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Cenizo Journal Volume 2 Number 4 PAINTINGS OF THE BIG BEND AND WIRE SCULPTURES OF DESERT CREATURES CONTR I B U TO R S Charles Angell lives near Ruidosa. He works to know as much Texas trivia as possible. e-mail:charles@angellexpeditions.com Regina Boling resides in Alpine raising chickens and other game birds as a hobby. She often sells eggs at the Alpine Farmers Market. e-mail: regina.groom@sbcglobal.net Gary Cardwell, a retired state trooper, lives in Fort Stockton with his wife, Vanessa. He writes about and photographs the Big Bend frequently. e-mail: bigbend2@sbcglobal.net Marie French explores the desert for folklore, tales, trails and plants. She lives with her family in Terlingua. e-mail: frenchvert@hotmail.com, mariefrench.etsy.com Danielle Gallo, editor, bartender and gardener, lives in Marathon with her better half and five capricious felines. e-mail: caveat5@hotmail.com Ara Gureghian, chef and wanderer, lives on a motorcycle with a sidecar and his dog and travels the American West cooking for lucky souls and taking pictures. www.theoasisofmysoul.com Jim Glendinning was born on a Scottish farm and educated at Oxford University. Widely trav- eled, he writes local travel guides. e-mail: jimglen2@sbcglobal.net Sandra Harper is a writer and gardener. In 2006 she founded Farm Stand Marfa, a farmers' market in Marfa. e-mail: farmstandmarfa.com or farmstandmarfa@gmail.com Cathryn Hoyt, Ph.D., executive director of the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, is an archeologist and paleoecologist. e-mail: choyt@cdri.org Patty Manning, botanist/horticulturist at Sul Ross State University, raises chickens, vegetables and native plants in Alpine with her partner Cyndi Wimberly. e-mail: pmanning@sulross.edu Bob Miles is a third-generation native of the Davis Mountains area and a retired Texas Parks and Wildlife Department park superintendent. e-mail: rmilessr@yahoo.com Larry Millar studied art with Terry Allen and poetry writing with Peter Everwine. An artist, teacher, poet and paleontologist, he lives with his family in Abilene. e-mail: LMillar@responsiveed.com Kerza A. Prewitt, a computer illustrator and Web designer, has volunteered graphic and Web services to SHUMLA since retirement from UT- Austin. e-mail: KPrewittGraphics@gmail.com. AT THE BAXTER STUDIO IN MARATHON Barbara Richerson was student publications advisor and photojournalist at Sul Ross State University for 26 years. Her work has been in numerous Texas publications. e-mail: b_richerson@sbcglobal.net Mike Schroeder is an architect who has loved plants and gardening since childhood. He enjoys the whole palette of plants in the Big Bend. e-mail: mike@insite-architects.com Bill Sontag retired to Del Rio following his National Park Service career and has written fea- tures for two Del Rio-based news organizations. e-mail: billsontag@stx.rr.com Bill Stough graduated from Sul Ross in 1967. Now retired, he continues to return to the Big Bend and the Davis Mountains at every opportu- nity. e-mail: wpsbill@yahoo.com call first, OK? 432. 386. 4041 www.baxtergallery.com BOOkS & ROCkS Y BAUBLES & BEAdS O COTIllO E NTERpRISES New Beads and Findings in stock. Petrified Bookends 30% off. New Fish Fossils from Wyoming. “Sonoran Sunrise” Cabochons for wire-wrapping. We now carry Polymer Clay. A diversity of new book titles. John Stough has earned degrees from several universities. He is retired, enjoys camping and has hiked the Appalachian Trail from bottom to top. e-mail: john_stough@yahoo.com Alice Stevens is a long time Big Bend resident – a photographer, location scout and owner of a local plant nursery. e-mail: scout@2manyhats.com Glenn Willeford is a historian and novelist who divides his time between Alpine and Chihuahua City, Mexico. e-mail: glennwilleford@yahoo.com Clarence Wolfshohl has published in many small press journals, recently Houston Literary Review. His latest poetry chapbook is Season of Mangos (Adastra Press, 2009). e-mail: wolfshohl@hotmail.com Cover: “Watching the Heavens” by Gary Nored. The sun sets and the moon rises at the McDonald Observatory’s Harlan J. Smith Telescope. Occasional art: Chris Ruggia: Brewster County roping dummies. Copy editing: Andrew Stuart. Gary Nored, retired writer, teacher and ama- teur naturalist, is a resident volunteer at Big Bend Ranch State Park and lives in West Texas to chase plants and take pictures. e-mail: gvnored@yahoo.com 205 N. 5th St, Alpine Y 432-837-5353 Y Open Wed-Sat 1-6pm S T A R G A Z I N G Cenizo Fourth Quarter 2010 7