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Volume 8 Number 4
C ONTRI B UTORS
Rani Birchfield is a freelance writer based in
the Big Bend region who prefers quests which
grant more XP. A Firefly and Stranger Things
fan, she enjoys trips to territories with public
lands, wolves and huckleberries. e-mail:
rbirchfield44@hotmail.com
Howdy-Nocona Fowler was born and
raised on the Klamath Indian Reservation in
SE Oregon. He has contributed to The Rocky
Mountain News, Western Horseman, Mules and
More and Cowboy Magazine. e-mail:
BurroBill@yahoo.com
Danielle Gallo is a writer who is proud to be
the editor of the Cenizo Journal. She came to
the area in 2002 and currently lives in
Marathon with her family. e-mail: editor@ceni-
zojournal.com
Jim Glendinning, an Oxford-educated
Scot, lives in Alpine. The story of his travels,
Footloose Scot, has just been published, as has
Legendary Locals of the Big Bend & Davis
Mountains for Arcadia Press. e-mail:
jimglen2@sbcglobal.net
Tiffany Harelik is the founder of
Spellbound Books, the author of more than a
dozen cookbooks, a speaker and a teacher.
She has appeared on The Food Network
shows as well as in several magazines.
Her travels include finding magic and culture
in cookbooks and traditions. e-mail:
tmharelik@gmail.com
Gilbert R. Olivarez, a Texas poet from San
Antonio, also lived in south Texas and was
never too far from the Chihuahuan desert. He
owned a bookstore in Denton Texas for many
years, and now lives in Alpine. A veteran
poetry performance artist, he hopes to begin
performing once again in wonderful Far West
Texas. e-mail: golivarez3@yahoo.com
Karl Peterson is an accomplished herpetol-
ogist. He has studied snakes for many years
and has published articles in scientific jour-
nals. He has made an in-depth study of hybrid
Diamondback and Mojave rattlesnakes.
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pork
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made
sausage
Having lived and worked all over the
Southwest, he presently lives in Alpine. e-mail:
karlpeterson57@yahoo.com
Patricia Runyan is a 4th generation resident
of Presidio. Last year, after retiring from a
career in community service in Dallas and San
Antonio, she purchased a 100-year old adobe
home built by her great-grandfather. She
serves on the Presidio County Historical
Commission, as an advisor to the La Junta
Heritage Foundation. This is her first poem to
be published. e-mail: trisha.runyan@bigbend.net
Stephen Stainkamp is a seasoned outdoor
writer, serious forager/survivalist and along
with his buddy, Bubba, is a newcomer to Big
Bend. He has traveled all over the USA since
his early days at Fort Hood in Austin. He
writes Bubba’s World for the Avalanche in
Alpine. e-mail: stains1767@gmail.com
Rachael Waller holds a B.F.A. and Masters
of Fine Art in film from the California Institute
of the Arts, where she studied with distin-
guished mentors of light & cinematography.
She is the Artwalk Alpine 2016 Featured
Artist. e-mail: wallerrachael@yahoo.com
Carolyn Brown Zniewski started her
publishing career at age nine, publishing a
one-page neighborhood newsletter called The
Circle. From 1992 – 2006 she wrote a recipe
column for two neighborhood newspapers in
Minneapolis, MN. In 2013, she started
publishing the Cenizo. e-mail: publisher@cenizo-
journal.com
Maya Brown Zniewski is an herbalist and
soapmaker who enjoys frequent visits to the
Big Bend area. Her handmade salves, soaps
and tinctures are available at her website,
mayamade.net. e-mail: mayamadeapothecary
@gmail.com
Cover: Market Basket of Peppers (Some Like it Hot)
oil on masonite 24" x 36" by Dottie Estelle
Harding. Photograph by Rani Birchfield.
Copy editor: Rani Birchfield
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