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Cenizo Journal With God all things are possible (Matthew 10:26) Volume 4 Number 1 Church of Christ CONTR I B U TOR S Charles Angell lives near Ruidosa. Exploring the Big Bend area is both his hobby and his occu- pation. e-mail: charles@angellexpeditions.com Phyllis Dunham writes on music, food, travel and adventure. A transplanted Austinite with family roots in the area, she spends weekends hik- ing and exploring the Big Bend. e-mail: phyllis_dunham@yahoo.com Angela Fritz has been drawn to the desert since her first Big Bend trip for an elementary school spring break. “No landscape is as inspiring or comforting as one with rugged red mountains under an infinite blue sky,” she says. e-mail: neintales@gmail.com Thomas Gaffeney, a resident of South Brewster County, river guide, bookman and co- founder of the annual WordOff who is presently moving towards completion of his first novel, divides his time between Terlingua and New York, where he caddies at a country club in the summer. e-mail: rotogaff@hotmail.com John Daniel Garcia lives in Marfa, where he writes, takes photos, plays bass guitar and does things that are (for the most part) awesome. e-mail: j.d.garcia1984@gmail.com Jim Glendinning was born on a Scottish farm and educated at Oxford University. He now lives in Alpine and writes local travel guides. He is presently working on his memoirs about his trav- els to 136 countries over 50 years. e-mail: jimglen2@sbcglobal.net Angela Greenroy is currently a student at Sul Ross State University seeking her degree in cre- ative writing. When not in class, she enjoys time with her family. She also works online as a free- lance writer. e-mail: agreenroy@yahoo.com Cathryn Hoyt, Ph.D., executive director of the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, is an archeologist, paleoecologist and a first-rate macro-photographer. e-mail: choyt@cdri.org Tracy Lynch lived and worked as a photogra- pher in Terlingua for 25 years. She has been pub- lished in over 100 publications, locally, regionally and nationally. e-mail:tracyq371@gmail.com Bob Miles is a third-generation native of the Davis Mountains area and a retired Texas Parks and Wildlife Department park superintendent. e-mail: r_milessr@yahoo.com. 432.371.2292 Highway 118 – P.O. Box 142, Terlingua Worship: Sundays 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Wednesdays 5:30 p.m. Barbara Novovitch moved to Marathon in 1999 after retiring from Reuters international news agency, where she worked as an editor/reporter in Washington, New York, Hong Kong and Paris. She has covered West Texas for the New York Times. e-mail: bbnovo@gmail.com Luc Novovitch, a former news photographer for Reuters, AFP and Gamma agencies, has taught photojournalism at Tennessee Tech. His travel and documentary photography is distrib- uted through several photo agencies and through his Web site, offiwent.com. Bed & Breakfast and Ecology Resource Center William Stough graduated from Sul Ross State University in 1967. Now retired, he continues to return to the Big Bend and the Davis Mountains at every opportunity. e-mail: wpsbill@yahoo.com Rachael Waller – “Horses have touched my life through my lens in ways I would have never imagined – from rescue horses to horses that res- cue people,” Waller says. “The beauty and light in the Big Bend is a magic I find nowhere else.” e-mail:wallerrachael@yahoo.com Flowers By Kate Special occasion arrangements Marfa's Swiss Café 432.386.4165 Ave C & N 3rd • Marathon, TX info@evesgarden.org Nancy Whitlock, landscape painter and moviemaker, received an MFA from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. Her short film, The Portal, premiered in 2011. Her paintings and film DVD are available at Catchlight Gallery in Alpine. e-mail: whitlockna@yahoo.com Clarence Wolfshohl has published in many small-press journals, including, recently, Houston Literary Review. His latest poetry chapbook is Season of Mangos (Adastra Press, 2009). e-mail: wolfshohl@hotmail.com Cover: Detail of “Cows at a Tank near Marathon” by Luc Novovitch Occasional Art: Nancy Whitlock 2012 Chamber Events July - Chili Cook-off and Dance at the Post Park September - West Fest Cabrito Cook Off at Post Park October - Marathon to Marathon & Quilt Show November - Cowboy Social at Ritchey Brothers Building December - Fiesta de Noche Buena Copy Editor: Andrew Stuart Cynthia McAlister is a graduate student in the department of biology at Sul Ross State University. She enjoys poking her head into flow- ers to look for bees and sharing her bee experi- ences with others. e-mail:beegoddess64@gmail.com – go to marathontexas.com for details – Cenizo First Quarter 2012 7