by Melodie Kenniebrew | Jul 10, 2012 | Musings, Southern NM & Borderlands, Southern NM Living
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Life in Southern New Mexico’s Chihuahuan desert is not for sissies. I’d already developed a good set of lungs when I arrived in New Mexico from singing, but...
by Melodie Kenniebrew | Jun 12, 2012 | Inspiration, Musings, Southern NM & Borderlands, Southern NM Living
If you’re always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be. ~ Maya Angelou What do normal people look like where you come from? In New York City ~ the place I come from ~ normal people speed walk everywhere the subway can’t...
by Melodie Kenniebrew | Apr 28, 2012 | Las Cruces, Musings, outdoors, Southern NM & Borderlands, Southern NM Living
A rattlesnake loose in the living room tends to end all discussion of animal rights. ~ Lance Morrow Ah, wilderness. The area we live in is largely undeveloped and the landscape uncultivated, filled with mesquite, yucca, and desert grass. Everyday it’s alive...