C enizo Not es
by Carolyn Brown Zniewski, publisher and Danielle Gallo, editor
I
t’s January and a
new year has
begun. I’ve been
looking forward to this
new beginning. Some
years seem to need a
reboot more than oth-
ers, and it seems to me
that last year could
really use a new start.
There is an old
Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting
times.” I think last year qualified as interest-
ing! I am hoping this coming year is a little
less “interesting” myself.
After the busy schedule of the holidays
and the horn-blowing and toasting that
accompanies the New Year, we have a
chance for some quiet time to rediscover our-
selves, gather and renew our energy, pay off
a few bills and snuggle up with a friend or
two, perhaps knit some slippers. It is a time
for getting ready for things to come and tak-
ing a peek back at where one has been.
Sorting through old photos, cleaning out the
junk drawer and packing up out-of-date
clothing to send to the second-hand store
always helps me put life in perspective.
Mending a broken chair rung or replacing a
stained, tattered kitchen towel gives satisfac-
tion, too.
There is nothing quite like icy wind and a
winter storm to make you appreciate an
afghan, a cat on your lap, a dog at your feet
and a favorite novel. Those dishes can wait
until morning. It’s time to gather your wits
for a new beginning. Mother nature is quiet-
ly preparing for the great blooming to come.
So can we all. I am so very glad you have
included the Cenizo on your reading list.
Enjoy!
T
he harshness of
winter is two-
fold: first, the
short days and bitter
winds chase us inside to
pace the walls of small
adobe houses, so many
of us wishing our prede-
cessors had engineered
better plans for our
heating. Then, both
more subtle and more poignant, the winter
months showcase a harsh reality as every year
passes—they pass faster and faster. It just
turned spring, we groan. How can it be
January already? It seems the months cascade
and tumble through the mild and the hot
desert days, rushing over each other to land
with a flat, grey note squarely in the doldrums
of February.
In honor of winter, this issue of Cenizo
means to showcase new beginnings. We look
on ancient Rio Grande history, then ponder
the recent startling changes in the Trans-
Pecos. Here are stories of pioneers and stories
of newcomers.
In the season of contemplation, we often
look to make big changes in our lives: location,
vocation, resolution. Here we showcase
migrations big and small, voyagers who left
their marks in stone and the hopes of newly-
weds (much the same over acentury ago as
they are today).
I believe the winter houses the biggest holi-
days to help us through the cold and dark with
reminders of all the things we love the most:
family, friends, food. But it’s a long stretch
from the New Year to the first apricot blos-
som, so enjoy the Cenizo by a drafty mesquite
fire and know that another hurried warm year
is just around the corner.
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