In New Mexico, descansos dot the landscape. These roadside memorials traditionally signify the place where someone’s life was tragically lost, frequently due to vehicular accidents, commemorating the departed. When I traveled the state on my motorcycle, these markers were a common sight along my path. Nowadays, as I wander through the city, I occasionally spot them nestled within residential yards. My 03/10/24 postcard captures one shrine I encountered in a yard close to Emerson. Adorned with candles, water bottles, rum, beer, Pepsi, and roses, it sparked curiosity about the story behind these personal offerings.
My 05/30/26 postcard features two sculpted figures caught mid-dance beneath a shaft of light in…
My 05/29/26 postcard comes from UNM’s Johnson Field, where I watched an adult and a…
My 05/28/26 postcard came from an empty UNM campus where a robin perched quietly in…
In the landscaping at Altura Park, I found the subject for my 05/27/26 postcard, a…
My 05/26/26 postcard features a bird along Vassar Drive pausing with a twig stretched across…
My 05/25/26 postcard shows three people waiting along Gibson for the Albuquerque Memorial Day parade,…
