BIGGEST
SELECTION
West of the Pecos
Open 10am to 9pm
Mon - Sat
432.837.7476
605 E Holland Ave • Alpine
www.twinpeaksliquors.com
Make her feel
special all year.
Catered Special Events
Special Orders
In Home Private Chef
chefconniecornett.com
432-426-2009
HARPER S
Hardware
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Presidio’s favorite hardware store for almost a century
tools • plumbing supplies • home & garden
Monday - Saturday 7:30 am to 6 pm
701 O’Reilly Street • Presidio • 432-229-3256
St. James’ Episcopal Church, Ave. A and N. 6th St., Alpine
Holy Eucharist or Morning Prayer every Sunday at 11 a.m.
For complete services and activities visit our Website bigbendepiscopalmission.org
The Big Bend Episcopal
Mission Welcomes You
Santa Inez Church, Terlingua Ghostown
No services July and August.
Starting September 7, Morning Prayer first Sundays 11 a.m.
Holy Eucharist as announced at bigbendepiscopalmission.org
Mexican
and
American
Food
Noon Buffet Wednesday and Friday
Famous Beef & Chicken Fajitas • Ice Cream • Clean, Fast Service
Rene & Maria Franco, Owners
513 O’Reilly Street • Downtown Presidio
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432.229.4409
Cenizo
First Quarter 2015
C ONTRI B UTORS
Charles Angell lives near Ruidosa.
Exploring the Big Bend area is both his hobby
and his occupation. e-mail:charles@angellexpedi-
tions.com.
rani Birchfield is a transplant from the city
and enjoys movies, reading, good nosh, and
the Big Bend region. She does freelance writ-
ing and other creative ventures and is passion-
ate about languages, learning, and hyper-space
travel. e-mail: rbirchfield44@hotmail.com
Howdy-nocoma Fowler was born and
raised on the Klamath Indian Reservation in
SE Oregon. He has lived and worked with the
White Mountain Apache as well as the San
Carlos and Mescalero Apache. He is presently
working on a book about Apache life. e-mail:
BurroBill@yahoo.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
l. g. lindsay, a retired college administra-
tor, winters in the Big Bend. e-mail:
lglindsay@juno.com
ellie Meyer-Madrid is Executive Director of
the Marfa Studio of Arts and an adjunct pro-
fessor in in the Department of Fine Arts and
Communication as well as the Department of
Business Administration at Sul Ross State
University. e-mail: elenaadam@yahoo.com
Bob Miles is a third generation native of the
Davis Mountains area and a retired Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department Park superin-
tendent. e-mail: rmilessr@yahoo.com.
Carolyn Miller lives in Fort Davis and is the
fourth generation in this area - Dr. Bloys
(of Bloys Campmeeting) was her great-grand-
father. She has published a monthly magazine
in San Angelo for the past 20 years. e-mail:
family@wcc.net
David M. Orchard has university degrees in
anthropology and geology. He works as a geol-
ogist in the Permian Basin and is at home in
Houston, Texas, and Ukiah, California.
e-mail: davidorchard74@stanfordalumni.org
Chris ruggia is an Alpine-based cartoonist
(jackcomics.com) and graphic designer
(vastgraphics.com). He and his wife Ellen own
Vast Graphics in Alpine. e-mail: chris@
vastgraphics.com
larry D. Thomas is a member of the Texas
Institute of Letters and was privileged to serve as
the 2008 Texas Poet Laureate. He has
published several award-winning collections of
poetry. e-mail: larrydthomas@bigbend.net
Debbie wahrmund is a freelance writer from
Austin, Texas who loves West Texas. e-mail:
debbie.wahrmund@gmail.com
Carolyn Brown Zniewski has been a food
writer and recipe columnist for ten years. She
currently lives in Marathon. e-mail:
publisher@cenizojournal.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, maya-
made.net. e-mail: mayamadeapothecary@gmail.com
Cover: Carol Townsend,
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