Author: Nathalie Bleser

(READ PART ONE, PART TWO, PART THREE, PART FOUR, PART FIVE, PART SIX, PART SEVEN, PART EIGHT, PART NINE, PART 10, PART 11, PART 12 and PART 13 OF THIS STORY) Now imbued with Federico García Lorca’s luminous blessing, Billy the Kid’s sleeping ghost and I are still riding our faithful mare Torda Chica through the Tabernas Desert in Almería, Southern Spain. We have now stopped in … Continue reading The Story of the People’s Tree ~Moorish Detour~

(READ PART ONE, PART TWO, PART THREE, PART FOUR, PART FIVE, PART SIX, PART SEVEN, PART EIGHT, PART NINE, PART 10, PART 11 AND PART 12 OF THIS STORY) “Does the book about ‘my case’ tell the name of my executioner, that friend of Juan Luis Trescastro?” The one asking is the legendary Andalusian writer Federico García Lorca, whose ‘spirit voice’ is conversing with me as … Continue reading The Story of the People’s Tree ~Lorca’s Lullaby~

(READ PART ONE, PART TWO. PART THREE, PART FOUR, PART FIVE, PART SIX, PART SEVEN, PART EIGHT, PART NINE, PART 10 AND PART 11 OF THIS STORY) “I learned to forgive...” I softly repeat the sage words of Federico García Lorca. His spirit has started to talk to me as I ride Torda Chica the mare in the beautiful Tabernas wilderness, with Billy the Kid’s … Continue reading The Story of the People’s Tree ~Magic Rose Wand~

(READ PART ONE, PART TWO. PART THREE, PART FOUR, PART FIVE, PART SIX, PART SEVEN, PART EIGHT, PART NINE AND PART 10 OF THIS STORY) Torda Chica (the mare that Billy the Kid and I are riding) is following the pink-tailed cat appeared earlier on this dreamtime journey. The feline has joined us again after our visit to the second Wild West theme park … Continue reading The Story of the People’s Tree ~Lorca’s Lesson from the Afterlife~

(READ PART ONE, PART TWO. PART THREE, PART FOUR, PART FIVE, PART SIX, PART SEVEN, PART EIGHT AND PART NINE OF THIS STORY) Billy the Kid has taken me on a spaghetti western “set seeing tour” in Tabernas, Almería, Spain. We are ready to leave the second set that my favorite outlaw wanted me to visit again. The two of us, funnily clad alike, … Continue reading The Story of the People’s Tree ~Al Final de la Rambla~

(READ PART ONE, PART TWO. PART THREE, PART FOUR, PART FIVE, PART SIX, PART SEVEN, PART EIGHT AND PART NINE OF THIS STORY) Billy hitches his mare at the school building’s rail, where I had done the same when Rico, my toy horse, was still magically alive and kicking, and where the pink-tailed Seashore Cat had come to keep me company. Studying me … Continue reading The Story of the People’s Tree ~Spaghetti Western Tour with a Sheeted Tenant~

(READ PART ONE, PART TWO. PART THREE, PART FOUR, PART FIVE, PART SIX, PART SEVEN AND PART EIGHT OF THIS STORY) We are in the Womb of Time. This cave appeared in the Literary Dreamtime when an ancient broken bridge was magically rebuilt over the Darro, what Nuevomexicanos would call a ‘rito’, a creek that meanders at the foot of … Continue reading The Story of the People’s Tree ~Twice Upon a Time in the East~

(READ PART ONE, PART TWO. PART THREE, PART FOUR, PART FIVE, PART SIX AND PART SEVEN OF THIS STORY) CLING CLANG BOOM… OUCH!!!! The writer has just crash landed in the Womb of Time, shattering the frozen waterfall in thousands of ice pieces, actually enabling the water flow to timidly resume its course, one diamond droplet at a time. -Huitlacoch…aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!! Charlemagne … Continue reading The Story of the people’s tree ~Warm in the heart~

Some say it’s an unlucky day, while others swear it’s just the opposite and it’s as lucky as the famous four-leaf shamrock of Irish lore. The day before that fatal Friday the 13th, August 2021, ‘for some reason’, I changed my Facebook profile picture to a younger me clad as a ‘cow lady’, holding a … Continue reading Friday the 13th in the Wild West…

Message in a Bottle My flying horse is struggling to get away from the twister which is about to hit us. I hold on extremely tight to Rico’s neck, telling him that everything will be all right in the end, shouting to his ear: “Don’t worry, Rico. Whatever happens is meant to happen. Remember what … Continue reading Raven’s Gift (Part four)