Been outside, enjoying the weather, instead of inside, writing you -- sorry! We're solidly back in "weird winter weather" again: freezing at night, but in the 60s (or higher) during the day. There is still a little snow in surrounding mountains 6,000 feet or higher. Nonetheless, the sun is getting strong.
One downside in being in the last stages of winter, however, is the dust. Yesterday, we had another dust storm. The wind was strong enough to blow tumbleweeds across the highway. Any open dirt lot in the Juarez/El Paso/Las Cruces, New Mexico, area made huge clouds in the air. It wasn't a great day for people allergic to dust...
Even when the wind isn't whipping it into the air, dust continues to pour into the house through our heating and air conditioning unit on the roof. Last week, the setting sun lit up the air in our living room. It was thick with dust. Scary...
This morning, there was a "Dallas Morning News" article (www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-bordertown_0216gl.ART.State.Edition1.1265552.html) about security on the upcoming film, "Bordertown." The film tells the story of the unsolved murders of 400+ women in Juarez since 1993. In short, they had some problems filming here. The film's director attributed Juarez's "radioactivity" to the fact that it's "the only place where the First World and the Third World meet." Interesting angle.
The "Dallas Morning News" always has investigative reports into Mexico and Mexicans in the U.S. That website is: www.dallasnews.com/investigativereports/.
Finally, if you're ever in the area on the weekend, go to White Sands National Monument national park outside of Las Cruces. (www.nps.gov/whsa) Like the website says, it's like no place else on earth ... because you can sled down white sand dunes while watching huge mountains in the distance. Or splash in lakes, despite the fact that you're still in the Chihuahuan desert.
© 2007 http://cjmex.blogspot.com/
One downside in being in the last stages of winter, however, is the dust. Yesterday, we had another dust storm. The wind was strong enough to blow tumbleweeds across the highway. Any open dirt lot in the Juarez/El Paso/Las Cruces, New Mexico, area made huge clouds in the air. It wasn't a great day for people allergic to dust...
Even when the wind isn't whipping it into the air, dust continues to pour into the house through our heating and air conditioning unit on the roof. Last week, the setting sun lit up the air in our living room. It was thick with dust. Scary...
This morning, there was a "Dallas Morning News" article (www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-bordertown_0216gl.ART.State.Edition1.1265552.html) about security on the upcoming film, "Bordertown." The film tells the story of the unsolved murders of 400+ women in Juarez since 1993. In short, they had some problems filming here. The film's director attributed Juarez's "radioactivity" to the fact that it's "the only place where the First World and the Third World meet." Interesting angle.
The "Dallas Morning News" always has investigative reports into Mexico and Mexicans in the U.S. That website is: www.dallasnews.com/investigativereports/.
Finally, if you're ever in the area on the weekend, go to White Sands National Monument national park outside of Las Cruces. (www.nps.gov/whsa) Like the website says, it's like no place else on earth ... because you can sled down white sand dunes while watching huge mountains in the distance. Or splash in lakes, despite the fact that you're still in the Chihuahuan desert.
© 2007 http://cjmex.blogspot.com/
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