Author Archives for Rene Rosa

About Rene Rosa

Rene is vice-president and co-founder of A Veteran Affair. Being a self-taught artist, she writes essays, poems and has a manuscript screaming for time and attention to be completed.

Clarity, Strength and Perseverance

October 14, 2021 6:49 pm Published by Comments Off on Clarity, Strength and Perseverance

We have questions, seek answers.  We are no longer hunters and gatherers with survival our primary focus.  We have doubts... View Article


Memorial Day 2019

June 5, 2019 8:14 am Published by Comments Off on Memorial Day 2019

The Devil this Day The devil reigned his fire of death upon us this day. For the love of my... View Article


2019 Wagon Mound Art Fest

April 24, 2019 8:28 am Published by Comments Off on 2019 Wagon Mound Art Fest

To reach the Village of Wagon Mound nestled under the Mound Mesa, one must traverse the grasslands of the Jicarilla... View Article


2018 705 Kids Coalition

February 2, 2019 4:12 pm Published by Comments Off on 2018 705 Kids Coalition

Summer vacation 2018 for the students in Wagon Mound began late in May.  Kids that had been on the crew... View Article


Contemplations

March 16, 2017 11:16 am Published by Comments Off on Contemplations

Long ago, while yet a tiny sensitive child, I realized the meaning of hypocrisy. When I sensed such by those... View Article


In Appreciation

June 9, 2016 6:42 am Published by Comments Off on In Appreciation

It was an extraordinary group of artists and vendors who became the 2016 Wagon Mound Art Fest.  It is not... View Article


Bean Day 2015

August 23, 2015 7:28 pm Published by Comments Off on Bean Day 2015

105 years ago a free meal of beans was cooked over fires in wash boilers for over a thousand hungry... View Article


Our Hole-in-the-Wall

July 3, 2015 12:51 pm Published by Comments Off on Our Hole-in-the-Wall

Wagon Mound is a hole-in-the-wall kind of a place. Around the Mound the lovely village bank has closed it’s doors... View Article