Tierra del Encanto ( "The Land of Enchantment" )

Colors of greens, browns, orange, ocher and blue. A land of mountains, lava tubes, deserts too. A land as old as time can be. The Land of Enchantment, it calls to me. Snow and heat. Fast moving streams. All beckon to me in my dreams.

Bears, hares, mule deer and skunks, are a few of the creatures that hide in rocks, crevices and tree trunks. There are Big Horn and Prong Horn, Diamondbacks and rats. This land of enchantment their habitat.

Black Medic, Black Hay, red and Crimson Clover too. White Clover, Red Clover, Chicory blue. there is Primrose in pink and Lady Slippers, Fairy Slippers, Elderberry Blue. Orchids in colors that will make a sweetheart swoon.

There are Indian Americans, Spanish Americans, White Americans in different hues. Beautiful Navajo Ladies in colorful costumes. Beautiful brown babies, so chubby and cute. Some still live in Hogans, the way the elders used to abide. Some live in cities, wearing suits and ties.

The Land of Enchantment, is a land filled with dreams. Dreams of great men; some who turned mean. Some we've called heroes, we didn't know the whole story. The story of how they cheated and swindled the Tewa Navahu. But they became great heroes beginning in “42.”

The wonderful land of sun and stars; open skies and loving hearts. This wonderful place still lives in my mind; I will never forget...Tierra del Encanto.