by Deonne Kahler | Mar 14, 2014 | Home in Taos
Ever vigilant.
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 13, 2014 | Travel
Tumacácori National Historical Park is south of Tucson and just north of the Mexican border. Like the Mission San Xavier del Bac, Father Kino founded this mission, too, one of more than 20 in the region: Tumacácori isn’t baroque like San Xavier, but still enchanting....
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 13, 2014 | Travel
‘Tis the season for shopping, drinking, and eating, and here are some of my favorites for all three in Tucson. (Anna, my dear friend and Tucson local, was my tour guide.) Fourth Avenue is a fun and funky neighborhood with plenty of opportunities to spend your cash....
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 13, 2014 | Travel
The same day I went to Saguaro National Park I visited the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, so it was some great sightseeing. You know, as long as you ignore the cactus-lust and killer-bee sting. (That plus the jumping cholla incident suggest a new state motto. “Arizona:...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 13, 2014 | Travel
Saguaro National Park sits just west of Tucson, and is a must see. The landscape is like a forest without foliage: And even though saguaros aren’t the friendliest of plant life, with their spikes and intimidating height (they grow to 50’ tall), they seemed sort of...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 13, 2014 | Travel
I’m not a religious person. At all. But there’s something about churches I love. The stillness, the sense of history and reverence – it settles me down in an instant, like nothing else. (Well, except Valium. Where did I put that bottle?) The Mission San Xavier del Bac...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 13, 2014 | Travel
I’m spending a couple days with my friend Anna, and even though we haven’t seen each other since high school it’s like we were never apart. When I got to her house in Green Valley after a long day’s drive, she had a delicious, healthy dinner and glass of wine waiting...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 13, 2014 | Confessions
Driving home on the last scampabout, I heard Kathleen Edwards’s song “Somewhere Else.” [audio:09 Somewhere Else.mp3] I cried through Farwell, Texas and into New Mexico listening to it. Replay, replay, replay. Crossing that border, the song brought up both loss...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 11, 2014 | Travel
We’ve established Texas had its challenges for me, one of which was finding a meal not involving a dead cow or deep fryer, and about halfway in I was desperately seeking tofu. (I realize “desperate” and “tofu” are two words that naturally go together for many of you,...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 11, 2014 | Travel
One of my favorite bands is Thrift Store Cowboys from Lubbock. Listening to their songs I pictured a quaint Texas town with serious but sweet cowboys, rolling tumbleweeds, and sprawling farms. What I got was strip malls, aggressive drivers, and McMansions. Lubbock is...
