Sunday, October 5, 2014

First impressions


Friendly, polite people 
who smile and laugh easily
common to offer a hand
to say excuse me and please

Big sky and bright sunlight
More green and trees and plants than low desert
Cool in the morning 
lovely penetrating warmth each afternoon

Town is full of shops all full of treasures
Navajo rugs, pottery, and pipes
Coral and turquoise and silver jewlery

Navajos from the rural surround are cowboys
Cowboy boots and big-brimmed hats
Wrangler jeans and western snap front shirts
Rodeo grounds in every  town

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