My Tiny Vegas: Life Between the Sangre De Christo Mountains and the Great Plains

Birdie Jaworski lives on the edge of the eastern plains of New Mexico, where the Sangre de Christo Mountains meet the Great Plains, smack in the middle of the town of Las Vegas. No - not the big City of Sin with the gambling strip Las Vegas, New Mexico is not as well known as other Wild West towns, such as Dodge City, Deadwood, or Tombstone, but she is said to have been the worst of the rowdiest Old West towns. She's still rowdy, still mysterious, still full of larger-than-life characters Doc Holliday kept his medical office in Las Vegas, New Mexico. The Rough Riders held their first reunion in the saloon of the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas. You can get a shot of tequila in that same saloon, today. Birdie wants to share her beautiful tiny Las Vegas with you...

Birdie Jaworski’s writings have appeared in many online and print journals, including Good Housekeeping, The San Diego Reader, the Las Vegas Optic, Adoption Today, MiPOesias, Gather.com, BlogHer, The Nervous Breakdown, Salon.com, and the Virtual Occoquan. Birdie’s memoir, ＂Don’t Shoot! I’m Just the Avon Lady!＂ has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Birdie and her stories have been profiled in the New York Times, Time Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and Positive Thinking magazine. Birdie publishes and edits GALLINAS, a biweekly magazine celebrating the arts, cultures, and communities of Northeastern New Mexico.