New Mexico Sky

Two Ducks on Golden Pond

Socorro, New Mexico

Supercells, clashing

Two stormy whirling air masses collided over New Mexico, each with their own swirling updraft. The older storm has curved lines running through the clouds while the newer is still roiling with new convection currents. The image was a winner in the Weather Photographer of the Year competition.

Loz

We hiked five miles across this landscape, the planet loose and malleable under our feet. Tiny lizards darted across our path, big black beetles left winding tracks in the sand which the wind nonchalantly erased. I relished in my insignificance, was rendered speechless by the expansiveness of it. 

All the while your body was never far from mine, your voice reaching across the space between us to remind me of our togetherness. Sometimes you climbed a dune so tall my neck arched to glimpse your glorious height. Sometimes I ran ahead, your laughter lifting the hair on my arms with delight. For a frantic moment we lost the markers telling us where to go and your steady tone was a lifeline. Has always been. You are the highway and the speed and the stillness at once. 

I put my feet in your footprints and my hesitation aside. We never made love wait. It took too long to find one another, anyway. Side by side is our only way. 

Santa Fe Cafe