The ranch is not really for us human beings with our thin skins and our need for comfort.
Killing the Mama Snake
I must write my story of this place… a story of the intersection of cultures here that seem to have no history or sense of conservation in common.
Is It Sunset Time for Apache Mesa Ranch?
I haven’t written about my ranch in south-eastern New Mexico, near the old town of Las Vegas, for some time. In the interval, a lot has changed.
A Dream Deferred
I was unable to move through my bitter disappointment that my original dream, dependent on a man, had collapsed.
Letting Go of Apache Mesa Ranch
Continuing to own an unproductive piece of land at the end of a terrible road broke through several layers of my dreams—or where they delusions?
From Dream to Reality
It is finished after almost two years of work, with many changes—some of them drastic, others simply disappointing—along the way.
Ranch Time
As always with a big new project, the day of reckoning comes at last.
Saving a Dream: Making a Ranch, Apache Mesa NM
An escape, a refuge, to write my next two books seemed not a luxury but a necessity…
My Wild – Number 2: July
What is priceless about the enclave on Apache Mesa is that it is not only us newcomers who have found little pockets of paradise there; the people who have lived there for decades are still in place.
The Little House on the Prairie
At last I’ve found a house that fits me perfectly. I call it (with a bow to Laura Ingalls Wilder) The Little House on the Prairie.