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Emergence of the Circle

Throughout the American West and Southwest, the vast cathedral of space that looms and soars above the landscape inspires and humbles all who behold it. In praise of this great natural temple, the name Western Skies has been applied to everything from motels to golf resorts, insurance agencies to RV dealerships. Event venues. Jewelers. Realtors. Veterinarians. Steakhouses. Candles, contractors and campgrounds. Art galleries.

If it’s a thing that you can name, it’s under a western sky. None, however, respond to the firmament’s embrace of the earth more brilliantly than Western Skies Handmade, artist Sarah Garvey’s brand of purses and other unique leather goods based today in Arizona.

When we last checked in with Garvey, for a 2018 article, she was living on a ranch in eastern New Mexico with a different last name. In the interim, she has divorced and moved with her two young kids to

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