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Indigenous Peoples Day

While I am not of the culture, I am listening, paying honest attention.

Monsoon Summer

Here in the high desert they say the sky is our ocean.

placeNancy EganSeptember 19, 2022monsoon, rain, high desert, summer, golden crownbeards, santa fe, New Mexico, poplars Comments

Prayer to the Cottonwood

Just outside my window the garden brings hope and solace. It has lessons if we pay attention.

place, identityNancy EganMay 14, 2022spring, New Mexico, wildfires, wind, cottonwo, cottonwood, forsythia, iris, T.S. Eliot, prayer Comments

Confidence or Dawn in the Dunes

It's not quite dawn and I am standing at the top of a dune at White Sand National Park. Cold, anxious and mesmerized by the breaking light, I can't believe I am here.

Falling in Love with Santa Fe

It was my first time in the city, and I was, as New Mexicans like to say, enchanted.

culture, placeNancy EganSeptember 15, 2021Santa Fe, New MexicoComment