Auxarczen believes that you can be rooted and still roam

It seems we left our hometown to find ourselves.

And here we are

somewhere older than our history

but still possessed by our Ozark Zen.

In Taos, roaming isn't about running away.

It's about listening for the deeper story already lived in the dust under our boots.

In the desert you must wear boots.

Just one of the lessons Taos has taught us.

The land here is an archive

& the buildings keep secrets.

The wind carries stories that we haven't heard.

Sangre de Cristo mountains captured at speed

The Ozarks hold our history,

our original identity,

our roots and footprints,

but not our whole story.

Mt. Nebo in the Ozarks

Here in this beautiful and magical place

we began to recognize pieces of ourselves

we didn't know were missing.

Reminders Dot The Landscape

Auxarczen is wandering with intention

documenting what we find,

honoring those that came before us;

adding our own small thread to this vast

and fascinating tapestry of history and art.

Collecting stories, images, and ghosts

along the roads

not always mapped.

Right where we belong.

Readying for Decent Outside of Mora, NM

San José de Gracia Church, Las Trampas New Mexico

Adobe wall Taos Pueblo

Kit Carson road hanging pepper ristras

Taos Pueblo

Kiva at Jemez historic site

Wandering with Guidance

Taos Welcome Tree

The Texture of the Sand Dunes

Water is Life

Exploring

Wandering, but in no way lost.

-Michael & Jen

Auxarczen