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Cenizo
Winter 2020
Cenizo Journal
Winter 2020 • Volume 12, Number 1
CO NT R I BU TO R S
Kleo Belay grew up on the coast of
Maine and moved to Terlingua in 2003
where she first gathered her skills and
passion for outdoor exploration. Since
then she has lived and worked
throughout the Big Bend Region and
currently lives in Alpine. Email:
Kleobelay@gmail.com
Rani Birchfield is a writer at large in
the Big Bend region. Born in
Kathmandu, she inherited the
wanderlust of her parents and loves
travel, food and wine exploration, and
meeting odd folks of the planet. Have a
story to tell or a hot tip? Email:
aed@cenizojournal.com
Kevin Bishop is a builder from Houston
who has lived in the Big Bend since 2012.
He enjoys rock hunting, photographing
old signs and riding mopeds. Email:
woodinleg@gmail.com
David Bristol was raised by a librarian,
and the olfactory experience of entering a
library still brings him comfort. A
Vietnam veteran, he returned to
Cambodia in the late 80s and early 90s
as a veterinarian with the American
Friends Service Committee to work on a
cattle and water buffalo project. The love
of nature–from lizards to the night sky–is
in his DNA. Email:
deardavid14@hotmail.com
Judy Eron has lived for 25 years in the
off-the-grid house she helped build on
Terlingua Ranch. She and her partner
Charlie are two-thirds of “The Terlingua
Fill-Harmonic Symphony” that
entertains there. They escape the desert
heat by migrating yearly to the ocean in
Washington state where their band
“Double J and the Boys” performs. She is
the author of What Goes Up: Surviving
the Manic Episode of a Loved One. Email:
judyeron@yahoo.com
Danielle Gallo is a writer who is proud
to be the editor-in-chief of the Cenizo
Journal. She came to the area in 2002
and currently lives in Marathon with her
family. e-mail: editor@
cenizojournal.com
Barbara Randals Gregg has been
writing continually since high school. She
has written and published scientific
research articles, numerous published
essays about conservation and
environmental issues, short stories, and,
in the last few years, many poems in
journals and anthologies, including
several Texas Poetry Calendars. She has
been on the board of the Austin Poetry
Society and enjoyed judging creative
writing contests for students and adults.
Sharon Haney moved with her
husband, Don, from Fulshear, Texas, to
the Big Bend area three years ago after
they drove through Alpine and fell in love
with the climate and desert environment.
She is an artist and shows her work at
CatchLight Art Gallery in Alpine. An
accomplished cook, she also enjoys
writing and exploring the natural
surroundings of this astonishing part of
the world. To see some of her artwork go
to SHaneyArt.com. Email:
sharonhaney@gmail.com.
Robert Haspel is a retired commercial
photographer whose enthusiasm has
been rekindled though his recent
adoption of digital photography. He is
happy to both show his work, and to talk
photography with those so inclined. He
offers one-on-one assistance with
photography. 713-557-4147. e-mail:
robert@roofusworld.com
On the Cover: E. Dan Klepper is an
artist and photographer based in
Marathon, Texas. His photographs have
been featured in books and magazines
including “In Sight”, the online
photography magazine for The
Washington Post and his large-scale
works of photo-based art can be found in
collections across the state. Klepper’s book
of photography and essays, titled “Why
the Raven Calls the Canyon”, is available
from Texas A&M University Press. His
work, represented by Foltz Fine Art in
Houston, can also be found at his gallery
in Marathon at Klepper Gallery, 105 N.
Ave D, (432) 386-6789 and at
www.kleppergallery.com.
John Burroughs (1837 – 1921) was an
American naturalist and nature essayist,
active in the U.S. conservation movement.