February 26, 2010
There are thousands of petroglyphs at the V Bar V Heritage site in the Coconino National Forest.
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Hooked on the mystery and the awe
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I sit in the sandstone ruins tucked beneath a Sierra Ancha cliff face as the sun dies, dabbing idly at the drip of blood on my arm. I put my finger to my tongue and taste the iron. It would make good paint — outlive me by 1,000 years — if I had a little prickly pear juice and some nice, crushed hematite.
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