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I love working with clay. I love building when it is small, mostly handcrafted and beautiful. I love to imagine, create, help and teach. I love to communicate through photography and writing. Traveling is great, especially Mexico, and yet, I love the place I live. Most of all, I love my family.
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A SPICY POSOLE OF ALL THINGS CANELO. NEWS OF THE CANELO PROJECT AND THE HANDCRAFTED BUILDING MOVEMENT; ATHENA AND BILL STEEN AND THE STEEN FAMILY; TALES AND IMAGERY FROM THE U.S./MEXICAN BORDER; DISPATCHES FROM INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS: LOCAL FOOD AND MUSIC; IDEAS AND PLANS FOR THE POST PETROLEUM AGE.
The Return of White Sonoran Wheat
“The abandoned flour mills throughout Sonora,” said the Mexican anthropologist Guillermo Nuñez Noriega, “are the equivalents for Sonorans of the pyramids in Central Mexico.” Fulbright Fellow Maribel Alvarez of Tucson pointed out that although this comparison may seem lopsided, given read more »
7:43 pm
in Food, International, Mexico, Photography - Digital Imaging, Rio Sonora, Southwest
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Artistry with the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
Photography has gone through a major change. With the arrival of the iPhone, almost overnite, it became possible to capture high quality images, process and edit them on the phone without a computer, $2 apps replaced much of what expensive read more »
12:08 pm
in Arts, International, IPhoneography, Photography - Digital Imaging, Rio Sonora, Travel
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Dispatch from Sonora
I’m sitting on the town plaza in Banamichi, Sonora, the temperature couldn’t be any more perfect, I’ve got my laptop and it seemed like a perfect time for a little blog catch-up before the drive home this afternoon. This trip read more »
12:41 pm
in Arts, Canelo, Grupo Danza Xunutzi, International, Mexico, Music, Rio Sonora
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Spring, Summer, Etc.
I started this blog post back in early July, my thought was to write something that would catch up on our spring and early summer activities. Well, here we are, almost Sept and I’m just posting it now. I’ve had read more »
2:33 pm
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Heirloom Tomatoes, Garlic and Chiltepines – 36 Hours in Northern Sonora
Why go to Mexico? For me, the reasons vary and mostly have to do with encountering and seeing things I don’t come across here in the States. And since I figure life becomes much more interesting through experiences that contrast read more »
11:07 am
in Food, International, IPhoneography, Mexico, Rio Sonora, Travel
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