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Imagine the place you feel most comfortable in, the place you call home. Imagine that place altered overnight. This is what our quaint mountain town of Kingston, New Mexico recently experienced.
Steve Morgan
Steve Morgan is a retired landscape architect who spent most of his 35 year career in Arizona and New Mexico. His current career is giving Chautauquas or Living History performances, as Aldo Leopold. He happily calls Kingston, New Mexico his home now, nestled in the Black Range Mountains only 3 miles from the Aldo Leopold Wilderness. His writings are strongly shaped by Aldo Leopold’s love of the wild lands, with respect and compassion for the land – the soils, waters, plants and animals. Steve’s compassion for nature is evident by his strong, driving desire to open people’s eyes to the marvel and joy of experiencing the natural world.
Safety glass
We often gaze at life through a filter, a window. What we see and experience from either inside or out varies and most often colors how we perceive. When you step outside, reality is a ready embrace
Little Red – a frozen moment
A cold winters walk through a favorite canyon reveals ephemeral moments to enjoy.
Little Red
A curious thing. One never knows what story is waiting to be told as we venture outdoors.
A wilderness in our backyard
Those of us who call southwestern New Mexico our home, are very fortunate to have two very special places totally over 755,000 acres just a short distance from home. The Gila and Aldo Leopold Wildernesses are wild, rugged and nearby.
This ol’ bag of bones
What do you see when you look out over a landscape? When you gaze or glance at somebody? Do you glance or do you really LOOK and wonder?
Take a moment
There are times when a pause in our daily routines can be most beneficial. A time to reflect on our actions and the effects they have on the world we live in
A good story
We journey through our days, brushing past people without much acknowledgement of who they are. What are their life stories?
It is not just the brash and boisterous people who have fascinating tales to tell.
Misty refuge
Jan Haley is an extraordinary photographer and this photo inspired my imaginary early dawn at the edge of a wildlife refuge
A refuge for all
A few miles south of Socorro is a New Mexican natural treasure, the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Known most for the visiting Sandhill Cranes, it offers a lasting nature experience any time of year as you walk amongst the towering Rio Grande Cottonwoods.
Helianthus annuus
Each season seems to bring a new face to the landscape. This year had 2 prolific performers.
Changing seasons
What is it that says Fall has arrived?