CITY OF DUST

The lost and wondrous wreckage of America. The ceaseless road to nowhere. Yeah, that's my home.

Monday, October 10, 2022

Take the Flat Way Home: Tollgate Canyon, NM

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A crumbling stone cabin is now all that welcomes you to Tollgate Canyon. If you’re reading this it means I've managed to successfull...
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Saturday, October 10, 2020

AVAILABLE NOW! Abandoned New Mexico: Ghost Towns, Endangered Architcture, and Hidden History

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Alright, following a two-month delay due to Covid-19 and an initial pre-order run to get my process down, I'm very pleased to FINALLY ma...
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Saturday, February 29, 2020

Abandoned New Mexico: Ghost Towns, Endangered Architecture, and Hidden History

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Well, it's been just over two years since the last City of Dust blog post. In that time I've moved from New Mexico to northern Nev...
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Monday, January 08, 2018

Music on the Wind: Guadalupe, New Mexico

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Since the previous post was a special one on the Río Puerco Valley featuring the recollections of historian and folklorist Nasario García...
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Sunday, October 08, 2017

Nasario García Remembers the Río Puerco

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Over the past few years the Río Puerco Valley has become one of my favorite places in New Mexico. About an hour northwest of Albuquerque, ...
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Sunday, April 02, 2017

Life is Too Short to be Afraid: Ciudad Juárez, Mexico Pt. II

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( Ven a los toros - Come to the bulls.) Blood spills out on the streets And bodies are missing for weeks Both sides keeping a close e...
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Sunday, February 26, 2017

Life is Too Short to be Afraid: Ciudad Juárez, Mexico Pt. I

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( La vida es muy corta para tener miedo - Life is too short to be afraid.) Juárez, I had a dream today The children danced, as the gui...
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Sunday, December 11, 2016

A Little Piece of Quiet: Lingo, New Mexico

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I might as well stop pretending that I’m going to post more regularly and admit that, modern life being what it is, time is always tight, ...
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Sunday, July 31, 2016

Empty Desks: Contreras, New Mexico

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In Socorro County, New Mexico, tucked off a side road that parallels I-25, not far from a muddy stretch of the Rio Grande, is the little ...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

The Ruins by the Rails: Ricardo, New Mexico

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MARCH 2023 UPDATE: I am beyond thrilled to be able to make available here one of only two known firsthand descriptions of life in Ricardo,...
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"If you can lose yourself in a crowd, can you find yourself in the empty arms of an abandoned ghost town?" Lydia Lunch
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