by Dawn Chandler | Sep 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
[This the second of a two-part series. Read the moreno valley & me, part one here.] When my friend Carol asked me to paint their view of Baldy from the Moreno Valley, it was not the seemingly obvious view from the meadow near the main cabin that I and others had...
by Dawn Chandler | Jun 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
The first time I entered and crossed the Moreno Valley was in July, 1982. I had just completed a Rayado Trek at Philmont. My brothers were both working as Rangers at Philmont that summer along with some other Scouting friends from back home. My parents and another...
by Dawn Chandler | Sep 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Something magical has been spreading across New Mexico this September… I’ve never seen anything quite like it. And I’m not the only one stunned by it. I go out each evening to walk and find, despite distressing world news, I’m smiling. And there’s...
by Dawn Chandler | Feb 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
I knew I needed a break. I knew I needed to unplug. I knew I wanted to remove myself from the familiar, and just paint, just read, just write. Just think. Just not think. Just be. Without chatter. Without pinging and lights and alerts and the...
by Dawn Chandler | Jan 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Walk along the Santa Fe River, and most of the year you’ll be walking in dust. Either that, or on pavement. I don’t know if its ever been a continually flowing stream, but I do know that human intervention has changed it considerably from what it once was....
