This week’s 365 project theme of “dark” isn’t going as well as I’d hoped, due to a whole lot of snow (white) and cloudy nights with no stars.
Author Archives: Deonne Kahler
White
This week’s theme of “white” for my 365 photo project was fun and relatively easy.
Posted in Best of 365 Project
Tagged Christmas, Dogs, National Parks, Nature, New Mexico, Snow, Taos, Winter
Happy New Year!
Is it just me, or does 2015 seem ridiculously futuristic? Like jetpacks, housecleaning robots, and psychopathic computers named Hal?
Posted in Photo of the Day
Tagged California, Holidays, Sunsets
Winter Solstice
My friend Susan picks a word to use as a touchstone for the year, and I liked the idea so much I’m giving it a shot for 2015. My word is emergence.
Posted in Home in Taos
Tagged New Mexico, Sunset
Rallying for Balloons
I’m not a morning person. I mean, I love them, I’m just not great at having coherent conversations or making sure the coffee filter is sitting on top of the mug before pouring the boiling water. (I’ve actually done this.) But I’d never been to the Taos Mountain Balloon Rally, and people said it was great, so even though the balloons take off in the […]
Posted in Home in Taos
Tagged Festivals, New Mexico, Restaurants, Taos
I have a store!
You asked for it and I delivered, just in time for Christmas, Chanukah, or Solstice shopping. (Not sure if shopping for Winter Solstice gifts is a thing, but let’s go with it.)
Posted in Home in Taos
Tagged Shopping
The Sedona Vortex Deserted Me
Maybe it’s because I didn’t have the map.
Posted in Travel
Tagged Arizona, Nature, Places I don't want to go back to
The Grandest of Canyons
I’ve been putting off writing this post, because what can you possibly say about the Grand Canyon (AZ) that hasn’t already been said?
Posted in Travel
Tagged Animals, Arizona, Campgrounds, National Parks
New Mexican Badlands
I didn’t have much time at El Malpais National Monument (NM), so I only have photos and no fun stories to share. I didn’t check out the lava tube caves, for example, but since I’m claustrophobic there certainly would have been some fun stories there. Like maybe I crawled partway in, the tube got smaller, I got stuck, had a panic attack, tried unsuccessfully to […]
Posted in Travel
Tagged National Parks, New Mexico
When Places Are Aptly Named
On the last New Mexico Scampabout I visited Shiprock, a town on the Navajo reservation in Northwest New Mexico. It’s home to a community college and medical center, as well as this formation that looks just like how you’d expect it to:
Posted in Travel
Tagged New Mexico