C enizo N o t es
Feel better when you
learn to move better!
by Carolyn Brown Zniewski, publisher and Danielle Gallo, editor
I
t’s summer and
July 4th has always
been the most sum-
mer of holidays. It is
the day each year our
country has set aside to
celebrate the scrappy
beginnings of a democ-
racy.
My history profes-
sor,
who
taught
American Colonial History, used to say old
Tom Jefferson, Ben Franklin and Jamie
Hamilton didn’t know what they were really
getting us all into when they wrote and
signed that Declaration of Independence.
They just wanted to be in charge of their own
affairs. Rather like a teenager telling his mom
and dad, “I’m 18 now and you can’t tell me
what to do. I’ll make my own decisions.”
Now we’ve traveled 240 years down the
road and it turns out there is a lot more to
running our country than Tom and Ben and
Jamie could have ever imagined. This sum-
mer will likely be one that goes down in the
history books. Likely as not, everyone here in
Big Bend has had a few thoughts about the
politics of it all. This little journal is a quiet
eddy that you can sit back and enjoy without
the clamor of worldly politics. Hop into your
hammock, read the Cenizo and de-stress.
That’s what we are here for.
Visit your
local library
for great
summer reads!
I
love summer in the
Big Bend, when you
step outside and you
can smell the caliche
baking. I love the blast
of radiation off the
white clay, how the heat
awakens every cell of
skin, the sunburns on
the underside of my
nostrils, the shrunken
tiles of desert I can lift and crumble between
my fingers. Running a hand over the crackling
bark of a juniper in July. Sipping water spiked
with pink salt from a plastic milk jug gone all
pliable in the heat, the water sometimes too hot
against my lips. The way small creatures sound
like rampaging buffalo in the dry grasses.
Now that I have little ones, I find myself
insisting on all the things I used to scorn. Hats,
long sleeves, sunglasses, sunscreen. Siesta in
the shade until evening, morning expeditions
cut short by ten-thirty, drinking from jelly jars
(do you know what’s IN milk jug plastic?!),
checking their temperature, exhorting them to
slow down, slow down, slow down. Watch for
wasps. Let me check for snakes. Don’t touch
that tree, there might be spiders or scorpions
or evil baby-kidnapping gnomes. I have
become a crazy person.
This issue of Cenizo is all about getting out
and exploring. From the pioneering founder
of Sanderson to the newly-revitalized
Chandler Ranch, Big Bend history is all about
getting dirty and preserving a sense of wonder.
Come with us and meet Stylle Read, who cap-
tures the sweeping landscapes and iconoclast
residents of the Trans-Pecos in murals fit for
Texas; plan a trip with your family that will
challenge and inspire you and your little ones;
stop for the supreme cooling of a local can-
taloupe and meet the stories behind the salsa.
We’re pleased to have you along.
Published by Cenizo Journal LLC
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