Querencia

Livingston, Montana, U.S.A.: Clark City Press, 1990. First Printing . Trade Paperback. Fine. 5 1/4" X 8 1/2. 154 Pages.October 1990 Edition. Signed by author on half-title page. Red underining of two to file lines on each of nine pages. No othermarks noted to this otherwise flawless book. The author was born in Boston and attended Massachusetts colleges. This book is a memoir of the 30 years that the her spent roaming the high country of New Mexico and towns with names like Socorro, Quemado, Datil, Kelly, Santa Rita, and more than a little in Magdalena NM with his friend Betsy Huntington. He has written nine books and numerous articles and book reviews for various publications. About Querencia William F. Buckley wrote that it is a word that doesn't translate. It is used in Spanish to designate that mysterious little area in the bullring that catches the fancy of the fighting bull when he charges in. He imagines it his sanctuary: when parked there, he supposes he cannot be hurt. So it is borrowing the term, that one can spoeak of one's Querecia to mean that little, unspecified area in life's arena where one feels safe and serene.