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 05/03/26 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…
