Take Me Where the Coyotes Howl

Desert Dispatch: Nighttime song

Starlight Night, Georgia O’Keeffe, 1917

“Do not let Herbie off-leash,” I said to John. “This neighborhood has coyotes.”

We’d just arrived in Taos, our primary destination on this journey and temporary home. I looked out at the Sangre de Christo mountains as I spoke, which made me feel small. To the east, their peaks were glowing red.

Moments after the sun …