I saw Claudio the other day, waiting for his order of barbecued ribs at the van that sits these days of the pandemic in a parking lot…
Claudio
What’s Good About It
As we head into the sixth—or is it the seventh month?—of the pandemic, I’m reflecting on what sweet juice can be extracted from these sour grapes.
Smoke
It happens every summer during these years of drought, and we should be thankful it didn’t happen until last week…
Housedress
The housedress and its definition mark a shift in what we expect of women in the midst of this pandemic.
Brass Belles: The Missouri Ladies Marching Band
As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, I am remembering the role that music, as well as words, played in this extraordinary triumph.
Privilege and the Privy
If there is any excuse for privilege—and I don’t think there’s any hope of eliminating it in the near or long future—it’s that inheritors have an obligation to preserve land.
Loving Indians
One of the saddest effects of COVID for me is the closing of our neighboring eighteen northern pueblos, especially as we are in the summer season of harvest dances.
Hats
The Peruvian hat makers shown in this film made by Erica Nguyen, a fellow at the Women’s International Study Center here in Santa Fe, are part of an ancient tradition.
Down Town
During the early years of the last century, American girls were shipped to England to find husbands lured by their family dollars… Winston Churchill’s mother was one of these so-called “Dollar Princesses.”
Wolf Pen and the World
We never escape our past or our responsibility for our past, as we never escape the future we have agreed to create.