The land is desolate. Volcanic rocks pepper alkaline-white cracked earth. Sagebrush, cactus, scraggly starved pinons and junipers keep to themselves. The canyons in the distance are red and barren, carved by the Gunnison river so long ago the river forgot why. From the passenger seat, I can’t see the waters or the scrambling lizards, but […]

I discovered Elizabeth over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend as I helped Aidan with another startlingly involved school project. She was to research her first ancestor who arrived in what is now the United States. Luckily we have distant relatives who are obsessed with geneology and they like to share. It was easy to determine who […]