1. Enjoy a one-page story.
2. Read Apache thoughts.
3. Consider the futility of war.
4. Find redemption in humor.
5. Find yourself liking poetry.
Each poem, like a hand-stitched quilt piece, finds its niche in a broad tapestry of vivid Southwestern lives spanning more than a century. The reader will know horse soldiers, a famous New Mexico madam. The book raises the veils of discrimination from an idyllic setting. The spirituality of the Southwest is portrayed by a smart-assed raven, the magical journey of an old yellow pickup, and a formal ball in the famous Buffalo Bar of Silver City.