A number of us have been writing and speaking about using Southwest plants for food since long before the electronic age. Publications include scholarly journals, books, magazines, newspaper columns etc. At least one of us has presented several scientific papers on the topic at national and international meetings.
2013 – 2018 Savor the SW started
In early September 2013, I discussed the possibility of starting this Savor the Southwest site 
with Carolyn Niethammer. The idea was to form a partnership to decrease our work load and increase our readership by having 4 folks writing – not just one or two. The plan was for each of us post only one week a month.
I purchased the domain name for SavortheSW.com (short) because SavortheSouthwest.com (long) is a food truck in the Midwest. While non-techie me was trying to get the site set up, hosted, etc., Carolyn simply started on a free blogger site.
I have been taught to respect my elders, so I “went along to get along.” Through the years I personally continued to pay for the .com domain name, and I also paid to have it hosted and maintained as a static page sending people to our free blogger site.
As time went by and we bloggers had get togethers, I kept urging the group to switch to the hosted site so we could sell our books and art. I also tried to train them to reduce image size to load faster, improve SEO, etc.
2018 Savor the SW (dot) com
In 2018, after paying and maintaining a static site for 5 years, I started building the .com site out more fully so we could sell our books and products online.
In a meeting where we sat and discussed the topic, I convinced the others we could make it 
happen, that I could shift the site to the .com.
I went home to “make it so” and was dismayed to discover that I could no longer log into the free site. The password had been changed. I am greatly saddened by this break in what I had believed to be a friendly and mutually beneficial working relationship.
I don’t give up easily, so continued building out the paid site, working with some new partners.
2021 Hacked
In October 2021, reeling from the death of our son, the site was hacked. The .com site was not only hacked but ransomed. Not having $ 5000 to pay, I was forced to abandon it. But the name was out on YouTube, and Facebook, and Instagram – so I simply started the site all over again. This time it is a full Savor the Southwest (not SW) and at a .net site.
In Summary
I do hope this note clarifies some questions people have about why there are two sites with 
similar names out on the interweb.
Note that I remain entirely willing to have the writers who are currently on the free site to publish on this .net site. I would love to offer their art and books for sale as well. Whether they choose to so or not is entirely up to them.
Peace,
Dr. Jacqueline Soule, Editor