by Nellie Curtiss …. It’s one of those serendipitous moments or one of those “down from the mountain with the tablets” moments, one of those “don’t fool with mother nature” moments or even one of those “I was sleeping out in the desert for 40 winks” moments. A few years back, considering the caustic painContinue reading “That vulture-like eye’s message from beyond”
Category Archives: Alamosa, CO
Once my Smart fortwo was stuck on an ice shelf
by Nellie Curtiss … That night was one of those long snowy nights. I parallel parked outside my son’s apartment just where the deer make a nightly trek to the cottonwoods along the Rio Grande in Alamosa. My service dog Schroeder and I moseyed up the broken concrete walk avoiding iced over snow. Seated onContinue reading “Once my Smart fortwo was stuck on an ice shelf”
A story about Alamosa, Colorado pioneers
By Nellie Curtiss … Over a century ago the Maddux family crossed over Mosca pass in the dead of winter and somehow completed the journey to the Valley, setting up camp on the northside of the Rio Grande, now North River Road. The descendants of James T. Maddux (some four generations) unveiled the historical monumentContinue reading “A story about Alamosa, Colorado pioneers”
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