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M
y mom died at
the beginning
of May. As she
was almost 97 we can only
re joice in a long life, well-
lived, but it does not change
the missing of her.
I think of Trans-Pecos
Texas in much the same
way – a long life, well-lived,
and I hope, in some small
way, that Cenizo is part of the joy we all have in
knowing and/or living in this place – and that the
stories we tell here will inspire a future informed
by a proud past.
Sandra Harper shares with us the fantastic tale
of the migration of the Monarch butterfly. The
Trans-Pecos is very much a part of this migration.
Prepare to be inspired.
Summer theater! From mid-June to mid-July,
the Kokernot Theater in Alpine shines with two
shows – Damn Yankees and the second season of
Pueblo Unido – Chicano theater being reborn
here in the Big Bend of Texas. Cristina Sosa
Noriega tells us all about it.
In early fall, the September motorcycle event
Heaven to Hell provides an opportunity for the
first 40 folks who sign up to explore the whole Big
Bend on a motorcycle in a single day. Ride with Alli -
son Ryan Scott as she relives her 2009 H2H ride.
Lonn Taylor is back with the story of Xavier
Gonzalez and the art colony that was born in the
Sul Ross art department and made its mark on
the whole art world from the 20s to the 50s.
Photo journalist Walt Frerck shows us another
Big Bend summer phenomenon – fantastic thun-
der storms – and tells would-be storm photogra-
phers “how to.”
“Green gold” it was indeed – candelilla wax
that found itself in everything from rainproof mil-
itary tents to lipstick. Danielle Gallo explains how
it was done.
Jim Glendinning introduces three of our
neighbors who share skills in banking, ranching,
teaching and tourism in Voices of the Big Bend.
Is a bi-national park across the Rio Grande
possible? They’re still talking about it after all these
years, and Dwight Deal reviews Con ser va tion of
Shared Environments, a recent book that explores both
sides of the Rio Grande and the challenges that
face those of us who live along La Frontera.
E.E. Townsend was thought of as the father of
Big Bend National Park, and he lived a long and
multi-faceted life. Xavier Gonzalez captured
Townsend in our cover portrait. Though un -
signed, an article in The Skyline, October 13, 1937,
says, “Mr. Gonzalez has a portrait of Mr. E.E.
Townsend on exhibition in Marfa during the fair.
It is a character study of the typical West Texas
character. It typifies all the romance, cour age,
bravery and spirit of adventure to be found in a
person who has spent all of his life in exciting
adventure.” Thanks, Lonn Taylor, for the quote.
You’ll enjoy Bob Miles’ story on this colorful man.
If you are a fan of pictographs – rock painting
– you will have seen some of the figures in our
occasional art this issue. Texas Parks and Wildlife
archeologist Tim Roberts shares some of the
images to be found in caves and on rocks in
Brewster and Presidio counties.
Four terrific poems by William Darby, Ken
Whitley, Janis Shelton and Larry Thomas will
inspire; Charlie Angell’s Trivia will challenge and
Marie French’s ponderings on the prickly pear in
our new Folkways column will send you to the
kitchen for delicious ways to prepare this impor-
tant desert plant.
Thanks, as always, to our advertisers who are
the sole financial support of Cenizo. We are here
because they are here. Please give them your busi-
ness, and if you shop somewhere that doesn’t
advertise with us, ask them to do so. They’ll be
sup porting not only the story of Trans-Pecos
Texas but the writers and artists who tell the story.
Thank you, Mom, for my life and for showing
me through yours how to live in and love each day.
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Cenizo
Third Quarter 2010
PUBLISHER/EDITOR
Dallas Baxter
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