Randy Granger

Hola from southern New Mexico. We also were hit by the great freeze earlier this month. Thankfully, not as hard as so many of my friends in Texas. I hope you are all doing as well as you can. I…

Greetings from New Mexico. It is now August and we are still over 100 degree temps. I always think of my ancestors when it is this hot. How did they live? How did they cool themselves? I asked my mother…

Greetings from southern New Mexico where daytime temps have been triple digits with night time temps not much below 75. With the pandemic still in swing, we have routines that involve walking before 6am, closing drapes early, swamp cooler on…

Happy Memorial Day. We have seen many holidays go by during this pandemic. Sometimes it seems surreal what we experiencing together. It sure does bring into focus what is really important. For most of us it is the people close…

Greetings again from New Mexico where I’ve been sheltering at home since early March like so many others. Our state’s orders end at the end in June most likely to avoid the Memorial Day rush at our lakes where people…

Greetings from southern New Mexico where our daytime highs are already in the 80’s and expected in the 90’s soon. I am not quite ready for that heat with humidity has been in the single digits. I still need to…

Greeting again from southern New Mexico where temps are climbing and the mesquite shrubs have finally put on their spring greens. I use them as a barometer for when to plant tomatoes and herbs. We are still under a shelter…

I can only hope you are all doing well, sheltered in place, have enough of all you need and are healthy. That, I feel is all we can expect in these days of the Covid-19 pandemic. I remind myself, in…

I remember some friends who, knowing my Native American heritage and Native Flute music, would urge me to celebrate a “No Columbus Day” instead of Columbus Day every October. They even invited me to perform for their “celebration” or protestation…

Greetings from windy New Mexico in the springtime. I just returned from the Voyager Southwest Flute festival in Tucson. I was teaching, headlining and had a vendor table. It was a great time as always and I really love teaching…