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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK • ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH Bigger on the Inside Looking beyond the low-res copies

hether watching your like that wardrobe (“The Lion, ferent place, as she writes about bed, dying of cancer and then our unexpressed grief with us, it nanny pull an umbrel- the Witch and the Wardrobe” by the pain of being judged and the a boy who was raped by his fa- comes back and gets compound- Wla from her carpet bag C.S. Lewis) and the rabbit hole hurt that words can cause. Big- ther and doesn’t know how to ed with every new grief and loss. or traveling in time and relative Alice begins her adventure with ger on the inside becomes an in- keep fighting. Suddenly its about It oozes out in our anxiety and dimension in space (TARDIS) (“Alice’s Adventures in Wonder- ternal thing. death and suicide. Why should stress; it shows up in our back- accompanying an alien with two land” by Lewis Carroll). “You'd think I'd shot their chil- she feel so bad about a few crit- aches and stomachaches, it ap- hearts, the concept of something But we can also go much fur- dren, from the way that they are ics when others are clearly feel- pears in our drinking and our being bigger on the inside is both ther back, more than 3,000 years, talking,” the song starts. And ing so much worse? eating habits. amazing and well known. to a time when the king of the she goes on to describe how the Recently I was feeling de- At the end of her song, Aman- Certainly, it didn’t start with Greek gods, Zeus, was a baby. He critics’ words stress her, “I’ve pressed and whiney about some da’s friend with cancer tells her: Mary Poppins or Dr. Who and it was hidden from his father, Kro- been drunk and skipping dinner, things that were going on with "We are so much bigger on the creeps up on you in some of our nos, who would consume all his eating skin from off my fingers.” my teeth. I had surgery and was inside most popular culture. There is children. Zeus was kept in a cave She admits her brother would feeling frustrated and in pain. You, me, everybody Snoopy’s doghouse in the Pea- with a goat, Amalthea, who fed have been proud of her if she But, I thought, people have been Some day when you're lying nuts comic strip, which contains him. The infant Zeus accidentally could shake off the insults. going through this very same where I am a swimming pool, recreation broke off one of her horns, which “I am bigger on the inside thing for hundreds of years, who You'll finally get it, beauty room, a closet with a faulty then poured forth a never-ending But you have to come inside am I to complain? What right We are so much bigger latch and many other spaces and supply of nourishment. to see me do I have to be depressed about Than another one can ever see things. In the Harry Potter books But what does it mean, “big- Otherwise you're only hating this thing? What is this next-to- But Hermione’s handbag contains ger on the inside?” This physical Other people's low-res copies.” nothing pointless sadness that is Trying is the point of life not only money and books but concept serves as a powerful We all are bigger on the in- overcoming me? Others have it So don't stop trying also clothes, Harry’s Cloak of In- jumping off point into metaphor side. We are vast and complex; so much worse. Promise me." visibility, healing supplies, camp- and science. As with the TARDIS nobody can feel or see what the But my doctor negated that, ing equipment and, eventually, a and the wardrobe, the concept individual self is. Each of us is letting me know it is okay to feel full-size painted portrait. implies the world and the uni- the center of the world. I love whatever I may be feeling. If you Elva K. There are those who argue verse are much more than what the simile of “other people’s low- are having a difficult time with Österreich is that mathematician and writer we see with our eyes, and per- res copies” because it describes anything, small or large, your editor of Desert Charles Howard Hinton (1853- haps includes infinite possibili- how the further you are from emotions are still valid. In fact, Exposure and 1907) started the idea in his ties, dimensions, ideas. Maybe directly knowing someone, the I have found it is not uncommon would love to short stories and essays laying somewhere things are different, further you are from understand- to feel guilty for being depressed meet Desert out scientific framework for di- better, more interesting. There ing them. Unfortunately, that dis- in the first place. This creates Exposure mensionality in literature and is perhaps an escape from the tance seems to make it easer to a vicious and dangerous cycle, readers in Silver City or coined the word tesseract. mundane, a way to run away, a pass judgement on those people withdrawal and more internal any of our coverage areas. Then there are items that might place to find truth. we are not in direct contact with. anguish. Please contact her at editor@ be described as bigger on the in- Where is truth? 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PUBLISHER 1740-A Calle de Mercado Richard Coltharp Las Cruces, NM 88005 Contents 575-524-8061 575-524-8061 [email protected] www.desertexposure.com 7 9 EDITOR Elva K. Österreich 575-680-1978 [email protected] ADVERTISING Richard Coltharp 575-524-8061 [email protected] Desert Exposure is published monthly and distributed free of SILVER CITY SALES charge at choice establishments Mariah Walker 575-993-8193 throughout southern New Mexico. [email protected] Mail subscriptions are $54 plus tax for 12 issues. Single copies by mail $5. All contents © 2021 OPC News, DISTRIBUTION LLC. All rights reserved. No portion COORDINATOR of this publication may be reproduced 16 Teresa Tolonen 575-680-1841 without written permission. [email protected] All rights to material by outside contributors revert to the author. Views expressed in articles, LAYOUT AND DESIGN advertisements, graphics and/or Albert Vasquez, Elva K. Österreich photos appearing in Desert Exposure and Paige Marmolejo do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors or advertisers. COLUMNISTS Desert Exposure is not responsible Susan Golightly, for unsolicited submissions of articles Sheila Sowder, Bert Stevens, or artwork. Submissions by mail must include a self-addressed, stamped Jim Duchene, Gabriele Teich envelope for reply or return. It will and Abe Villarreal be assumed that all submissions, 10 including email letters, are intended WEB DESIGNERS for publication. All submissions, Ryan Galloway including letters to the editor, may be edited for length, style and content. 2 EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK • 12 ARTS EXPOSURE • 21 STARRY DOME • Elva K. Osterreich Bigger on the Inside Canvas of Hope Monoceros, the Unicorn Ignore the low-res copies Supporting the neighbors More mysteries by Elva K. Österreich by Alethea Eason by Bert Stevens 4 RAISINGDAD • Feeding the Dog 13 CAMERA EXPOSURE • Regional Photographers 22 32 YEARS IN SILVER Loving the bad CITY • Yet to Pass by Jim and Henry Duchene Rewarded for their craft by Karen Conley When will equal rights be 5 EVERYDAY equal? by Susan Golightly OBSERVATIONS • 14 STEPPING BACK IN TIME The Tamale Maker • The Spread of a Disease 23 TALKING HORSES • Who lives next door? The Spanish Flu in Grant Is My Horse Lame? by Abe Villarreal County by Stephen Fox Making painful assumptions 6 ON THE SHELF • by Scott Thomson From Our Place to Yours 15 HIGH PLACES • New book, more stories An Easy Difficult Path 24 STAYING SAFE • Tonuco Mountain BeWellnm Insurance 7 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS by Gabriele Teich Enrollment Opens Again • What's Going on in April Town alive with issues’ Area events coming back 16 HISTORICAL CONTEXT • by Marjorie Lilly 9 ON SCREEN • The Woman Who Watched A movie for Inspiration Telling the Juarez murder story by Amanda Adame 25 BORDERLINES • 'Walking with Herb' Reconsider Travel by Elva K. Österreich Activests lose lives in ABOUT THE COVER: 18 RED OR GREEN • Mexico by Marjorie Lilly Artist Oscar Aguirre, 7, submitted this watercolor piece called “Space 10 ARTS EXPOSURE • Dining Guide Art 2,” as part of the “Dawn of Discovery” art show. Aguirre participated Arts Scene Restaurants in southwest in a Doña Ana Arts Council summer Zoom project centered around the Upcoming area art New Mexico 27 LIVING ON WHEELS • show which can be seen online at lcspacefestival.com/gallery. The April happenings A Blues Lady Trubute Las Cruces Space Festival has gone virtual this year, and anyone inter- A place to call home ested can check out the events happening April 9-11 at lcspacefestival. 19 TABLE TALK • 11 ARTS EXPOSURE • by Sheila Sowder com. Some of the artwork can also be seen in person at the Doña Ana Participate Dutch Treat Arts Council Gallery, 750 W. Amador Ave., Las Cruces. Info: 575-523-6403. Opportunities for writers, Gathering in Glenwood’ artists and filmmakers by Cheryl Thornburg 28 PUBLISHER’S NOTEBOOK • Weather 12 ARTS EXPOSURE • 17 BODY • MIND • SPIRIT • Words to the Wise Desert Sunrise Grant County Events The grinding gusts of POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE Discover your wisdom Regular happenings in springtime by Richard by Mike Cook Silver City and area Coltharp f you have guests from out of town who are having a blast and reading Desert Exposure, shoot them with your cam-

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RAISINGDAD • JIM AND HENRY DUCHENE Feeding the Dog ‘We love being bad, ’cause it sure feels good’

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. oland Shook and Jackie articles featuring animals, birds Blurton collaborated on and plants found in the area. Ra Silver City Daily Press Both volumes 1 and 2 are avail- column, “From Our Place to able in Blurton’s show space at Yours” for many years. the Grant County Art Guild Gal- Shook stopped writing the lery in Silver City. articles when he retired from This book is dedicated to Shook, Western New Mexico University who was a gifted educator at the in 2006. Blurton did the illustra- university level, including WNMU, tions for the column. and did extensive research on bird She has taken 56 of these ar- species on the Gila River. He was ticles and put them into a book. also a past president of Southwest Now, there is a second book out, New Mexico Audubon and the "From Our Place to Yours, Vol. New Mexico Ornithological soci- 2, Illustrated Nature Notes from eties. He passed away in May 2020 Southwestern New Mexico.” from a long-term illness. “From Our Place to Yours” The Grant County Art Guild weekly column ran in the Daily Gallery is open 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Press 1999 - 2006. In this new col- daily and located at 316 N. Bull- lection, there are 56 illustrated ard St., Silver City.

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Info: 575-541- Cruces. 7417, by reservation only. Sage Gentle-Wing — 1-4 p.m. at Zin Valle Winery, 7315 Canutillo-La SATURDAY, APRIL 3 Union Road, Canutillo, Texas. Info: Alamogordo/Otero County sagegentlewing.com. Travis James Manning plays favorite Double S Easter Egg Hunt — 9 a.m. LeAnne Roberts will talk about her experiences developing her Alamogordo native plant garden on hits — 2:30-5;30 p.m. at Sombra at 126 Derbyshire Road, Tularosa. April 10. (Photo by Elva K. Österreich) Donations go to rescue horse and Antigua Vineyard and Winery, 430 livestock support. Info: 469-955- La Vina Road in Anthony. Live connected participants with the FRIDAY, APRIL 16 and acronyms for the Millennial 6195. music at the winery. Info: 915-241- outdoors and engage in public Las Cruces/Mesilla Age. Info: www.will.community/#/ Alamogordo Otero County Farmers 4349. lands volunteering. Info: www.will. Ventura Highway — 6:30-7:45 p.m. lunchlearn. Market — 9:30 a.m. at the Tractor community/#/lunchlearn. at Picacho Peak Brewing Co., 3900 Supply Co. parking lot, 2900 N. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7 W. Picacho Ave. in Las Cruces. Alamogordo/Otero County White Sands Blvd. in Alamogordo. Las Cruces/Mesilla Glenwood/Catron County This group plays radio hits of the RWVA Appleseed Rifle Marksmanship & Info: 575-430-2081. Farmers and Crafts Market — 8:30 Dutch Oven Gathering — All day, 70s including Eagles, America, Heritage Clinic — 8 a.m. at the Sid- Cloudcroft Easter Egg Hunt — 10 a.m. a.m.-1 p.m. at the Plaza de Las serving begins around 2 p.m. at Jackson Browne, Neil Diamond and ney Paul Gordon Shooting Range, at Zenith Park in Cloudcroft. Prizes Cruces and along Main Street. Info: Glenwood Community Park. Cooks more. Info: 575-680-6394. 19 Rock Cliff Road La Luz, N.M. for each age category. Visit the 575-805-6055. compete, cooking outdoors with 88337. Info: 575-443-9006. Easter Bunny. Social distancing Dutch ovens. A $10 ticket lets SATURDAY, APRIL 17 Native Plant Sale — 8 a.m. fundraiser and masks are required. Info: 575- FRIDAY, APRIL 9 visitors browse for a meal. Info: Virtual Southern New Mexico for the Otero County Chapter of the 682-2733. Las Cruces/Mesilla 575-574-7704 of 3mollymules60@ Webinar, Free Lunch and Learn - Mil- Native Plant Society This annual Sage Gentle-Wing — 6-9 p.m. at La gmail.com. lennial Dictionary: Learning the Lingo sale will be held by appointment to Silver City/Grant County Posta Cantina, 2410 Calle de San of the Young — noon-1 p.m. with ensure Covid-safe guidelines are Silver City Farmer’s Market — 9 Albino, Las Cruces. Info: sagegen- Alamogordo/Otero County the Western Institute for Lifelong met. Schedule your appointment a.m.-noon at the corner of Pope tlewing.com. Alamogordo Otero County Farmers Learning. Cristen Penn and James- Street and College Avenue, Silver Ventura Highway — 6:30-7:45 p.m. Market — 9:30 a.m. at the Tractor on DeSantis guide participants 40 DAYS 40 NIGHTS City. Info: silvercityfarmersmarket@ at Picacho Peak Brewing Co., 3900 Supply Co. parking lot, 2900 N. through the maze and the lingo continued on page 8 gmail.com. W. Picacho Ave. in Las Cruces. White Sands Blvd. in Alamogordo. This group plays radio hits of the Info: 575-430-2081. Las Cruces/Mesilla 70s including Eagles, America, Using Native Plants in Home Landscap- Farmers and Crafts Market — 8:30 Jackson Browne, Neil Diamond and ing — 10 a.m. with LeAnne Roberts Mountain Music a.m.-1 p.m. At the Plaza de Las more. Info: 575-680-6394. who will take participants on a tour CHECK US OUT ON CRAIG’S LIST Cruces and along Main Street. Info: of her Alamogordo garden and 575-805-6055. SATURDAY, APRIL 10 talk about her experiences and New & Used Musical Instruments Free Easter Egg Giveaway —10 a.m.- challenges of developing a desert Virtual Southern New Mexico Consignments noon at St. Paul’s United Methodist plant garden. Space is limited Webinar, Free Lunch and Learn – Opt Church, 225 W. Griggs Ave. in Las due to Covid-19 social distancing outdoors! Public lands volunteering — Trade-Ins Cruces. Enter from Alameda Street restrictions. RSVP for a reservation: noon-1 p.m. with the Western Insti- 2330 S. Valley Drive and drive through to receive a bag 918-284-3517. tute for Lifelong Learning. Renew of filled eggs for each child. Masks your alliance with nature with Kathy 523-0603 required. Bring a canned good to Truth or Consequences/ M-F 10AM - 6PM • SAT 10AM - 5PM • SUN 10AM - 2PM Whiteman who will be discussing donate to Casa de Peregrinos Food Sierra County the Leave No Trace philosophy, Pantry. Info: 575-526-6689. Art Hop — 5 p.m. in downtown T or wilderness first aid training options The MIXX — 6-10 p.m. at the Game C. Visit downtown galleries, open- and ways the Western New Mexico NEW MEXICO REMODELING II-Sports Grill, 4131 Northrise Drive, ing receptions and get a chance University Outdoor Program has to socialize with the artists. Info: & FINE RESTORATIONS 575-744-4708.

Las Cruces/Mesilla Residential Contracting Farmers and Crafts Market — 8:30 Lic. #397600 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Plaza de Las Cruces and along Main Street. Info: [email protected] 575-805-6055. Julio Ortiz — 2-5 p.m. at Sombra (575) 313-1785 Antigua Vineyard and Winery, 430 La Vina Road in Anthony. Live music at the winery. Info: 915-241- 4349. Spay / Neuter Awareness Program

SUNDAY, APRIL 11 Financial Assistance for Low-Income Pet Owners in Las Cruces/Mesilla Grant, Catron and Hidalgo Counties Scott Jasmin and the Gracenotes at NM Vintage Wines — 3:30-5:30 p.m., 2461 Calle Principal in Mesilla. Scott Jasmin, solo acoustic show, 1 or 70s radio classics plus original Americana. Info: 575-523-4963. in Mires 16

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 eail: snap.co Las Cruces/Mesilla Farmers and Crafts Market — 8:30 .snapsn.or a.m.-1 p.m. at the Plaza de Las Easter egg hunts will be taking place in Otero and Doña Ana Cruces and along Main Street. Info: counties. (Photo by Kgbo, courtesy Wikimedia Commons) 575-805-6055. ponored Diane’s Restaurant ier it 8 • APRIL 2021 www.desertexposure.com

40 DAYS 40 NIGHTS Las Cruces/Mesilla Farmers Arts and Crafts Market — continued from page 7 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Plaza of Las Cruces and along Main Street. Info: to browse the selection and make 575-805-6055. purchases with LeAnne Roberts: 918-284-3517. Alamogordo Otero County Farmers WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 Market — 9:30 a.m. at the Tractor Las Cruces/Mesilla Supply Co. parking lot, 2900 N. Farmers and Crafts Market — 8:30 White Sands Blvd. in Alamogordo. a.m.-1 p.m. at the Plaza of Las Info: 575-430-2081. Cruces and along Main Street. Info: 575-805-6055. Silver City/Grant County Silver City Farmer’s Market — 9 a.m. THURSDAY, APRIL 22 -noon at the corner of Pope Street Virtual Southern New Mexico and College Avenue, Silver City. Info: Gila Earth Day: Book Tour with Laura [email protected]. Paskus — 6 p.m. environmental journalist and radio-producer Laura ADOBE TECHNIQUES, LLC Concete Pumping & Decorative Gravel, Shotcrete, Slabs, Block Laying, Laura Paskus will be talking about her book “At the Precipice: New Mexico’s Changing Climate,” as Bobcat, Dirt, Gravel and Pavers an Earth Day event April 22. (Courtesy Photo) 575-574-5956 Paskus livestreams, talking about LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED (#367590) her new book, “At the Precipice: FREE ESTIMATES New Mexico’s Changing Climate” ROHAN STITES, OWNER on the Gila Earth Day Facebook SILVER CITY, NM • WWW.ADOBETECHNIQUES.COM page. Alternate access via Zoom is also available. The presentation is followed by a Q and A. Info: Doyne Wrealli, [email protected]. Virtual Continental Divide Trail Days: The CDT as a Sacred Landscape — var- ious times. This will be a series of virtual events including panels and a concert. Info: continentaldivide- trail.org,

SATURDAY, APRIL 24 Virtual Southern New Mexico Webinar, Free Lunch and Learn – Border Justice — noon-1 p.m. with the Western Institute for Lifelong Learn- ing and Silver City Museum. Mod- erated by Molly Molloy, Neil Garvey and Barbara Gabioud. Border researchers and local champions who provide humanitarian support Farmers and Crafts markets happen every weekend in Las to immigrants help participants un- Cruces, Alamogordo and Silver City. (Photo by Elva K. Österreich) derstand the history and dynamics Audubon Society’s cliff swallow Farmers Arts and Crafts Market — 8:30 at our southern border and identify education program. Ideas are wel- a.m.-1 p.m. At the Plaza de Las opportunities to get involved in come and volunteers are needed. Cruces and along Main Street. Info: positive ways. The presentation Info: Doyne Wrealli, earthendoyne@ 575-805-6055. provides a historical perspective on gmail.com. Located 1810 South Ridge Rd., Silver City, NM next to Chevron how immigration and U.S. policies have impacted Grant County and WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 Alamogordo/Otero County southwest New Mexico. Info: www. Las Cruces/Mesilla Alamogordo Otero County Farmers will.community/#/lunchlearn. Farmers and Crafts Market — 8:30 Market — 9:30 a.m. at the Tractor a.m.-1 p.m. at the Plaza de Las Supply Co. parking lot, 2900 N. Silver City/Grant County Cruces and along Main Street. Info: White Sands Blvd. in Alamogordo. Gila Earth Day: Community Action — 10 575-805-6055. Info: 575-430-2081. a.m.-4 p.m. COVID-safe community actions including trash clean up in THURSDAY, APRIL 29 Las Cruces/Mesilla the Cliff-Gila Valley led by the Na- Virtual Southern New Mexico NgageNM Virtual Quesadilla Run — ture Conservancy, a riparian resto- Virtual Continental Divide Trail Days: Any time from April 24-May 2. Pro- ration project in San Vicente Creek The CDT as a Sacred Landscape — var- ceeds used to support education in with the Aldo Leopold Charter ious times. This will be a series of Doña Ana County. Info: runsignup. School Youth Conservation Corps virtual events including panels and com/Race/NM/HostedbyNgageN- and the Southwest New Mexico a concert. Info: continentaldivide- MLasCruces/QuesadillRun. trail.org.

SATURDAY, MAY 1 Virtual Southern New Mexico Webinar, Free Lunch and Learn – Inside Silver City Recycles — noon-1 p.m. with the Western Institute for Lifelong Learning and Silver City Museum. Moderator Chris Lemme talks about how the organization operates, strives to benefit county residents, businesses and the town and how the community can vol- unteer in the effort. Info: www.will. community/#/lunchlearn.

Alamogordo/Otero County Alamogordo Otero County Farmers Market — 9:30 a.m. at the Tractor Supply Co. parking lot, 2900 N. White Sands Blvd. in Alamogordo. Info: 575-430-2081. Barbara Gabioud (right) gathers supplies for people in need across the border. She will be co-moderator for the Border Jus- tice Lunch and Learn event on April 24. (Courtesy Photo) DESERT EXPOSURE APRIL 2021 • 9

ON SCREEN • ELVA K. ÖSTERREIGH A Movie for Inspiration ‘Walking With Herb’ hits the big screen

oe Amable-Amo is a bank ex- the trailer with comments like, tremendous family film. I wanted ecutive and former amateur ‘I need something uplifting in my to make a movie parallel to my Jgolfer struggling with his life right now.’ It’s a feel good, experience from darkness to the faith after an unexpected tragedy. upbeat, inspirational story.” light. This was very cathartic and Faced with doubts about him- The film is dedicated to Medoff therapeutic.” self, his purpose and his belief who died April 23, 2019, without Tickets can be found at Fath- in God, Joe is stunned when God seeing the final product. omEvents.com or WalkingWith- tells him that he’s been chosen Marks said when they started HerbMovie.com. The Las Cru- to inspire the world and play in a making the film, he had recent- ces April 29 premier fundraiser world championship golf tourna- ly come out of a dark place in event will be held at 5 p.m. at ment. Guided by God’s eccentric his life. Having made a dark film AmadorLive Eatery & Entertain- personal messenger, Herb, Joe about three guys in jail, he want- ment District. Tickets, tables and learns that the seemingly impos- ed to go in the opposite direction. sponsorships are available for sible is possible through faith, “I wanted something good purchase online at give.jardinlc. family and second chances. George Lopez and Edward James Olmos star in “Walking With and positive,” he said. “This one org/walkingwithherb or by call- The movie was completed in Herb” as Herb and Joe Amable-Amo. (Photos provided by earned a PG rating. It’s really a ing 575-522-2111. December 2019 with a first major Fathom Events) screening planned in Los Angeles open in 1,000 to 2,000 theaters showed, it to Mark Medoff.” in March 2020. across the nation. Tony-Award winning play- Las Cruces-based director In Las Cruces, the Allen fam- wright and agnostic Medoff Ross Marks and other cast and ily will again open the Telshor read the screenplay and thought crew members were on their drive-in for two weeks to open the idea was great, Marks said. way, flying in from across the the film on its release date, April Medoff then took over the writ- country. The studio said no at 30, in New Mexico. A special Las ing and, after several drafts, the the very last moment; the pan- Cruces premiere will take place two felt they had something to demic had begun; “Walking With April 29 with a dine-in fundraiser show. Herb,” is stopped in its tracks. for a local charity. “We really wanted to make the “We were really scrambling to It will also be available in El movie a celebration of Las Cru- figure out how to release during a Paso theaters. ces,” Marks said. pandemic,” Marks said. “I believe Marks said he always want- They changed the lead charac- movies are made to be watched ed to make a faith-based movie. ter to a Latino male, and thought, on a big screen experience.” Marks’ friend, Las Cruces bank- “Who is the best Latin actor in Mis Amigos Pet Care Center Now, more than a year later, er Joe Bullock, wrote the book, their 70s?” and the name, Edward Mountain Lo the distributers have a plan and “Walking With Herb” and Marks James Olmos came up. Marks ear dg the movie will hit the big screen was inspired. knew Olmos and sent him the B e first in April. In a time when only “This one all starts with the script. He loved it and said yes. about half of the 40,000 movie material,” he said. “I wrote a Then they thought, “How screens in the United States are screenplay. Then, like every- would God’s messenger appear open, “Walking with Herb” will thing I’ve done in past 33 years, I to a Latino and who is the per- fect comedic Latino actor?” and Boarding Daycare Training Grooming Retail they sent the script to George Certified Trainers and Pet Care Technicians Follow us on Facebook Lopez, and he said yes. 11745 Hwy 180 E, Silver City, NM www.misamigospetcare.com 575-388-4101 “This never happens,” Marks said. “The first one never says Blue Dome Gallery Contemporary Art & Fine Craft • Our painters, sculptors,oe jewelers, stay or ‘yes.’ Both our first choices said furniture makers, glass artists & potters are known for their ‘yes.’” excellent craftsmanship and unique style.dine ith us So, with Bullock’s help, Medoff Café Oso Azul and Marks found local investors Open for weekday Breakfast 8-9:30, Luncheon, Weekend Brunch and created this movie as a “real 11-3, Nightly 5-7 for Dinner, RESERVATIONS REQUIRED Visit our website for holiday meal & brunch information. 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ARTS EXPOSURE •ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH Arts Scene Upcoming area art happenings

SILVER CITY Gallery. Also on view is the work ied mediums, all touting spring, Workers art show. Maxwell’s • The Silver City Blues Fes- of Light Art Space gallery artists will be shown at the gallery latest watercolor, Fiery Foliage tival is moving online for 2021. Joel Armstrong, Valerie Gal- during regular hours. Addition- is now on display at Agave Artist In consideration of the health loway, Karen Hymer, Carmen al six-inch works will be avail- Gallery in Mesilla - 2250 Calle de and wellbeing of the commu- Ruiz, Eugene Starobinskiy, able in individual artist’s display San Albino. Open 11 a.m.-5 p.m., nity and visitors, the Mimbres Art Peterson and Mimi Cal- spaces. The gallery also is fea- Friday through Sunday. Info: Region Arts Council is can- ise Peterson. The gallery is turing the work of three artists 575-339-9870. celing the live 2021 Silver City open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday to for the month of April: painter Blues Festival. In its place, a Saturday and by appointment. and illustrator Jackie Blurton, series of performances will be Social distancing is observed rug hooker Anita McDaniel released online during Memorial and masks required. Info: www. and clay and porcelain artist Day weekend, May 29-30. More lightartspace.com. Stacy Schwarz. Each of the information and an event sched- artists will have a display in one “Dancing with Spirits” ule will be available at www. of the gallery’s large windows in by Linda Heath silvercitybluesfestival.org. Info: addition to their displays inside [email protected] or 575- the gallery. The guild normally is 538-2505. open 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday-Fri- UAM • At Light Art Space the day and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. “Earth and Sky: Photogra- Info: www.gcag.org. • The New Mexico State phy from Grant County” ex- University Art Museum hibition continues, featuring the DEMING (UAM) presents Syn- 2021 work of 25 photographers from MFA Thesis Exhibition, fea- Grant county. Color, black and turing the work of MFA candi- white alternative photograph- dates Ger Xiong and Cierra ic processes are on exhibit. “Spring Breeeze” by Jo Thomas Redding. This exhibit looks at “Ode to Ancient Wings and how each artist navigates their Precious Water,” continuing identities differently through through April 17, is a mixed- the use of materiality, form, and media installation by Zoe Wolfe objects. Within the exhibition “Somethng New” and Carlene Roters, inspired by Sheryl Nelsonu space, viewers are confronted by the natural environment and with histories of loss and ab- the peace that it offers. Start- on the Staszewski Library and sence. A virtual opening recep- ing April 23 is “Layered Light: Gallery wall. The third-annual tion of the exhibition takes place Contemporary Pinhole and Las Cruces Space Festival was from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Friday, Zone Plate Photography.” postponed last March due to the April 23. In conjunction with This international juried exhi- COVID-19 pandemic. However, this event, the BFA and JSS exhi- bition celebrates images made “Breastplate” by Libby Beck Alice Carruth, Public Relations bition opening will be happening in the spirit of experimentation Coordinator at Spaceport Amer- simultaneously. All receptions and play and is dedicated to the “The Chorus” ica and Festival Director, and are free and open to the public. late Eric Renner. Also beginning by Rebecca Russeau Karen Conley, DAAC Program Programming for this exhibition April 23 is “Renner, Spencer • The Grant County Art Manager and the Dawn of Dis- includes a joint artist talk at 6 and McMahon: A Three De- Guild Gallery, at 316 N. Bull- covery curator, felt the work p.m-7 p.m. on Thursday, May cade Convergence” with pin- ard St., Silver City, is holding its was too good not to share. The 6 For more information about hole and zone-plate photography Spring 6 x 6 Art Mini-Show, April exhibit is available for viewing this and other free, communi- by these three renown photog- 1-30. Mini paintings, mosaics, at the Doña Ana Arts & Cul- ty-wide events, visit the UAM’s raphers, on display in the Flash textiles, jewelry and other var- tural Center, 250 W. Amador website for more information. Ave. in Las Cruces, during regu- https://uam.nmsu.edu. Visit our lar business hours, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. timed-ticket website to register weekdays. Info: www.daarts.org for free tickets to this exhibition IN or 575-523-6403. uam.nmsu.edu/timed-tickets/. THE Info: Jasmine Herrera, 575-646- LIFE 2545; [email protected]. Mann Joe Eugene by Camille Painter Davis • The next virtual exhibit at Tombaugh Gallery features • The April 2021 Exhibit at the two artists, John and Souheir Deming Art Center, entitled Rawlings, from the Truth or “Two Friends,” features two Consequences area. The exhib- LANE artists – Libby Beck from Silver it continues through May. As 2021 - The Year City and Camille Painter Da- a young man, John Rawlings vis from Benson, Arizona. Beck was the artist-in-residence at of the Artist fell in love with bead work and Red Cloud Indian School. This beaded outfits when, in 1970, shield series that he began in The Doña Ana Arts Council she saw her first Appaloosa 2015 draws upon his experienc- proudly celebrates 50 years of serving Costume Class and she taught es and a body of sketches/draw- Las Cruces and Dona Ana County herself how to bead. Davis’ art ings that he made at that time. with art events, festivals, education, is colorful and usually western. “Firey Foliage” by Paul Maxwell Souheir Rawlings’s work is part support and advocacy. This show continues through of “Covid Portraits: Isola- April 29. The Gallery is located • Agave Artist Gallery wel- tion,” and reflects her desire to We feature a new artist every at 100 S. Gold in Deming, and comes two new artists, Patricia see the inner expressive nature month in our Gallery. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through open 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday – Grey and Kathy Baker. Also of people, using color and line in Friday. Every Second Saturday, Friday and 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. artist Paul Maxwell has been a way that shows emotion and we’re open from 12 noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Info: 575-546-3663 or recognized for his pandemic art character. The exhibit can be www.demingarts.org. – essential workers – the bra- seen on the Tombaugh Gallery Please visit our website for the latest ceros. None of us could survive page on Facebook and on Ins- information on upcoming DAAC events at: LAS CRUCES without these laborers in the tagram, https://www.instagram. DAARTS.ORG • The Doña Ana Arts Coun- fields getting the food to market. com/tombaughgallery. cil (DAAC) will feature artwork Paul’s triptych paintings Mesilla DOÑA ANA ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER from the Las Cruces Space Fes- Braceros were awarded second tival online art show, “Dawn prize at the El Paso Art Asso- ART SCENE 250 W. Amador Ave. • daarts.org • 575-523-6403 of Discovery” through May ciation’s Mighty Frontline continued on page 8 DESERT EXPOSURE APRIL 2021 • 11

ART SCENE who rotate the galleries artists’ continued from page 9 work monthly. COVID -19 adjust- ed gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 Participate p.m. daily with limited access. • Gila Earth Day will celebrate Earth Month with virtual Info: 575-522-2933, www.mesilla- programming from participant organizations, classrooms valleyfinearts.com. and individuals throughout the month of April. Among the local films to be shown on the Gila Earth Day Facebook page GALLUP are the Gila Native Plant Society’s Pollinators and Native • Gallup MainStreet Arts & Plants, the Aldo Leopold Charter School Youth Conservation Cultural District has launched Corp’s history of beautification projects in the area and Green a new project to beautify the Energy Now’s Landscaping with Water Harvesting. We invite downtown corridor where con- anyone with up to a 15-minute film, slideshow or presentation struction for Coal Avenue Com- to participate. Contact GRIP Membership and Program mons is taking place. Situated Coordinator Doyne Wrealli at [email protected] for between 2nd and 3rd Streets on more information. • “From the Ground Up XXX,” regional juried “Portrait 1” by Souheir Rawlings Coal Avenue, four local artists Drawing by Michael Nail have been selected to install ceramics exhibition submissions are open until May 15. This temporary artworks on the con- longstanding exhibition is open to artists living and working in New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, struction fencing. The works Montana and the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. To enter, visit will remain on view through mid- pottersguildlc.org or check www.las-cruces.org/2434.from-the- May, or until the construction ground-up-XXX for the complete prospectus. The exhibition project wraps up this spring. Art- is juried by Joshua R. Clark and hosted by the Museum of Art ists were asked to come up with and the Potters’ Guild of Las Cruces. projects that reflect the art and • The El Paso Community Foundation Plaza Classic culture of our region and that are Film Festival is accepting submissions for Local Flavor, inspired by themes of resilience El Paso’s largest annual showcase of locally made and and revitalization. The projects Painting by Ray Baird connected films. There is no cost to submit a film. The film include “Weaving a Communi- series, sponsored by the Texas Film Commission, is open istic expressionism with trans- ty of Colors” by Jerry Brown; to short- and feature-length films of various types, including “Shield 2” by John Rawlings lucent complementary colors a painting of Navajo elders fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, virtual reality that represent his feelings, rath- speaking to children by Jason and music video. Any type of film may be submitted. The • The Mesilla Valley Fine er than a true representational John; “The People’s Garden” showcase will culminate with the fourth annual Local Flavor Arts Gallery, 2470-A Calle de image. Nail works primarily in by Brandy Lee; and “Seeds of Awards, which will award $2,500 to filmmakers — $1,000 for Guadalupe, across from the his- pencil, charcoal and ink, finding Strength” by Orin Nez. View- first prize, $750 for second prize, $500 for third prize and the toric Fountain Theatre, features Western, Native American and ers may view the works by tak- $250 audience favorite. Entry deadline is 11:59 p.m. Monday, two local artists for the month wildlife themes the subjects he ing a stroll downtown, following June 14. Go to plazaclassic.com/localflavor to submit. Projects of April, Ray Baird and Michael is most “drawn” to. First Amer- @gallupmainstreet on Facebook must have been completed Jan. 1, 2020 or after, and must be Nail. Baird, an oil painter, de- ican Bank in Mesilla, is well and Instagram or visiting gallup- made locally, locally set or have a connection of some kind scribes his work as impression- represented by gallery members mainstreet.org. to the El Paso-Juarez-Las Cruces area (such as a director originally from El Paso). Local ties should be noted in the entry. Entries selected for the Local Flavor series will be Visit Desert Exposure’s Virtual Gallery announced in July and screened during the festival. Local Flavor is a popular component of the El Paso Community to connect to area artists’ websites. Foundation Plaza Classic Film Festival, which returns for its 14th year July 29-Aug. 8. Info: 915-533-4020 or local@ www.desertexposure.com/virtual-gallery plazaclassic.com.

Diana Ingalls Leyba Studio & Gallery

Exhibitions Workshops, Events Open: Wed, Thurs, and Sat 11 - 3 Thursday - Saturday 11-5 315 N Bullard St lightartspace.com 209 W. Broadway 575-388-5725

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STUDIO, GALLERY, COVID-SAFE CLASSES CHOLLA CHOLLA 211 D N. Texas St, Silver City, NM GALLERIES wildwestweaving.com Open Wed - Sat, 10 to 5 Studio and Gallery Custom Juniper and Cholla Art & Furniture 707 N. Bullard St. Fri.-Sat. 10-4 & Appt. 602-515-7810 desertrockcreations.com SILVERCITYART.COM 12 • APRIL 2021 www.desertexposure.com

ARTS EXPOSURE • MIKE COOK Desert Sunrise Studio offers Zoom Discover your wisdom, change your world

esert Sunrise Studio, working individually on whatev- people from three time zones 537 N. Alameda Blvd., in er each person wishes,” said stu- in the United States attend the DLas Cruces, has a virtual dio owner and Las Cruces art- meeting each week. open studio via Zoom at 1 p.m. ist Jan Hampton. “We end with In SoulCollage, “we adapt to every Friday, and SoulCollage at about 30 minutes of discussion the attendees, sometimes begin- 1 p.m. every other Wednesday and sharing of our creations. ning with questions from new- until April 21. This sharing has been inspiring comers and answers from those In the open studio, “we start to many of us, expanding our with experience with the Soul- with a short check-in, then repertoire of creative activities,” Collage process,” Hampton said. spend 45 minutes to an hour Hampton said. She said five-10 “The meeting is set up similarly to

Artist Jan Hampton at her home studio in Las Cruces. (Photo courtesy of Jan Hampton) Zoom Open Studio with each par- soulcollage.com for more infor- ticipant working quietly on what- mation. SoulCollage is a copy- ever part of the SoulCollage pro- righted “expressive arts prac- cess he/she wishes during most of tice” for groups or individuals. the hour-and-a-half session. This For links to each workshop meeting also includes people liv- and for more information, con- ing outside of Las Cruces.” tact Hampton at 281-450-4422 Hampton is a certified Soul- and [email protected]. Visit Collage facilitator. Visit www. desertsunrise537.blogspot.com.

ARTS EXPOSURE • ALETHEA EASON Canvas of Hope Arts event supports indigenous neighbors he Rio Grande Border- line auction. land Ministries (RGBM) RGBM is a ministry of the Tis sponsoring an online Episcopal Diocese of the Rio event called Canvas of Hope to Grande, serving in the border- raise awareness and monetary lands of New Mexico and fast support for shelters in Juárez west Texas. and Ojinaga, Mexico that are be- “Our compassionate response coming models for refugee cen- to this crisis is simple — to feed, ters worldwide. The even will be shelter and care for our neigh- held 1-2:30 p.m., May 1. bors who are coming to the fron- The events will feature art- tiers of our diocese seeking safe- ists passionate about issues ty ad the promise of a better life surrounding migration, includ- for their families,” said Border ing musical performances, po- Chaplain Ana Reza. etry readings, artist talks and Better World will be used as more. Artists from around the an online platform for the event. country are donating work to Attending the event is free. Reg- be auctioned during the event. ister at riograndeborderland. Proceeds go toward supporting org/canvas-of-hope. the work of RGBM to help feed, To learn more about the im- shelter and care for our migrant pact of Rio Grande Borderland and indigenous neighbors. The Ministries, visit riograndebor- virtual event will include an on- derland.org.

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STEPPING BACK IN TIME • STEPHEN FOX The Spread of a Disease – Part 2 The Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918-20 moves to Grant County

Editor’s note: This is Part via Johnson, a schoolteacher. Two of a two-part series. See the The late outbreak in Santa March edition of Desert Expo- Rita abated by mid-January. On sure for Part One Jan. 19 its two churches – Cath- olic church in “Mexican Town” and the Protestant Union church he flu finally descends in white Santa Rita – held their on Silver City first services in over three and a T The merciful women half months. A week later, both returned home to Grant County sections of town could attend from the mining town of Mogol- the first picture show since the lon, and the risks they had run flu had arrived. Still the Spanish soon became apparent. flu would not fully subside. In Silver City recorded it first February it broke out again in cases of the flu. By Nov. 5 there Fierro, Hanover and the Upper were 31 cases, but still no deaths Gila River, with numerous cas- – few days later, the first three es and several deaths. In March deaths. It was the coldest fall a final spasm in Silver City kept and winter in anybody’s mem- many kids home from the re- ory, forcing people indoors and cently re-opened schools. incubating the virus. A county How many died? mandate to wear masks, not A patient at Fort Bayard Hospital during the 1910s. (Photos courtesy Silver City Museum Collections) And then at last it ended, later previously enforced, became that spring. The final reckoning common. The Hurley Red Cross the youngest six months old. town and open-pit mine in Santa Ruth and Helen returned to of cases and deaths in Grant sent 300 masks to Fort Bayard. • Daniel Rodriguez, 16, a gro- Rita and of the town and con- Los Angeles after about two County is unknowable because The Fort Bayard Red Cross, not cery clerk. verter mill in Hurley. weeks at home. Within a few New Mexico had no state de- to be outdone, produced 1,800 • Lula A. Woods, age not giv- As the absolute boss of those days, 30 new cases of flu had partment of health, no central masks in a few days. The wards en, a matron at the Ladies Hospi- workplaces and company towns, descended on Santa Rita. They agency to track and respond to at the Fort Bayard hospital now tal, leaving her husband and son. he was the most powerful man were caused, according to the the deadly epidemic’s course required masks. Nurses even She had been nursing her neigh- in Grant County. Sully’s wife and Enterprise’s local correspon- across the state. Making a rea- wore them to bed at night. In Sil- bors and so had no medicine left children were prominent citi- dent, by too much careless visit- sonable guess about the final toll ver City, store clerks and others for herself when she became ill. zens of Santa Rita. His daughter, ing among households. in Grant County is not simple. working in public places put on In late November, local op- Ruth Sully, was attending the “The worst months are still The two Silver City newspapers masks. timists thought they saw some Marlborough School in Los An- ahead of us,” the correspondent recorded about 31 flu deaths in Silver City enforced a quaran- encouraging signs. The virus geles, a posh secondary school predicted, and people needed to Grant County in the six months tine. Hurley banned all gather- seemed to be “practically erad- for girls, along with her friend, obey health officials. from November through April. ings and closed its schools; five icated” at Fort Bayard. Hurley Helen Carrier, the daughter of a The Santa Rita hospital was That statement must be vague women teachers who had been citizens looked forward to at- doctor at the Santa Rita hospital. now crowded with flu patients. because the papers would some- working as nurses came down tending dances and moving pic- In November their school closed When a pregnant woman, Mar- times refer to “several” deaths, with the flu. In Santa Rita, the ture shows. The Santa Rita club- because of a flu outbreak. garet Sheridan Fay, about to give with no number given. I was con- fancy new segregated clubhouse house was no longer needed as The girls, apparently carry- birth, was admitted on the morn- servative on this point and took for Anglos, almost completed, a hospital ward. Silver City lifted ing the virus, left their infected ing of Dec. 6, she was told that if “several” to mean two, though it became a hospital ward. The its ban on public gatherings. school and took the long train she had come five minutes later, perhaps meant more. Of those Silver City newspapers now But then mid-December ride to Deming, then by automo- they would have had no place approximately 31 deaths, only routinely carried reports of flu brought a large and surprising bile to Santa Rita. They arrived for her. Margaret was put in an five were identified as Hispanic deaths, almost entirely of Anglos turn for the worse in Santa Rita. home on Nov. 21. Helen devel- unheated room. Most of the – surely an absurd undercount and of young people. Why this late reversal of recent oped a mild case of the flu. It nurses were volunteer school- of the actual toll on Chihuahua • Katie Tillman, 20 years old, trends? was soon the Christmas season; teachers, willing but untrained Hill and in the mines and camps leaving her husband and a baby Schoolgirls and the Span- with many parties and hometown in basic nursing procedures. of the county. three months old. ish flu friends the girls had not seen for With all the rooms taken, The Silver City Public Library • Ernest E. Smith, 34, a chem- This is just a guess; I have no three months. One may imagine flu victims were dying in the has a card index file of local ist for the Empire Zinc company proof. But this is what I think that, like many young people hallways. Margaret delivered deaths in 1918 and 1919. The li- at the Cleveland mine. happened. John M. Sully, the who are now flouting the rules of a healthy baby girl. Two weeks brary is currently closed to the • Lydia Donohue, 31, the wife man who had brought complete our current pandemic, they were later, her husband, Charles Fay, public, but Javier Marrufo of the of a pig farmer on the outskirts segregation to Grant County, heedless of health dangers and died of pneumonia and the flu. library staff looked through the of town, leaving seven children, was the general manager of the thought they were invulnerable. He was 29, the assistant superin- file for me. He transcribed the tendent of the Empire Zinc mine details of 64 deaths from the in Hanover. They had been mar- flu and from pneumonia during ried for almost two years. those six months. (Javier also The deathwatch in Grant sent me electronic files of the County continues Enterprise; without his assis- • James Clancy, 29, employed tance I could not have written in the office of the Cottage San- this article.) atorium, and known for “a ready Ten of the 64 deaths were sol- wit and sunny disposition.” diers who died at Fort Bayard in • L. A. Fitzpatrick, 35, owner October; thereafter the county of the Ritz Jewel Shop in Silver kept no record of deaths at the City, after apparently recovering fort. Of 19 others identified as from the flu; left his widow. flu victims, nine were Hispanic: • Lillian Parsons, 11, of Santa nine of 19, a much higher and Rita, after being sick for a week; likelier percentage than the five attended at the hospital by Dr. of 31 from the newspapers, and F. N. Carrier, the father of Hel- further evidence that the papers en Carrier, who perhaps helped ignored many Hispanic deaths. bring the flu to Santa Rita. Of the 35 identified as pneu- • Mrs. Henry Stewart, her first monia deaths, four were also name and age not given, wife listed in the newspapers as flu of a letter carrier; she had been deaths. Probably many other nursing her three sick children supposed pneumonia victims at home and caught the flu from actually died of the flu, but it’s them. impossible to say how many. So, • Harry Bridges, 27, a deputy in the county assessor’s office, DISEASE Lincoln Elementary School first segrigated in 1915; photo from 1920s. married for about a year to Syl- continued on page 13 DESERT EXPOSURE APRIL 2021 • 15

HIGH PLACES • GABRIELE TEICH An Easy Difficult Challenge Hiking the road to the top of Tonuco Mountain

anyons, waterfalls, petro- road) from there on. You can glyphs and a mine. This see the road actually all the way Chike has it all. from I-25. It’s steep and rocky, What to do if your No.1 hiking not very pleasant to come down. buddy doesn’t have time and your But you earned your bragging other hiking buddy would much rights to say any time you pass rather hunt for interesting rocks the mountain on the freeway: than clamber up steep mountains? “I have been all the way up Compromise. We chose To- there!” nuco Mountain because neither Total time to the top was only one of us had been to the top be- 90 minutes, shorter than antici- fore. And on the way up you pass pated. an interesting mine. Tonuco Mountain can have In fact, we met another rock some serious winds, especially hunter at the entrance to the now in spring. I guess I am not beautiful canyon which forms telling you anything new there. the start of this hike. To get As always, take water, wear there, you will need a 4WD vehi- sunscreen, a hat and sturdy cle. Do not try to get there with boots. See you on the trails! a regular car. Take the east front- age road by the Border Patrol The view from the top. (Photos byGabriele Teich) Tonuco Mountain is a bit of a climb. Of German station on I-25 between Radium origin, Springs and Rincon, then turn royo. Turn right and follow that ing petroglyphs on the way. Stay bring a flashlight, it’s fun to ex- Gabriele Teich to go under the freeway after a for less than a mile and park to the right when you come to a plore. So to humor my rock-hunt- has called Las mile. There might be water in the your vehicle right after curving fork (Yeah, or pick it up. Thanks, er friend we took a break there Cruces her underpass – don’t drive through around the mesa. Yogi Berra). You will reach a 15- and he had some time to play. His home for more it. It can be very deep. You might This is one of the rare hikes foot dry waterfall which you can rule is not to take any rock under than 20 years have to come back another day. I where the most beautiful part is either climb or circumvent on 20 pounds, though, so he came — and loved do not recommend crossing the right at the beginning. The can- either side. Further up you reach back empty handed. every minute of it, hiking the freeway on foot. Once on the yon meanders uphill – or does it the mine entrance with sever- We ventured on to the top mountains in the immediate other side, drive toward the first go down? Either way, YOU will go al openings to the sky and well of Tonuco Mountain, which is surrounding area and all over mesa until you reach a wide ar- up, passing a variety of interest- stabilized. If you remembered to a wider trail (more like a jeep this beautiful state.

DISEASE for science and medical author- unlisted and unmourned by the continued from page 12 ities in Grant County in 1918 local newspapers, amounted and 1919. A well-disciplined re- to what is still the worst public my very rough guess is at least sponse did not become a noisy health disaster in Grant County 50 deaths – but perhaps 60 or 70 political controversy. Without history. or more – from the flu among protests, citizens took responsi- Grant County residents. In addi- bility and wore masks. It helped tion, 83 people died of the flu at that the crisis here lasted only A retired historian from the Fort Bayard hospital during six months. The town and coun- Boston, Stephen Fox has 1918. Thus, the total flu deaths ty imposed necessary measures lived in Silver City since at Fort Bayard and elsewhere and generally enforced them. 2008. For their help with the in Grant County came to about In the wake of the Spanish research for this article, he 133: a fearsome toll for a small, flu, the New Mexico legislature thanks Javier Marrufo of the isolated community. finally created a state health de- Silver City Public Library, Comparing the Spanish flu partment. And yet 133 deaths, Ashley Smith of the Silver City with our COVID-19, I am most at least, plus all those probable Museum, Susan Berry and the impressed by the general respect Hispanic casualties that went Grant County Clerk’s office. Grant County Hospital in the 1920s. (Photo courtesy Silver City Museum Collections)

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HISTORICAL CONTEXT • AMANDA ADAME The Woman Who Kept Track NMSU’s 30-year-old collection about Juarez murders brings researchers from around the world

n the early 1990s, growing and International Studies. newspaper clippings, magazines numbers of women were re- One woman dedicated her life and photographs document- Iported missing or found dead to telling the stories of those ing the murders of women and across the city of Ciudad Juarez, women, turning over her col- girls, referred to as “Femicides” Mexico. Decades later advocates lection of documents to the Rio in Juarez. Over the years, she have documented more than Grande Historical Collections at had loaned out materials from 2,000 women were murdered yet New Mexico State University’s her collection that were never none of their killers have been Library Archives and Special returned. Cano thought the col- identified or convicted, accord- Collections Department. lection would be safer and more ing to the Center for Strategic Esther Chavez Cano gathered accessible in a library. Mesilla Book Center • Books about the West, Mexico, horses, cowboys, Native Americans & More 1100 S. Main at Idaho in Pueblo Plaza • Children’s books & Toys • Gifts & more 575-526-2808 ‘Some of the best books never make the bestseller lists’ Mon-Fri 9-5:30 • Sat 9-4:30 On the Plaza • (575) 526-6220 IN BUSINESS 34 YEARS! Esther Chavez Cano in front of the women's shelter she founded. Tue-Sat 11 am-5:30 pm (Courtesy Photo) Where Creativity, People and Materials Meet. Sun 1 pm-5 pm, Closed Mon Born in Chihuahua in 1933, Stanford joined the faculty in the Cano was the oldest of eight Fall of 2007 that the collection children. In 1951, Cano studied was processed and made avail- accounting in Guadalajara and able to the public. Since then, served several executive po- dozens of researchers have ac- sitions with different Mexican cessed the collection. and international businesses for “Because we are a public state more than 40 years before ded- institution, her materials will be icating her time to the issue of preserved for many years into Do Earth Day women’s rights in Juarez. Cano the future and they will also be founded the women’s advocacy accessible to scholars from any- group “Ocho de Marzo” along where in the world,” Molloy said. The Bird Way with Casa Amiga, the first Juarez “We hope that the preservation women’s shelter for victims of of these materials at NMSU will Celebrate by creating physical or sexual abuse. make it possible for this history a bird-friendly habitat in Cynthia Bejarano, NMSU re- to be accessible to all research- your yard. gents professor in the Depart- ers now and in the future. ment of Interdisciplinary Stud- Recently, Monica Ortiz, a free- ies. lance reporter for the El Paso contacted Molly Molloy, who and Juarez region, co-hosted a One at the time was the Border and 10-part podcast series produced Regularly-priced Latin American Studies Librar- by iHeart Radio with producer 20% OFF Item* ian. Molloy helped to start the Oz Woloshyn utilizing Cano’s Use Code: HABITAT20 process of physically transport- collection and expanding on *Valid in-store at the Las Cruces Wild Birds Unlimited or by shopping online. One discount per purchase. Offer not valid on previous purchases, gift cards, optics, DSC memberships ing the collection to NMSU. gender-based violence. The se- or sale items. Offer valid from 4/02/21 THRU 4/18/21. Curbside and delivery available. “I visited Esther at her home ries has had more than three in Juárez several times to learn million downloads. 2001 E Lohman, Suite 130, Las Cruces, NM 88001 more about her materials,” said “Esther Chavez Cano's archive (575) 523-5489 • www.wbu.com/lascruces Molloy, who retired from NMSU at NMSU was critical to our BIRD FOOD • FEEDERS • GARDEN ACCENTS • UNIQUE GIFTS in 2019. “I worked with archivist work,” Ortiz said. “The articles Dennis Daily who traveled with offered painful but important me to Juárez to bring the boxes insights into the violence that's back to the library.” become so pervasive in Ciudad In late 2006, seven large plas- Juárez.” tic file boxes from Cano’s home Cano continued to add to her made the trip to Las Cruces to collection until her death on join other special collections at Christmas Day in 2009 after a the NMSU Library. However, it hard-fought battle with cancer. was not until archivist Charles Cano’s collection and her endur- ing legacy lives on in the univer- sity archives. “Esther’s collection reminds us of the historical impact that gender-based violence has in urban and rural settings, and es- pecially as it relates to our bor- derlands region,” Bejarano said. “Thanks to Cano’s dedication and commitment to justice for the murdered women and girls of Juarez, their stories will not be forgotten. Newspaper clippings from the “Words cannot express how Esther Chavez Cano Collection fortunate and privileged we are housed inside the Rio Grande to be the stewards of that collec- Historical Collections at New Mexico State University’s tion.” Library Archives and Spe- To learn more about the Esther cial Collections Department. Chavez Cano collection, visit lib. (NMSU photo by Dennis Daily) nmsu.edu/exhibits/chavezcano. DESERT EXPOSURE APRIL 2021 • 17

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T/O BREWERY & DISTILLERY, DEL P T/O 1345 El Paseo Road, 526-4803. items, burgers, sandwiches: Sunday * FORREST’S PIZZA, 601 N. Bullard 200 N. Bullard St., 956- THE BEAN, 2011 Avenida de Mesilla, American: B L D. D/T T/O B L, all week B L D; P /O T/O St., Unit J. 388-1225. Tuesday to 6144. Burgers, wings, 527-5155. Coffeehouse. * HABANERO’S 600 E. Amador * CACTUS JACKS, 1307 N. Pope St. Friday L D, slices until 7 p.m. T/O D/T salads, fish, pasta, craft * A BITE OF BELGIUM, 741 N. Ave., 524-1829. Fresh Mexican: B L 538-5042. Gluten-free, healthy gro- * FRY HOUSE, 601 N. Bullard St. beers and cocktails: Alameda St. No. 16, 527-2483, www. D. P T/O ceries, grill fast foods and beverages. Suite C. 388-1964. Seven days L, abiteofbelgium.com. Belgium and * HACIENDA DE MESILLA, 1803 Monday to Friday B L D, Saturday Sunday L, D. T/O DEL Monday to Sunday L D. American food: Daily B L. P C/S Avenida de Mesilla, 652-4953. and Sunday L. T/O DEL * GIL-A BEANS COFFEE SHOP, P T/O * BOBA CAFÉ, 1900 S. Espina St., Steaks, barbecue, seafood, sand- 1304 N. Bennett St., 538-2239. Mon- Ste. 8, 647-5900. Sandwiches, sal- wiches, salads, pasta: L D. C/S P ads, casual fare, espresso: Monday day to Saturday 8 a.m.-noon. P T/O MI MEXICO VIEJO, 202 E Broadway * CAFÉ OSO AZUL AT BEAR to Saturday L D. C/S DEL T/O * GOLDEN STAR, 1602 Silver St. Mexican food stand: 956-3361. * HIGH DESERT BREWING MOUNTAIN LODGE, 60 BRAVO’S CAFÉ, 3205 S. Main St., Heights Blvd., 388-2323. Chinese: L Monday to Saturday B L early D. COMPANY, 1201 W. Hadley Bear Mountain Ranch Road, D. D/T T/O 526-8604. Mexican: Tuesday to Ave., 525-6752. Brew pub: L 538-2538. B L, special D by Sunday B L. GRINDER MILL, 403 W. College * MI CASITA, 2340 Bosworth Drive, D. P T/O reservation only. P T/O Ave., 538-3366. Mexican: B L D. 538-5533. New Mexican cuisine: * BURGER NOOK, 1204 E. Ma- Monday to Thursday L, Friday L D. drid Ave., 523-9806. Outstanding JOSEFINA’S OLD GATE CAFÉ, * CHINESE PALACE, 1010 Highway HONEEBEEGOODS “A T/O greenchile cheeseburgers. Tuesday to 2261 Calle de Guadalupe, 525-2620. Saturday L D. T/O Pastries, soups, salads, sandwiches: 180E, 538-9300. Chinese: Monday to Smudge of Fudge,” 714-515- NANCY’S SILVER CAFÉ, 514 N. Friday L D. T/O Bullard St., 388-3480. Mexican: * BURRITOS VICTORIA, 1295 El Monday to Thursday L, Friday to 0832. Dessert Catering. Specialty Monday to Saturday B L D. Paseo Road, 541-5534. Burritos: B L Sunday B L. COURTYARD CAFÉ, 1313 E 32nd Bakery and more! Honeebee- PRETTY SWEET EMPORIUM, 312 D. Now serving beer. T/O * KEVA JUICE, 1001 E. University St., Gila Regional Medical Center, goods.com. 7 Days a Week. N. Bullard St., 322-2422. Dessert, ice CAFÉ DON FELIX, 2290 Calle de Ave., 522-4133. Smoothies, frozen 538-4094. American: B L. cream: Monday to Saturday. Parian, 652-3007. Mexican, street yogurt: B L D. P T/O JALISCO CAFÉ, 103 S. Bullard * Q’S SOUTHERN BISTRO, 101 E. tacos, mini-burgers: Wednesday to * LA NUEVA CASITA CAFÉ, 195 N. St., 388-2060. Mexican. Monday to DIANE’S RESTAURANT, 510 College Ave., 534-4401. American, Saturday L D, Sunday brunch only 10 Mesquite St., 523-5434. Mexican Saturday L D Sunday B. N. Bullard St., 538-8722. Fine steaks, barbecue, brewpub: Tuesday a.m. to 6 p.m. and American: B L. T/O * JAVALINA COFFEE HOUSE, 117 dining (D), steaks, seafood, to Saturday L D. P T/O CHACHI’S RESTAURANT, 2460 S. * LA POSTA RESTAURANT DE pasta, sandwiches (L), salads: Market St., 388-1350. Coffeehouse. Locust St.-A, 522-7322. Mexican: B MESILLA, 2410 Calle de San Albino, Tuesday to Saturday L D, T/O * REVEL, 304 N. Bullard St., L D. 524-3524. Mexican, steakhouse: L D, Sunday D only (family-style), JUMPING CACTUS, 503 N. Bullard 388-4920. Elevated comfort * CHILITOS, 2405 S. Valley Drive, Saturday, Sunday and holidays also St., 654-7367. Coffeeshop, baked weekend brunch. food. Weekdays LD, week- 526-4184. Mexican: Monday to Sat- B. P T/O goods, sandwiches, wraps: B L. ends BD, closed Wednes- urday B L D. C/S DEL D/T * LAS TRANCAS, 1008 S. Solano KOUNTRY KITCHEN, 1700 Moun- * CHILITOS, 3850 Foothills Road Ste. days. T/O Drive, 524-1430. Mexican, steaks, DIANE’S BAKERY & DELI, tain View Road, 388-4512. Mexican: 10, 532-0141. Mexican: B L D. C/S burgers, fried chicken: L D, Satur- The Hub, Suite A, 601 N. Tuesday to Saturday B L D. * SILVER BOWLING CENTER CAFÉ, DEL D/T day and Sunday also B. P T/O Bullard St., 534-9229. Artisan * LA COCINA RESTAURANT, 201 W. 2020 Memory Lane, 538-3612. Amer- * DAY’S HAMBURGERS, 245 N. * LE RENDEZ-VOUS CAFÉ, 2701 College Ave., 388-8687. Mexican: L D. ican, Mexican, hamburgers: Daily L Main St., 523-8665. Burgers: Monday W. Picacho Ave. #1, 527-0098. breads, pastries, sandwiches, to Saturday L D. C/S deli: Monday to Saturday B L T/O D/T C/S D T/O. French pastry, deli, sandwiches: * LA FAMILIA MEXICAN RESTAU- * PECAN GRILL & BREWERY, Tuesday to Sunday B L. T/O early D, Sunday L. RANT, 503 N. Hudson St., 388-4600. * SUNRISE ESPRESSO, 500 S. Telshor Blvd., 521-1099. *LET THEM EAT CAKE, 1001 E. Mexican: Tuesday to Sunday B L D. Pecan-smoked meats, sandwiches, DON JUAN’S BURRITOS, 418 Silver 1530 N. Hudson St., 388- University Ave. Suite D4, 680-5998. C/S steaks, seafood, craft beers: L D. P Heights Blvd., 538-5440. Mexican: 2027. Coffee shop: Monday Cupcakes: Tuesday to Saturday. LA MEXICANA RESTAURANT, 1105 T/O B L. to Saturday B L, early D. D/T C/S DEL T/O Tom Foy Blvd., 534-0142. Mexican * DELICIAS DEL MAR, 1401 El * LORENZO’S PAN AM, 1753 E. Paseo Road, 524-2396. Mexican, University Ave., 521-3505. Italian, * SUNRISE ESPRESSO, seafood: B L D. P T/O pizza: L D. C/S DEL T/O 1212 E. 32nd St., 388-2927. * DICK’S CAFÉ, 2305 S. Valley Drive, * LOS COMPAS CAFÉ, 6335 Bata- Coffee shop, bakery: Monday 524-1360. Mexican, burgers: Sunday an Memorial W. Drive, 382-2025. B L, Monday to Saturday B L D C/S P Mexican: B L D. C/S T/O to Friday B L, early D, Satur- * DION’S PIZZA, 3950 E. Lohman * LOS COMPAS CAFÉ, 603 S. day B L only. D/T Ave. 521-3434. Pizza: L D. DEL D/T Bear Creek Nevarez St., 523-1778. Mexican: B * DOUBLE EAGLE, 2355 Calle de Motel & Cabins TAPAS TREE, 601 N. Bullard St. Guadalupe, 523-6700. Southwest- L D. C/S T/O in The Hub, 597-8272. Monday to ern, steaks, seafood: L D, Sun. * LOS COMPAS, 1120 Commerce Thursday L, Friday and Saturday L D champagne brunch buffet. P T/O Drive, 521-6228. Mexican: B L D. (closes at 4 p.m.). * EL SOMBRERO PATIO CAFÉ, 363 C/S P T/O * TASTE OF VEGAS, 303 E. 13th St., S. Espina St., 524-9911. Mexican: L * LOS MARIACHIS, 754 N. Motel 534-9404. Daily L P T/O. D. P T/O Blvd., 523-7058. Mexican: B L D. * WRANGLER’S BAR & GRILL, 2005 * ENRIQUE’S MEXICAN FOOD, 830 * LOS MARIACHIS, 5600 Bataan Hwy. 180E, 538-4387. Steak, burgers, W. Picacho Ave., 647-0240. Mexican: Memorial E., 373-0553. Mexican, L appetizers, salads: L D. P T/O D. D/T T/O Fabulous getaway nestled in the tall pines of Pinos Altos B L D. T/O FARLEY’S, 3499 Foothills Road, * LA MEXICANA TORTILLERIA, •Fireplaces • Secluded Balconies Cliff 522-0466. Pizza, burgers, American, 1300 N. Solano Drive. 541-9617. • Porches Mexican: L D. Mexican: B L D. T/O • Telephone & WiFi Duck Creek Café, U.S. High- FIDENCIO’S, 800 S. Telshor Blvd., * MATTEO’S, 1001 E. University Ave. • Satellite TV way 180, Cliff, 535-4500. Visit 532-5624. Mexican: B L D. C-1, 888-4310, Authentic Mexican: • Barbeque Grill Duck Creek Café on Face- * THE GAME BAR & GRILL, 2605 Monday through Saturday: B L D. book.RVs/Big Rigs welcome, Wonderfully simple menu, pleasant • Hot Tub in Cabana S. Espina St., 524-GAME. Sports bar Wednesday to Saturday LD, and grill: L D. P T/O dining room and delicious aguas • Meeting Room with Lodge w/kitchen Sunday LD. “Bring home * THE GAME II: EXTRA INNINGS frescas. C/S T/O • Cabins with Kitchens are available cooking to your table” SPORTS BAR & GRILL, 4131 North- MIGUEL’S, 1140 E. Amador Ave., • Gift Shop • Pet Friendly • Venue for Events rise Drive, 373-4263, Live music on 647-4262. Mexican: B L D. DOÑA ANA COUNTY weekends. American, Southwest, * MI PUEBLITO, 1355 E. Idaho Ave., Las Cruces & Mesilla now serving weekend brunch 10 a.m. 524-3009. Mexican: Monday to ABRAHAM’S BANK TOWER Saturdays and Sundays: L D. P T/O Friday B L D, Saturday B L. T/O RESTAURANT, 500 S. Main St. 434, * GARDUÑO’S, 705 S. Telshor Blvd. * MILAGRO COFFEE Y ESPRESSO, 523-5911. American: Monday to (Hotel Encanto), 532-4277. Mexican: 1733 E. University Ave., 532-1042. Friday B L. B L D. P T/O Coffeehouse: B L D. D/T *ANDELE’S DOG HOUSE, 1983 GO BURGER DRIVE-IN, Home * MIX PACIFIC RIM CUISINE AND Track the region’s many great restaurants with Red or Green?, the restaurant guide Calle del Norte, 526-1271. Mexican of the Texas Size Burrito, 1008 E. MIX EXPRESS, 1001 E. University in Desert Exposure. plus hot dogs, burgers, quesadillas: B Lohman Ave. , Las Cruces, NM Ave. D3, 532-2042. Asian, Pacific: Visit Desert Exposure online at L D. P T/O 88005, 524-9251. Monday - Saturday, Monday to Saturday L D. C/S or www.desertexposure.com * ANDELE RESTAURANTE, 1950 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. Specializing in relleno MOONGATE CAFÉ, 9345 Bataan Southwest New Mexico’s Best Restaurant Guide ? Calle del Norte, 526-9631. Mexican: burritos and other mexican food. Memorial W., 382-5744. Coffee shop, Monday B L, Tuesday to Sunday B L D. GOLDEN STAR CHINESE FAST Mexican, American: B L. DESERT EXPOSURE APRIL 2021 • 19

TABLE TALK • CHERYL THORNBURG Dutch Treat Glenwood’s Dutch Oven Gathering is on for 2021

f you’re looking for some- thing to do in the great out- French Toast Casserole doors, check out the Annual I 2 teaspoons butter, softened Glenwood Dutch Oven Gathering 8 slices white bread, cut in 1” cubes Saturday, April 10, at Glenwood 7 large eggs Community Park. 2 cups milk The event features teams 1/4 cup heavy cream cooking up delicious meals in 1/4 cup maple syrup Dutch ovens around the site. 4 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided Watch the teams as they prepare 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon traditional and updated dishes 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg over campfires and charcoal 1/4 teaspoon cardamom fires. 1/2 cup toasted pecans, chopped Each team will prepare a full Maple syrup for serving meal – a meat dish, a side dish, a bread and a dessert. Water, Grease a 12-inch Dutch oven with butter and fill the pot lemonade or coffee will be sup- with bread cubes, distributing evenly. plied with the meal. Each camp In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, There’s something special about getting together outdoors for a will have a menu on display. The cream, syrup, 2 tablespoons of sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg Dutch Oven meal like those on tap at the Dutch Oven Gathering cooks enjoy visits and telling and cardamom. in Glenwood April 10. (Photos by David and Cheryl Thornburg) Pour this mixture over the bread cubes and press down people about their ways of cook- over the surface of the casserole with a spatula to help ing. the bread soak up the liquid. Sprinkle the top with the Browse around and find the remaining sugar. Cover tightly with aluminum foil and meal you would like most and refrigerate overnight. then purchase a ticket for $10 Remove from the fridge and allow it to come to room per meal. Serving begins about temperature before baking. Casitas de Gila 2 p.m. at each camp where the Bake at 350 degrees (16 coals on top and 10 coals on meals are being prepared. Enjoy bottom) for 1 hour or until the casserole is puffy and brown. Guesthouses · Gallery your Dutch oven dinner at the Let cool for at least 10 minutes before slicing into squares Nature Preserve park or take it home. and topping with the chopped pecans and warmed There will be a small contest maple syrup. Serve with fresh fruit. Refrigerate all leftovers. for the cooking teams who want to participate. Activities this year include lots of books, CDs and DVDs COVID guidelines will be en- games to pass the time and ven- available by donation for readers couraged. The organizers feel dor shopping. and fot viewers to add to their the event should be safe since Glenwood Library will have collections. it is outside in the fresh air and many folks have been vaccinat- ed now. Activities will run from 10 a.m. until about 3 p.m.at the com- munity park on Catwalk Road, Route 174. Organizer Molly Bryan said they are still looking for cooking teams and vendors to partici- pate. Contact Molly at 575-539-2714 or cell: 575-574-7704 or 3molly- [email protected] for more 5 Private Casitas on information. Glenwood is locat- 265 acres near Silver City ed on Highway 180 northwest of Year-round Bear Creek Silver City in the Gila National Wildlife · Birds · Dark Skies Forest. 7 Miles of Hiking Trails casitasdegila.com The nearby Catwalk trail, as Kitchens · Porches · Wifi well as many other trails, are Continental Breakfast 575-535-4455 There’s something to please just about everyone’s taste at the open for those who want to ex- QUIET &RELAXING GETAWAY Dutch Oven Gathering. plore more of the area.

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THE STARRY DOME • BERT STEVENS Monoceros, The Unicorn More mysteries to discover

f you have never seen a uni- Calendar of Events – April 2021 (MST/MDT) corn, all you need to do is look Ihalfway up in our southern 04 4:02 a.m. Last Quarter Moon sky. Just above Canis Major and 11 8:30 p.m. New Moon Monoceros, the Unicorn, is composed of faint stars, but you can its brilliant star, Sirius, you will 18 8 p.m. Mercury passes around the easily find it as it is surrounded by brilliant first magnitude stars. find the constellation of Monoc- other side of the Sun To its west are the bright stars of Orion. Below it is the brightest eros, the Unicorn. The name 20 12:59 a.m. First Quarter Moon star in the sky, Sirius, in Canis Major. The final beacon is Procyon derives from mono- for one and 26 9:31 p.m. Full Moon in Canis Minor to the northeast of Monoceros. The Milky Way runs -ceros for horn. This one-horned right through the center of this constellation, providing many deep- animal is composed of only faint the star brightened made it ap- provided some beautiful imag- sky objects like the Rosette Nebula, a complex hydrogen cloud stars, but it is encircled by three pear to be a routine nova. es of the light echoes from this surrounding an open star cluster. constellations with brilliant stars. Astronomers took spectro- star. Astronomers continue to Orion is to the west, Canis Minor scopic observations of V838 and monitor this star and amateur to the northeast and Canis Major were surprised to find that there astronomers continue to search to the south. was not much hydrogen in its the sky for similar outbursts. Do you in Desert Monoceros itself is composed spectrum. A normal nova is the There are more mysteries still to enjoy Exposure? of fourth magnitude and fainter result of hydrogen building up be discovered. stars. A modern constellation, it on the surface of a white dwarf was introduced to the world in star. When enough hydrogen The Planets for April 2021 If so, try out the 1613 by Dutch-Flemish astron- has accumulated on the surface, Still too near the Sun this omer Peter Plancius. He had the increasing temperature and month to be observed, Venus SOCORRO STUMPER become interested in celestial pressure finally initiates explo- will be in our evening sky first mapmaking and helped create sive fusion burning. This blows thing next month. Meanwhile, online a celestial globe in 1592. In the the hydrogen that was not fused Mars still graces the evening sky, Weekly in el , and at process, he realized informa- into space and it appears in the moving eastward from central www.nmsr.org/SocorroStumper.htm ! tion on the stars in the southern nova’s spectrum. V838 was miss- Taurus to western Gemini during hemisphere was sadly lacking. ing this hydrogen signature in the month. As it gets dark, Mars Plancius trained Peter Keyser, the spectrum, so it was not a is 44 degrees above the western the chief pilot on the ship Hol- normal nova. horizon, setting around mid- landia, to make measurements This star continued to bright- night. The God of War has a disc of the positions of stars in the en slowly until Feb. 6 when it that is 4.6 seconds-of-arc across, southern sky. Between Keyser brightened from magnitude +11 shining at magnitude +1.6. and his colleague, Frederick to a maximum magnitude of It’s a long wait for the next de Houtman, they cataloged +6.75 in less than a day. After planet to rise, with Saturn ap- 135 southern stars during their that, it started to fade, but then pearing around 3:15 a.m. Shining southern voyage. Even though brightened again in early March at magnitude +0.7, it is moving Keyser died in Java, the cata- from magnitude +9 to +7.5 in slowly eastward in central Cap- logue made it back to Plancius. only a few days. After this spike, ricornus. The Rings are 36.8 From this catalogue, he created it continued to fade back toward seconds-of-arc across and they 12 new constellations in 1598, its original magnitude. On March will be tilted down 17.1 degrees all of which are part of the 88 17 a telescope near Flagstaff, Ar- with the northern face showing, modern constellations. Fifteen izona, detected a light echo sur- while its disc will be 16.2 sec- years later he revealed a 10-and- rounding this star. onds-of-arc across. The Ringed a-half-inch celestial globe, along Light echoes appear as a Planet can be found 30 degrees with eight more constellations, sphere or ring around the star. above the southeastern horizon Quaker Meeting for Worship is including Monoceros. Only two Those emerge as the light from as dawn breaks. being held online until pandemic of this later group survived to the rapidly brightening star illu- Jupiter crosses from eastern restrictions are lifted. modern times, Monoceros and minates surrounding gas. Since Capricornus into western Aquar- If you are interested in online worship, Camelopardalis. the flash travels outward at the ius this month. It rises around 4 please contact us The brightest star in Monocer- speed of light, the distance to a.m. and it is 24 degrees above For information, contact: 575-390-1588 os is Alpha Monocerotis which V838 can be calculated by mea- the southeastern horizon as it glows at a paltry magnitude of suring the time since the bright- starts to get light. The King of the +3.9. Located 148 light-years ening began and the diameter of Gods has a disc that is 35.9 sec- from Earth, this star is twice the the light echo surrounding the onds-of-arc across at midmonth. mass of our Sun, but 10 times its star. This puts V838 at around It shines at magnitude -2.2. Sewing Machine and Serger diameter. With a spectral class 20,000 light-years away from us. Mercury moves from far east- of G9, it is just a little yellower This outburst is unique, being ern Aquarius into Pisces, clip- service and repair. than the Sun. These characteris- dubbed a luminous red nova. ping a corner of Cetus and then Free Hand Long Arm quilting. tics point to a massive star that While the exact mechanism of the passing through the rest of Pisces Nice selection of 100% cotton quilting fabrics has finished burning hydrogen outburst is uncertain, it is most and almost all of Aries, where it Questions? Want to see the fabric? in its core and it is now burning likely a mergeburst. V838 would finishes the month at Aries’ far Just give me (Cindy Ugarte) a call at helium. The extra energy has ex- have been a pair of young stars, east end. Unfortunately, the Sun 575-538-2284 and we can get together. panded the diameter of the star, one an eight solar mass main se- is also in Aries, so Mercury is lost allowing the surface to cool to quence (normal) star and the oth- in the Sun’s glare all month. The its current color. er a one-third solar mass star that Messenger of the Gods will join [email protected] A +15.6-magnitude blue star was still forming. The smaller star Venus in the evening sky next near the center of this constel- still had its extended atmosphere month, so get ready for to more lation was unremarkable among and friction between it and the planets in the evening and keep the other stars, that is until Jan. larger star eventually caused the watching the sky! 6, 2002, when amateur astrono- smaller star to collide with the mer N. J. Brown (Quinns Rocks, larger star, setting off the outburst. An amateur Robert Pittman W. Australia) saw it brightening The smaller star’s extended astronomer Certified Advanced ROLFER® on the photographs he took ev- atmosphere provided the gas for for more than ery clear night and compared the outburst to illuminate, form- 45 years, Bert Center for Healing Arts, 300 Yankie St., Silver City night-to-night. It was designat- ing the light echo. Young multi- Stevens is ed V838 Monocerotis, the 838th ple-star systems can be unstable, co-director of Appointment or free consultation: variable star discovered in the which led to V838’s merger. The Desert Moon constellation. The rate at which Hubble Space Telescope has Observatory in Las Cruces. 575-313-4379 22 • APRIL 2021 www.desertexposure.com

32 YEARS IN SILVER CITY • SUSAN GOLIGHTLY It Has Yet to Pass Wondering when equal rights will be equal

“February 2020, The Emmett Billie Holiday.” It was, at least resent our government was just learned to be aware of my priv- and dominance and the privilege Till Anti-lynching Act was con- for me, a very upsetting movie. too much for me. I just can’t un- ilege. Unfortunately, it is easy to that goes along with it. Howev- sidered by the Senate. It has yet At the end of the movie, they derstand what there is to consid- forget about privilege. Privilege er, very few men have the pow- to pass.” showed the above quote. I just er. Are they considering whether is like having the wind at your er they were raised to expect to burst into tears. I haven’t cried lynching is murder? Or are they back. You don’t notice it, but it have. In a modern world, women ecently, I watched the like that for a long time. I think considering whether lynching an is always there. It gives you that often make as much money as new Billie Holiday mov- the insanity and bankrupt men- African American is murder? edge that allows you to succeed. men. And many women do not Rie, “The United States Vs. tality of most people who rep- As a white person, I can for- However, if you happened to be accept the idea that men should get how racist our country can born a discriminated-against mi- have privilege and dominance. be. It is easy for me to not even nority, it’s like always having the Many men often feel alienated be aware of my white privilege wind against you. You must work and frustrated because they are and just go about my life taking much harder in everything you not able to live in the manner in for granted the ease in which I do to succeed. It’s not that white which they were raised to ex- can move through society. I can people don’t work hard, it’s just pect. hail a cab on a dark night. I don’t that discriminated-against peo- Not understanding why this is get followed around in a store. I ple have to work much harder to so, they strike at those who are don’t have to worry that anytime have the same outcome. vulnerable – women and minori- I’m stopped by the police I may People of color are not the ties. They look for ways to be lose my life. And, I don’t have only people who have the wind dominant, to express their need 575-590-6081 • SILVER CITY, NM to worry that my activity rep- in their faces. Ask any woman to have power over something resents my race. how much harder it is to get the or someone. This is the main If you would like to look more same recognition for doing the reason there is so much bully- deeply into white privilege, same work a man does. Even ing. Men, both boys and adults, please research Peggy MacIn- though women are 51 percent of look for ways to show they have tosh, who wrote an essay called, the population, only 8 percent of power. This need to demon- “White Privilege: Unpacking the the Fortune 500 are women. Only strate power is often shown by Invisible Knapsack.” I keep a three percent are women of col- men who bully women, minori- copy of it at home and I read it or. Also, only around 24 percent ties and anyone else who is more every now and then. As I said of the House and the Senate are vulnerable than themselves. It is earlier, it is very easy for us to women. Things are getting bet- amazing how much our society forget about how much easier ter, but it has been painfully slow. tolerates bullying in all its forms. our white privilege makes our The Equal Rights Amendment Lynching is just bullying taken to lives than those without that has still to be passed. I suppose the extreme. privilege. congress is still considering it. Bullying is done by those who I grew up in east San Diego Again, what is there to consider? are unhappy, frustrated and feel in an area called Encanto, near There are many other groups inadequate because life did not Imperial Avenue and Logan of people that face discrimina- give them the power they felt Heights. It was an area where tion in our country, such as the they were supposed to have. whites were a small minority. So, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans- The easiest people to blame are you would think I would have gender, queer, intersex, asexual those who are different, those (LGBTQIA) community; people who can’t fight back, those who who have some type of disabili- are vulnerable and not protected ty; people who are too short, too by the law and our society. tall, too heavy, too skinny, too As we saw in the Billie Holli- old, too young, wrong hair color, day movie, these same types of etc. Human beings have always men showed a small woman of Take a detour to come in many different varieties. color just how tough they were. By 2050, whites will be a mi- nority in this country. On a world Susan Desert Exposure scale, whites are, at best, 15 per- Golightly cent of the world’s population of stays active 7.9 billion. riding her Eplore the monthly Desert Eposure, the biggest little newspaper in the I can’t help thinking about the bicycles. She Southwest. 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TALKING HORSES • SCOTT THOMSON Marie C. Weil, PsyD, ABPP Is My Horse Lame? Clinical Psychologist/Psicóloga Clínica Board Certified in Clinical Health Psychology He may be telling you he is Silver City, New Mexico (575)342-1236 n a recent episode of the de- es. When you talk to any horse market, England. Known as the lightful re-boot of the much- owner about lameness, you “Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram,” Website: MarieCWeilPsyD.com Iloved series “All Creatures almost always will get a pretty or RHpE, this approach de- Great and Small,” the central narrow definition having to do scribes 24 different horse behav- character, veterinarian James with the way a horse moves at iors that have all been proven to Herriot, was presented with a various gaits, and it usually in- be indicators of musculoskeletal challenging case, a magnificent volves what’s going on with the pain in horses. If a horse exhib- INNOVATIVE bull that was failing at his pri- hooves or lower leg. If a horse its eight or more of these indica- mary job on the farm, keeping a limps or has the old “hitch in his tors, you can be pretty sure the PHARMACY number of cows pregnant. There giddy-up,” then he’s lame. Other- horse is in pain somewhere in was nothing obviously wrong wise, good to go. his body, and probably enough SOLUTIONS! with the enormous beast, so But that bull from the story so that performance is impacted. Herriot suggested he was simply above showed no limp or dis- Many of these indicators are of- fatigued from his job and just comfort when moving, yet he ten accepted as “normal” horse needed a pick-me-up. A shot of was still considered lame. behavior, which is why so much vitamins should do it. It has always been my belief lameness can be missed. This didn’t seem to help, so an- that because a horse is poorly Sue Dyson, DVM and PhD, one Providing local, full-service pharmacy other concoction was tried and designed for riding, it stands to of the vets behind the develop- the bull was sent back out to see reason it will often experience ment of the RHpE, described her needs for all types of facilities. the girls. pain and discomfort based on drive to develop the system like Alas, this didn’t seem to do the the physical accommodations it this: • Long-term care trick either. One of the other vets has to make to carry a rider and “I had become so dispirited in the practice suggested maybe perform under saddle. This is by seeing so many horses who • Assisted Living the bull was lame. That seemed especially true with horses that clearly had pain-related prob- • DD Waiver an odd idea to me at first, given have not been properly condi- lems that had been ignored for how I think of lameness in ani- tioned for riding. Maybe it would far too long. The horse, the rider, • Skilled Nursing mals, but it turned out the bull help the horse if we thought the training techniques were be- had a serious back problem that of lameness in much broader ing blamed over and over again. • Hospice and more only bothered him when the terms, more about musculoskel- Coercive training techniques Call us today! 575-288-1412 bull attempted to mount a cow. etal pain anywhere in a horse’s were being used. Longer whips, For him, it was just too painful body that could affect perfor- spurs, tighter nosebands, stron- to have sex, so he didn’t both- mance or attitude, rather than ger bits were being employed. Ask your provider if they utilize the many er. Poor guy, his next stop was just a horse that limps a bit. Moreover, many vets didn’t un- benefits of RX Innovations, such as: Blister or probably the dinner table. Possibly the best tool I’ve seen derstand what they were looking multi-dose packaging, OTC’s & FREE Delivery. This story made me think for evaluating pain in horses is a at either, in many cases telling an Learn more about what we do at about one of the most difficult is- diagnostic scale developed at HORSES www.rxinnovationslc.net sues to detect and treat in hors- the Animal Health Trust in New- continued on page 24

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HORSES to cover musculoskeletal pain means constantly evaluating the continued from page 23 anywhere in the body is beyond fit of your tack, your approach owner where there was no obvi- the diagnostic expertise of many to nutrition, the quality of your ous sign of lameness that their vets in general practices, as it hoof care and your horse’s over- horse had behavioral problems.” has become a true specialty all quality of life – from his per- This system has been tested in within equine medicine. spective. It means being willing some interesting studies involv- I don’t have the space here to change you plans on any giv- I I ing vets, farriers, master saddle to list the 24 indicators on the en day because the signs point to fitters, equine chiropractors RHpE or the details of the stud- some discomfort. MII .. and advanced riders where the ies, but I urge any horse owner Horses are amazing crea- aul . tueter h.., ..M. horses have been observed do- to find the most recent study in tures, but they are stoics. They cupuncture riental Medicine ing basic work under saddle and the publication “Animals” from put up with crazy demands W. th t then graded against each of the June 2020. from humans to do things they 24 indicators. The studies have After all these years of train- would never do on their own, all shown a strong correlation ing, I now believe it’s borderline and in most cases they do it e h o by appt between the observed behaviors abusive to neglect conditioning with few objections. But, when 33 ear eeriene. I-19 ainated. of the horses relative to the indi- a horse for riding before actually I see a study that found almost mmne ytem pain elie anietydepeion alleie athiti bac pain cators and a lameness diagnosis. riding, especially young horses three-quarters of the horses that One study produced a result or horses that have been inac- were considered sound, pain- that would stun most horse tive for a period of time. These free and comfortable with being owners. Researchers found 73 are athletes that need to be con- ridden, but actually turned out to percent of the horses in the ditioned to do their jobs, even be lame, in some cases seriously study that had been assumed to the good old guy who just goes so, it makes me wonder just how ‘ be sound by the owners, and in out on the trail. If he’s been sit- many of us are overlooking what I love Spring! some cases by their local vets, ting around for a few months our horses are trying to tell us 1330 Grant Street Has that bird (across from Penny Park) over there actually had some degree of because you’ve been busy, you every time we want to go for a spotted HANDMADE me yet? lameness and pain. To me, as owe it to him to get back to some ride. NATURAL a trainer who often has to deal level of conditioning before you & LOCAL pring! with some really difficult “train- hit the trails. It will make it less Scott Thomson LotionsS Bath Bombs ing” issues, that is a frightening painful for him. lives in Silver Bath Salts Healing Salves number. As with most things that ef- City and In a study involving school or fect the health of horses, a lot teaches natural Body Butters Massage Oil lesson horses, that number hit of this comes back to the human horsemanship Door Pick-Up or 82 percent for horses that were learning to be a better rider or and Free Shipping in New Mexico actually in pain. developing techniques to help foundation training. You can 575-519-4704 Sadly, Dyson admits, the ex- the horse physically and mental- contact him at hsthomson@ panded definition of lameness ly but that don’t involve riding. It msn.com or 575-388-1830.

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BORDERLINES • MARJORIE LILLY Reconsider Travel Rights activists lose lives in Mexico

used to jump in my car some Saturday mornings, drive to IAscension to have lunch and then move on to Casas Grandes. Or I might spend my day in Juarez, which had lots of marketplaces, both inside and outside buildings, for tourists. But things have changed a lot, Corner Florida & Columbus Hwy. at least for the cultural tourist PO Box 191, Deming NM 88031 type. I’ve kept my eye on the U.S. (575) 546-3922 State Department travel warn- ings for years, and since the nar- co-violence exploded in about 2007, I have rarely been com- fortable on the roads beyond Isabel Cabanillas Miroslava Breach Velducea Ascension. The danger level for (Courtesy Photo) (Courtesy Photo) Americans went up substantial- Call for hours and/or appointments! ly last year partly because of the massacre of nine people of the LeBaron family in La Mora, So- nora in January 2020. Right after that the danger www.facebook.com/demingcove estimates were raised from “Reconsider Travel” to “Do Not Travel” for a while in Janos and in Creel, right near the Copper Canyon. That is equivalent to “Don’t even think about it.” But Judy Hogan & Jason Berry those estimates have gone down 500 S. Gold Ave. somewhat. Deming, NM 88030 You figure there must be lots of people born 15 or even 20 575-494-3759 years ago who don’t know what the Paquime ruins are in Casas Glimakra & Louet Dealer Leslie Rocha aka Leslie Alejan- Grandes, or the Mennonite col- Antionio Montes (Courtesy Photo) dra Ferreti www.theyarnemporium.net onies that are scattered in the (Courtesy Photo) area, or the town of Mata Ortiz HOURS: M-F 10-4, Sat. 10-2. where hundreds of master pot- published an article about how Chihuahua when she was assas- Wed night from 4-7 and Saturday ters make their elegant indige- some people there are urging the sinated, has been in the news morning are open work hours nous-style pots to sell. They’ve development of a specialized at- recently. The governor of Chi- never seen the Old Town of Ca- torney general’s office for wom- huahua, Javier Corral, has been sas Grandes where there was an en to support women’s rights. drawn into the case for suppos- important battle during the first There are other offices with the edly protecting some of the sus- weeks of the Mexican Revolu- same purpose, but they’re too pects. tion, led by Francisco I. Madero, far away to be effective in cases A group of relatives of dis- who became the first Mexican of rape and murder. appeared people was shown in president of the revolutionary On Jan. 15 El Diario de Juarez the March 11 issue of El Diario period. had a front page photo and a de Juarez. They were visiting on I can remember years ago be- full-page article on the third their own an abandoned patch ing in Ascension late at night and page commemorating the shoot- of land in Juarez after authori- hearing someone near the street ing death of Isabel Cabanillas, a ties denied them the right to do playing the guitar. I pulled my 26-year-old women’s rights activ- so. On the opposite page there car over where about six men ist and dress designer who was was an article about relatives sat listening. When I realized ev- killed the year before while rid- and friends who went with picks erybody was profoundly drunk, I ing her bike at night. Many Jua- and shovels to another field to left. But I wasn’t scared. renses are still calling for justice try to find the remains of people I remember laughing at the in her case. they knew, including an Ameri- building in Casas Grandes with The state of Chihuahua is in can soldier from Fort Bliss. turrets around the top that was second place in Mexico right The unmarked graveyards are said to be owned by drug deal- now for the highest rates of kill- slowly coming back to life all ers. It doesn’t seem funny now. ings of all kinds of activists. over Mexico. One of the problems is that the Besides Isabel, these include I wish all the violence could violence used to be secret. Nar- two men, Juan Zamarripa of be blown away as if by a wind- cos used to have a code of honor San Juanito, and the indigenous storm, blowing it out like a can- that prohibited them from killing leader Antonio Montes of Creel, dle. Maybe the situation would anyone but people in their own who both protested the cutting improve if wages were raised ranks. When the drug war grew, down of trees in the Copper in Mexico, or if human rights the killers came out of their lairs Canyon area. This illegal harvest principles began to sink in, or and lost all pretense of principals. has been going on for decades. because of the sheer exhaustion For a couple of months, there’s About 90 percent of the trees in of the perpetrators. been an emphasis on women’s the region have been cut down, But I don’t have any estimates rights in regional newspapers. robbing the Tarahumara people to make. I don’t have any sense Probably International Women’s of their livelihood. On Sept. 5 about when it might be over. either Day on March 8 had something to last year, Leslie Rocha, LGBT+ from research or from intuition. do with it. In Mexico, women ac- activist, was found dead in her tivists are saying that 10 women house in Juarez. Borderlines per day are killed nationwide. 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LIVING ON WHEELS • SHEILA SOWDER A Tribute to a Lady Who Loved the Blues She gave Blues musicians, fans a place to call home ast week I got a call from the bar, where she treated her t-shirt, which she would post on my sister-in-law who still customers like family and occa- the club’s website. After we took Llives in my little home- sionally performed her “chicken off for our RVing life, our visits town in northern Indiana. dance” for their entertainment. were less frequent, but we knew “I have sad news. Albertina In the 1980s she was featured we would hear “The Nomads died last night,” she said. in stories by People Magazine, are back!” announced from the Now, I’m almost used to such CNN and the Chicago Tribune. stage as soon as we entered the calls, what with the pandemic After Martha’s death, Albertina dance hall. and, well, getting old. But this carried on with the Blues format, In 2018 Albertina traveled to one hit me hard. Somehow, I and the club, which had hosted Nashville to receive the Blues never expected Albertina Was- such blues legends as Sister Ro- Foundation “Keeping the Blues senhove to die. At 93, she’d setta Tharpe back in the ’30s and Alive” award, which honors the beaten cancer twice and had ’40s became a regular stop on people who work behind the some heart issues, but she al- the tours of many of the world’s scenes to make sure the Blues ways bounced back and could major Blues performers, such will continue to thrive. be found every evening sitting as Pinetop Perkins, Barrelhouse Blues musician “Jumpin’ on her tall stool at the entrance Chuck, Rod Piazza and Yank Ra- Gene” Halton said Albertina to the dance hall at the Midway chell. was “absolutely essential to Tavern in Mishawaka, Indiana, Harvey Stauffer, leader of the the growth … of the Blues in collecting cover charges for the house band, Elwood Splinter the area. She was one of those night’s music. Blues Band, and host of a local people who could make things Most people have not heard of blues radio show, said, “She was happen; but there’s something Mishawaka. Its twin city, South just a lady who loved the Blues – broader than that. Her presence Bend, the home of Notre Dame Albertina was beloved by the City of Mishawaka and on her and loved the people.” on the Blues scene was such a University and of the city’s for- death, tributes poured in from Blues musicians around the world. Albertina’s daytime career was positive energy.” mer Mayor Pete Buttigieg, is bet- (Courtesy photo) at Notre Dame where she worked Albertina’s son, Dan, and her ter known. At just under 50,000 introduced to The Midway Tav- friends were nice,” Martha said for 30 years. But her love was the daughter, Susie, will continue population, Mishawaka is al- ern, a blues bar located in one years later after she finally re- Midway, and every evening she to run the Midway. The club will most half as big as her sister city. of the ethnic neighborhoods. alized who he was. “They treat- was there, going from table to continue, the musicians will still It was founded in the 1830s and Often called Martha’s Midway, ed us nice,” and never tried to table greeting her customers and play the Blues and the fans will was named after Shawnee Chief or just Martha’s, by the locals, talk her into buying his bootleg occasionally dancing up a storm, still come. But that tall stool at Elkhart’s daughter, Princess the bar was bought in 1924 by hooch. even into her 90s. the doorway will be empty. Or Mishawaka, who is remembered Albertina’s parents Martha and When prohibition was re- She loved the musicians and maybe Albertina’s spirit will still for some scandalous goings-on Cyriel, recent immigrants from voked, Martha and Cyriel put in a they reciprocated. Booking be there, hopping from table to with a white trapper named Holland. It had a dirt floor and a wooden floor, a stage, and some agent Page Stallings said after table with her smile of welcome, Deadshot. Its manufacturing in- potbelly stove, and because pro- booths in the back dance hall, her death that “I had a bunch of happy to be exactly where she dustries attracted the same Eu- hibition was in force, they had and to this day, no more changes clients that would play for next wants to be, bringing the music ropean immigrant population as to be sneaky when serving their have been made. When you en- to nothing because they truly she loves and the people she South Bend – Polish, Hungarian, booze, some of which Martha ter the Midway, you’re instantly loved her and loved the venue.” loves together once again. Irish, German, Italian and Swed- made herself and some of which back in the ‘30s. Long, narrow, During the ’90s and early ish. Each group had its own she bought from nearby farm- dark, low ceiling, old booths. If 2000s, every time my husband, Sheila and neighborhood. ers. According to my family’s you squint your eyes, you might Jimmy, and I drove up from In- husband, I grew up in a farm town lore, my grandfather Melvin was see couples jitterbugging on the dianapolis to visit relatives, we Jimmy, have half an hour away, and South probably one of her suppliers. dance floor, dressed in the full stopped in at the Midway for lived at Rose Bend was “the big city” where In the ’20s, one of Martha’s skirts and baggy pants of that era. an evening. Jimmy fell in love Valley RV once a year Mom would take admiring customers was Al Ca- After her husband died in the with Albertina and called her Ranch in Silver us shopping for school clothes. pone, who stopped in with a doz- mid-40s until her death in 1990 his “other woman;” they spent City since 2012, following Neighboring Mishawaka was en roses whenever he was down at the ae of 92, Martha ran the hours just chatting. Wherev- five years of wandering from just the place where my ma- from Chicago. bar with the help of her daugh- er we traveled in the world, he Maine to California. She can ternal grandmother lived. That “He was nice, friendly, ters, Albertina and Toni, never would email her a photo of him- be contacted at sksowder@aol. was many years before I was good-looking, considerate, his missing a night working behind self wearing a Midway Tavern com.

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lmost every region of earthquakes. degrees. The birds fly in place, and only America has a weather We here in southern New Mex- If you’re standing on your feet, Sometimes winds blow for try to move on. Afeature that is just mis- ico have almost none of those and feeling unease, three days straight, The car door it slams, the wind erable. Often, it’s bad enough to troubles. However, whoever first Be careful, you could soon be Your weekend plans succumb beats my brawn. ruin your whole day. compared March to a lion may on your knees. to the fate. In Arizona, the midsummer very well have experienced our The fourth day brings quiet, The next day again, the wind triple-digit temperatures keep relentless, roaring winds. And Driving the roads, your vehi- the winds abate. won’t blow a feather. you indoors. It’s no fun when since it does no good to com- cle’s whipped. Day five, they’re back, laugh- The sky is silent; your skin’s it’s 111 degrees at 10 p.m. Over plain, I thought I might try a few Your teeth it seems, in dust, ing right in your face. not like leather. in Austin, Texas, when it’s 96 de- refrains. have been dipped. Something we’ve learned, to grees and 96 percent humidity, Every bush, from roots easily I wouldn’t mind a slight do almost never, and you’re stuck in interminable The wind, my friend, has been ripped. breeze, the occasional gust. Is try to predict the New Mex- traffic, you just want to scream. unleashed. And every trash can you see, But don’t like my eyes being ico weather. I’ve never set foot in Minneso- Each year, at this time, its violently flipped. coated with dust. ta, in part because I’m no fan speed’s increased. Each spring I’ve complained of snow that lasts more than 24 For a dozen days, skies are Tumbleweeds, they roll and and sometimes I’ve cussed, Richard hours and leaves more than 24 calm and at peace, dash, About wind-blown skin that Coltharp is inches. In Seattle, people some- But on that 13th day, Look out! Lurking and hiding, they leap now feels like crust. publisher times take medical treatment Here comes the beast. in a flash. of Desert for the depressive effects of the From left and right, they await The garden is scattered, the Exposure. He endless rainy weather. Other The flags are strong, much your smash. trash on the lawn. can be reached parts of the country face torna- more than a breeze. And a great once in a while, The hat on your head has now at richard@ does, hurricanes, ice storms or They’re flying up, angling 30 from the sky they’ll crash. long since gone. ascrucesbulletin.com

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