C enizo Not es
by Carolyn Brown Zniewski, publisher and Danielle Gallo, editor
I
like to think of the
Cenizo as a family.
So many different
people with a wide
variety of views have
contributed to our spe-
cial magazine. One
thing I think we all
have in common is a
great love for the Big
Bend.
We have been publishing for eight years.
April, 2017 will be the start of our ninth year.
Jim Glendinning’s Voices of Big Bend has
been in every issue. In a way it is the back-
bone of our magazine. Certainly the voices of
the folks who live here are the foundation of
Big Bend. We may be limited in number but
we are mighty in our ability to work together
in the production of an amazing and diverse
culture.
The crew, writers and artists here at the
Cenizo are multi-talented and their work for
the Cenizo is only one of several things each of
us does. Just in the last few months Wendy
Lynn married and moved to nearby El Paso.
Lucky for us, the Internet keeps her in touch,
and so she will continue to be the Graphics
Designer while living much closer to an air-
port. Rani, with the Cenizo two years, is the
newest staff member, Maya lives the farthest
away, Lou works full time at Sul Ross,
Danielle is finishing up her degree and I have
my grandson visiting so I make dinner almost
every night.
Winter is a good time to curl up and read,
or do as I am doing and write vignettes of
your life events. Do enjoy this issue; we have
a great selection of work.
T
he big wheel
turns, and a new
year begins. As
we celebrate yet anoth-
er successful revolution
around the sun, I can’t
help but notice so many
new things here in the
Big Bend. Oil and gas
exploration are boom-
ing, and suddenly the
rumble of trucks and pumps are no longer off
in the distance, but in our backyard. An influx
of newcomers is dotting the landscape with
new houses, and the long, quiet roads with new
cars and trucks. I scarcely recognize the
Terlingua that used to be my home, with its
boom of businesses and new residents. We
have a coffee roaster, a brewery, and cell serv-
ice—all things that were nonexistent when I
moved here.
It’s easy to look askance when a familiar
landscape shifts, especially as we get older and
changes seem to come in an instant. It’s easy to
cry, “interloper!” when a stranger fails to wave
or takes our favorite booth at Alicia’s. But real-
ly, as the old guard continually changes over to
the new, we gain so much—a stronger appre-
ciation of what makes us unique, the broader
perspective of a more diverse community, fresh
ideas for how to improve our quality of life and
strengthen the bonds that hold us together, for
starters.
This issue of Cenizo features some highlights
of our past, like the invention of a revolution-
ary airplane and an ancient Christmas tradi-
tion, Cowboy poetry and old tales of our
Mystery Lights. As I read them, I thought
about all the people who are discovering these
things for the first time, and I’m grateful to be
able to see them through their eyes. I hope you
enjoy them too.
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