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Tim Amsden

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in Wichita, Kansas, The United States

September 14, 1945

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Poetry, Memoir, Philosophy

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Tim Amsden was born in Wichita, Kansas, earned a law degree from the University of Iowa, and worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Kansas City for 25 years. He now lives with his wife, Lucia, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

His writings have appeared in journals and anthologies throughout the US, as well as in Canada, Algeria, Ireland, and Turkey. Amsden’s full-length book of poetry, Vanishing Point, was published in 2015. He edited and contributed to a book titled The Bear is My Father: Indigenous Wisdom of a Muskogee Creek Medicine Man, which was published in 2021 by Synergetic Press.

Love Letter to Ramah: Living beside New Mexico's Trail of the Ancients, was published by the University of New Mexico Press on September 1, 2024 ...more

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	Love Letter to Ramah: Living Beside New Mexico's Trail of the Ancients 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Mystic Bluffs Fly-in

Our neighbor, Cindy Crawford, owns a piece of land near Ramah Lake, less than a mile from our home. She is a pilot and built a dirt airstrip there, which she calls the Mystic Bluffs Airstrip. Each year she and Perry Null, her co-sponsor, invite pilots of small planes from anywhere in the country to

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