Katherine Wells' obsession with petroglyphs (images pecked on
stone) began in the 1960s. Three decades later, after careers as a
teacher, a businessperson, and an artist in Southern California.
Wells and Lloyd Dennis, her partner, purchased almost two hundred
acres near Espanola in northern New Mexico. The large boulders on
the property contained many examples of rock art from previous
Native inhabitants and the lure was overwhelming. Wells describes
the beginning of her new life and her exploration of the
petroglyphs on her new land. Meeting New Mexico archaeologists and
local rock art aficionados, and locating previously published
information about petroglyphs and the prehistoric inhabitants of
the Espanola area, Wells learned to identify the time periods when
the glyphs were made and to understand many of the motifs found
among the more than six thousand petroglyphs on the site. In
addition to discovering all she could about her surroundings, Wells
worked with Dennis to design and construct three buildings on their
property, each constructed of straw bales. Each of their
experiences introduced these transplanted New Mexicans to the
oft-cited definition of manana: 'not today'. However, the beauty of
their adopted homeland made the trials and struggles they
encountered pale in comparison.
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