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Trail of Chicos

October 13, 2008 # 9:30 am # GALLINAS Magazine # No Comment

The road to San Augustin passes nothing, nothing but a pistol-pitted sign welcoming travelers to county road C-24, nothing but dry wind and green-gold prairie, the asphalt twisting in deference to property line and gulch, pockets of fattened cows standing bored sentinel. I drove slower than the speed limit, my son riding shotgun, and watched the sun fall from my …

Roasting Green Chile

October 3, 2008 # 8:55 pm # Food and Drink # Comments Off
Roasting Green Chile

My lungs filled with the rich aroma of roasting green chile as I waited my turn at the gas pumps.  Gabriel continued filling the tank of a tired elementary teacher. She slumped in the seat of her beat Ford Escort, head propped against the seat rest, as if five minutes of fuel could hopefully mimic twelve hours of good sleep. …

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