I was a little afraid to return to Frenchglen, because the winds of change have caused havoc everywhere. I nurse poignant memories from times I was here–2006, 1997, 1993–with my…

The Land of Enchantment stretches down the Rio Grande a little bit into Texas. That is what a woman at the museum in Columbus, New Mexico told me. I am…

…and through the woods. And we’re here. We left Burns, Oregon in a sunny, sparkly frost. Every blade of grass and tiny twig on the bare cottonwood trees was covered…