by Deonne Kahler | Mar 26, 2015 | Travel
Before we get to my weekend in New Orleans, some more good news: I just won a New York Institute of Photography travel photography course! Woohoo! Which is exactly what I shouted when I saw my name on the website. I didn’t at all expect to win since there were...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 17, 2015 | Travel
Flagstaff, AZ is at the epicenter of National Park goodness because, you know, the Grand Canyon, but there are also beautiful ruins at Wupatki, and down the road there’s a 900-year-old volcanic crater. Which raises a question: What did the residents of Wupatki...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 10, 2015 | Home in Taos
I thought I’d give you a break from National Parks (but who ever needs one? Not me!) and share a few photos from the recent snowpocalypse in Taos. I’ve lived here ten years and have never seen this much snow for this many days in a row. It was awesome and...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 3, 2015 | Travel
It’s pronounced Wuh-pot-key, and I’m thinking there’s some sort of joke there about legalized marijuana, but it’s escaping me at the moment. Wupatki is one of 21 National Parks in Arizona, and I got to visit on my recent weekend in Flagstaff....
by Deonne Kahler | Feb 24, 2015 | Home in Taos
The magazine came out, so now I can say which contest I placed in (the one I mentioned last week). It’s the AAA Big Shots contest, and I’m proud to have taken third since the other winning images are spectacular. You can see them all here. The prize was a...
by Deonne Kahler | Feb 17, 2015 | Home in Taos, Travel
New products! I’m now selling greeting cards six to a box, with a mix of color and black & white, for $19.95 plus shipping. Email me to place your order. Other news: I placed third in a photography contest, and there was even a prize! I’m thrilled. (I...
by Deonne Kahler | Feb 13, 2015 | Travel
Funerals bring up other feelings in addition to sadness. With Grandma there was a sense of relief, which seems unkind, but it’s not. She’d been mostly sad and lonely since her husband died four years ago, and her health was terrible – she was...
by Deonne Kahler | Feb 5, 2015 | Travel
I’m back from Grandma’s funeral, which was beautiful. All the kind wishes, shared stories, and outpouring of love showed just what an impact she had not only on her family, but on the community. To get to South Dakota from New Mexico, you have to drive...
by Deonne Kahler | Jan 28, 2015 | Home in Taos
My grandma, my mother’s mother and my last living grandparent, died yesterday. She was 93 and passed on peacefully in bed after a good, long life. (This, after my friend’s death last week. Sad.) She was a devout Catholic of Bohemian descent (her sisters...
by Deonne Kahler | Jan 22, 2015 | Home in Taos
It’s been a rough week. It’s actually been a rough few months, with three family members on their way out of this world, and two of those three with illnesses taking them much too young. Then this Saturday, my good friend and fabulous poet was killed in a...
