This is Black Mesa south of Socorro seen from west of the river. The town of San Marcial once existed near it until it was washed away in a flood. Long before it, an ancient Native American village grew crops and lived out their lives here. The Rio Grande runs along the west side of the mesa. Oñate […]
Read MoreI did not even remember this picture. This apple tree died years back and is now a stump with a bear sculpture sitting on it. Life truly is change. A deadfall apple. A sprig pushing up through the soil. A flourishing apple tree with fruit. Crab apples so they were just thrown to the neighbor’s […]
Read MoreThis is a picture taken at ground zero at the Trinity site. A Second Dawn’s setting is the Socorro area the summer of the Trinity blast. The first atomic bomb was ignited here that July. This site is just about 18 miles as the crow flies from my grandfather’s farm in Louis Lopez and less […]
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