Keeping the Fire

I just returned from northern New Mexico, which is where I was born, and is easily the least "American" place in the contiguous 48, but at the same time, could only be found in the US.

I guess I don't have much to say beyond a simple list of the things that are so dear to me there for now.

--Kiva fireplaces

--More stars at night than you can shake a stick at

--Green Chile

--Shed Red sauce

--Chile Rellenos

--Sopapillas

--Ponderosa Pines and Douglass Firs

--Aspen, with or without leaves

--Deer, Elk, Turkeys (and Bears, oh My!)

--Colors

--Piñon in the air

--Mineral springs

--Camel Rock

--Sunrises and Sunsets over the mountains

--Ravens!

--The Slowness of Time

--The Vastness of Space