com- galactic disc at random angles. 36.0 seconds-of-arc across and et’s orbit will enter the Earth’s This means that their orbit takes they are tilted down 22.3 degrees atmosphere and burn up as me- them above and below the galac- with the northern face showing. teors. Due to the motion of the tic plane where they spend most The Ringed Planet’s disc is 15.9 particles in the comet’s orbit and of their time. seconds-of-arc across, glowing the motion of the Earth, these A globular cluster like M30 is a at magnitude +0.6. meteors appear to radiate from very compact group of stars. The Shining at magnitude -1.1 like the constellation Leo, giving the Spay / Neuter Awareness Program stars are farther apart near the a ruby in the eastern sky, Mars meteor shower the name the edge of the cluster and they be- is already 30 degrees above the Leonids. The largest Leonids are come very tightly packed near the eastern horizon as it gets dark. less than half an inch across with Financial Assistance for Low-Income Pet Owners in center. The density of stars in a It starts the month moving west- a mass of two hundredths of an Grant, Catron and Hidalgo Counties globular cluster increases steadi- ward in south-central Pisces. At ounce, generating a meteor that ly approaching the core. Then the midmonth it turns around and shines at magnitude -1.5. So, in density becomes constant all the heads eastward, resulting in very the early morning, park your 1 or 2 way to the core. However, about little motion this month. The God chaise lounge facing southeast 20 percent of globular clusters, of War’s disc is 14.4 seconds-of- at a dark site, throw on a blan- in ires 122 including M30, do not plateau, arc across and it sets around 3:45 ket and watch about 15 of these but continue in increase in densi- a.m. meteors per hour streak through eail: snap.co ty all the way to the core. The morning sky is graced by the night and “keep watching the M30 is said to have undergone both Venus and Mercury. Bril- sky”! .snapsn.or a core collapse. The binary stars liant Venus is moving eastward in the young core encounter from western Virgo across the An amateur neighboring very massive stars, constellation, entering western astronomer onored Diane’s Restaurant ier it M causing the binary to be torn Libra as the month ends. The for more than apart and the companion star Goddess of Love glows at mag- 45 years, Bert to be thrown toward the edge of nitude -4.0 with a disc that is 12.3 Stevens is the cluster, stealing some of the seconds-of-arc across and it is 84 co-director of Visit us at speed from the remaining two percent illuminated. It rises at Desert Moon stars in this encounter. These 5:10 a.m. and is 23 degrees above Observatory in Las Cruces. www.desertexposure.com stars left in the core now move the east-southeastern horizon as DESERT EXPOSURE NOVEMBER 2020 • 27

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VOTE AND SHOP ger in some accounting office. thing is a commodity and the are no differences between the then work to change the world continued from page 27 Walmart, the corporation is only people who bring us this com- employees working there and the into something worth voting for. I don’t feel any relationship with thinking about profit. Can we modity, whether it is spoons, customers. We are all one family. We need to vote with our ac- the employees that work there. make more money by having hammers, clothes, medicine or I can trust that the co-op is doing tions too. When at Walmart, treat The atmosphere is all business fewer employees? Can we cut cars, have no thoughts about its best to buy organic, safe and everyone there as a friend. Thank – do your shopping and leave – hours, so we don’t have to pay you and me other than trying to healthy food. I can trust that they the checkout person for working emotionally cold. When I check employee benefits? Can we find get us to buy their product. Peo- look into where their food comes and risking his/her health be- out, it is almost always imperson- a cheaper source for a commod- ple who work in factories and from and try to not buy food or cause of COVID-19. We need to al. Most of the food sold centers ity, regardless of that company’s assembly lines are not thinking other non-food items from com- start living in one world together around shelf life and display val- record on pollution and/or ex- about how the product they are panies that exploit their work- and that means everyone. Jesus ue. Food is a commodity; nutri- ploitation of its employees? working on will benefit you and ers or pollute the environment. I said “love your enemies.” Well, tion is a distant concern. It is all If this is what drives Walmart, me. They are thinking about feel when I shop at the co-op the if you really loved your enemies, about taste and appearance. And, then how can the employees feel their wages, or their personal staff, from the managers to those you wouldn’t have any enemies. of course, most of all it is about anything but alienated from the struggles, which are often nu- that stock the shelves, care more There would only be people who profit. I generally have a feeling of process. I am not just picking merous and overwhelming. It’s about me than about profit. After just needed more love, more relief when I leave the store. on Walmart. All for-profit busi- the individual against the world. all, it is a cooperative and I am compassion, more understand- Disclaimer: Don’t blame the nesses struggle with the need Now let’s look at how food one of the owners. ing and more prayers. employees. to increase profit. Try telling the shopping can be different. I will So, what’s the connection be- I have friends who work at shareholders that you are going use the Silver City Food Co-op as tween food shopping and voting? Susan Walmart. I know that the em- to increase pay so consequently an example. When I go into the If we grow up in a world that Golightly, 76, ployees there try to do the best profits will go down. Try telling co-op, which I do almost daily, I looks and feels like big box – a stays active job they can in some very alien- a Walmart employee that voting see people I know and I see peo- world of giant malls, strip malls riding her ating and impersonal situations. is going to change his or her life. ple I don’t know, but they seem and fast foods; a world where bicycles. She Employees have no say in what For many people in the Unit- like people I would like to know. there is no dirt, no ground; a earned both is sold, how it is sold, how em- ed States, this is the only shop- I feel community. I feel here we world where money is God and a BA and an ployees are treated and what ping experience they have had, all are shopping and buying good materialism is our faith, then MA from Western New Mexico they are paid. Basically, the em- not just with food shopping, but food to nourish our bodies. Most what is there to vote for? No University. Both times she was ployees are a cypher on a led- shopping for anything. Every- importantly, at least for me, there matter how we vote, we only valedictorian, the first time get more soulless materialism. as a man and the second time I know this is harsh, but in the as a woman. She has lived all Come see us face of all of that, I still vote. But, over the country and has had if you are not going to vote, and more than her share of life- before the holiday believe me, I understand why, changing experiences. season begins! Even if the conversation is just over the phone, you still NEED TO CONNECT WITH We are here to help YOUR LOVED ONES! YOU hear better! Call us today for: Free Hearing Evaluations Call 575-288-2710 Clean and check of your current hearing aids Real Ear Measurement 2001 E. Lohman Ave. #112 Video Otoscopy Las Cruces, NM 88001 Consult on new technology (Arroyo plaza)

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The “This is the first selection of a bital spaceflight in space-based results of both experiments will ...Rejuvenation private-sector researcher to fly research, said Virgin Galactic be published. Open with NASA funding on commer- Chief Executive Officer Michael “Going to work in space my- esdayriday Cheri Crane Colglazier. self for the first time after having Owner/Therapist cial vehicles,” Stern said. 1 . roaway He called the development Colglazier said this will be spent so many years sending ma- n iler City, M 575-534-33 a “potential sea change” in Stern’s first time flying to space. chines there to do the research NASA-funded space research, Human-tended research on- for me is going to be a major ca- iit or weite: atratheraeticaya.co opening the door to much more board SpaceShipTwo enables reer highlight, and something I extensive experimentation in scientists to engage actively am honored to be selected for,” space by researchers. The NASA with their experiments, respond- Stern said. Gabe deepening selection builds on SwRI’s histo- ing to developments in real time. He has previously been in- self ry of work and internal research nities Tech Flights program.” volved in 29 space mission sci- Eyrich funding to capitalize on the One SwRI experiment on the ence teams but had not flown in connection new generation of commercial just announced flight will in- space. Wildness 575-313-9851 RVERS upon, usually from newbie RV- set out on your first RVing jour- Guide [email protected] continued from page 30 ers. I’ve heard that other RV ney, do your homework. Then own property. Want to build a util- parks are experiencing the same pack up, pull out, and begin your & Writer www.gabeeyrich.com ity shed in your backyard? Use a situation. And in addition to our big adventure. charcoal grill on your patio? How regular rules, we’ve all added about speeding up your gravel special regulations to reduce Sheila and Is it ADHD or a driveway at 30 miles an hour or the spread of COVID-19, such husband, sleep disorder? hosting an outdoor party late as wearing masks in public and Jimmy, have into the wee hours and allowing restricting the use of communal lived at Rose We have answers! your guests to park on your lawn. showers and laundry. Most of the Valley RV Maybe you and your spouse oc- rule-breakers respond respon- Ranch in Silver DR. KAIYRA SALCIDO, DDS casionally have a discussion that sibly and apologetically when City since 2012, following 3801 Pinos Altos Road, Silver City, NM 88061 turns rather loud until one of you reminded by the camp host of five years of wandering from (575) 597-3801 Fax (575) 597-6272 stomps out, slams the door, revs the regulations. However, occa- Maine to California. She can airwayinstitutenm.com up the car engine and roars off at sionally – not often – park guests be contacted at sksowder@aol. [email protected] one in the morning. Or you like to are so determined to stay and com. let your pooch hang out in your continue their bad behavior that fenced yard while you run to the management has no choice but grocery store. to ask them to leave; if that re- All of the above and others are quest is ignored, depending on OUR KIDS specifically addressed on the list the situation, the police might be of rules each camper is given called for assistance. (And here I NEED YOU! when they arrive at a park, rules would like to give a big, grateful that were developed over time shout-out to the wonderful offi- and through the experiences of cers from the Silver City Police Contact today the owners of the business, rules Department who always show to become a BIG! that, if followed, make sure the up immediately and handle ev- park and its visitors and residents ery situation in a calm, respect- www.bbbsmountainregion.org/volunteer/ stay safe in a happy and peaceful ful, yet firm manner. Thank you environment. Rules like our 10- from Rose Valley RV Ranch and [email protected] MPH speed limit, dog care, park- all the other RV parks in the ing, fire safety, quiet hours, etc. area.) But most parks, however, 575-496-9388 Lately there has been more prefer to work out any problems confusion than usual here at without using this drastic mea- Rose Valley about what behavior sure. 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