LIFE

In The Shadow Of Sandia

A reflection on the terrible beauty of New Mexico and the American Southwest

David Todd McCarty
Published in
6 min readFeb 26, 2022

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Image comp by author. Photo by Jimmy Conover on Unsplash.

This was originally written about twenty years ago, so if some of it feels a little dated, such as the mention of climate change and bagging on French Canadians, that’s why. It’s a snapshot of another time.

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David Todd McCarty
Thoughts And Ideas

A cranky romantic searching for hope and humor. I tell stories. Most of them are true. I’m not at all interested in your outrage, but I do feel your pain.