Our road trip led us to the Abo Ruins, where the Pueblo and Spanish colonial histories intersected and environmental transformations that shaped New Mexico’s identity were exposed. Exploring the site, now a quiet desert tableau where lizards scurry amongst the ruins, one can’t help but reflect on the vibrant activity that once permeated this place. For my 07/04/23 postcard, I’ve chosen a picture featuring the Abo Ruins near Mountainair, New Mexico.
My 05/03/26 postcard is a red-hot poker rising like a torch, its vivid reds moving…
My 05-02-26 features a bee working deep inside a cactus flower, coated in pollen as…
My 05/01/26 postcard features a cluster of male pine strobili, their small green forms packed…
My 04/30/26 postcard is a dense, knotted cluster pushing out from a single Cholla cactus…
My 04/29/26 postcard is a Sowthistle bloom I found at Bullhead Park, its thin yellow…
My 04/28/26 postcard features a roadrunner near Hyder Park, taking off from its rock perch…
