dancing up the rain

dancing up the rain


dancing up the rain
the joyous dancers
fill the plaza
sloping east to west
dancing up the rain
in the heat of an august day
the joyous dancers
sway to the dancing drummers
sway with the pulse of mother earth
dancing up the rain
the rockettes of the pueblo world
joyously dance up the rain
over the mountains to the east
dancing up the rain
the raindrops dance across adobe houses
dancing to the thundering drummers
they blacken the sky
behind zig-zag lightening
dancing up the rain
the rain bathes our mother earth
caresses our mother corn
dancing across her plumed head
dancing up the rain
they filled the plaza
green and red and pumpkin
sky-blue the rain clouds
embrace the slate grey mountains
dancing up the rain
embracing our mother earth
embracing each other
we dance up the rain

One of the students in my class serenades his abuela (grandmother)--northern New Mexico 

The roads run across the top of the mountains--a view from Truchas, New Mexico. 

Sanctuario de Chimayo 

An old adobe church in northern New Mexico 

A farm close to Chama, New Mexico 

A country church close to Chama, New Mexico 

Cowboys on the Marmon Ranch 

Watching the branding of calves west of Laguna Pueblo on the Marmon ranch 

James, age 13, at an elementary school, Zuni Pueblo, Western New Mexico 

Rest Area 

Land speculation south of Acoma Pueblo and east of the Ramah Navajo--the land is cheap but water is a maybe. 

The church at McCartys, NM, another view, another season 

The church at McCartys, NM--on the way to the Navajo rez 

Twin Lakes, Navajo Nation, NM--Chapter House 

The view from our trailer at the teacherage at Twin Lakes (1982) 

Navajo Lake, Navajo Nation 

Navajo Nation 

Navajo Nation 

Navajo Nation 

A hogan on the floor of Canyon de Chey, Navajo Nation, Arizona 

The White House ruins, Canyon de Chey, Navajo Nation, Arizona 

Leaving the Visitor's Center, Bandalier National Monument 

Climbing a ladder to one of the many little caves in the canyon, Bandalier National Monument 

The trail along the side of Frijoles Canyon 

On the floor of Frijoles (Beans) Canyon, Bandalier National Monument, New Mexico