As I reflect on springtime in northern New Mexico, the uncertainty of the weather always comes to mind. The skiers and snowboarders out there dream of those last March snow days and fresh powder. Some of us can’t wait to get started on that spring planting, but we get...
Notes from the editor / publisher
A Little Progress Brings Great Joy
Meet Jen and Justin!
Hey, everyone, gather round! I’ve got some exciting news to share. Tumbleweeds has new owners: Jen and Justin Schroer. Many of you know I’ve been thinking about selling Tumbleweeds for some time. I started Tumbleweeds in 1995, when my son, Ariel, was about to enter...
Note from the Editor: What’s That in the Air?
Note from the Editor: What’s That in the Air? A tickle of hope. In early February, my husband and I spent a day down at the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge, outside San Antonio, New Mexico. In the midst of the great pandemic time warp, it felt like a hundred years...
Keeping On Keeping On
Keeping On Keeping On Unprecedented. Crazy. A bad dream. How do you describe a year like 2020? “Yes, we’re doing well,” I said in reply to a friend’s question in an email, “although even that comes with a strange feeling, like being a patch of standing trees in...