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Western NM Road Trip
The Route Begin in Gallup, the urban epicenter of Native American life in New Mexico. Head out for a half-day historic trading post journey north along U.S. 491 (locals prefer its former name, Route…
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Pecan Power
Above: Pecan production is a family affair for the Salopeks—Adam, Dustin, Heather, Rett, and Joseph—in one of their family orchards in the Mesilla Valley near Las Cruces. Flashy, spicy chile gets all…
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Dropping Out, Tuning In
Above: Simple pleasures achieve the sublime at Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center. FOR LONG MOMENTS the sight holds us mesmerized: diamonds and ripples of golden light reflecting off the river and…
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The New Iron Age
Frank Turley in his studio at “the granddaddy of blacksmithing schools.” BACK IN THE DAY, Frank Turley earned part-time cash by shoeing horses, so when he stumbled on a mysterious contraption in…
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Only in NM
SOUL SEARCHING My partner and I chose to vacation in New Mexico because of its scenic beauty: sunsets like fire, thousands of pecan trees in bloom, desert stillness. We traveled to many of the typical…
Read MoreOne of Our 50 is Missing
LEARNING ON THE JOB Born and raised in New Mexico but a resident of Silver Spring, Maryland, for almost two decades now, longtime subscriber Rachel Alarid went to a local federal office in 2008 to…
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Book Reviews
HOW THE WORLD MOVES: The Odyssey of an American Indian Family BY PETER NABOKOV (Viking, 2015) THE ORIGIN MYTH OF ACOMA PUEBLO BY EDWARD PROCTOR HUNT (Penguin, 2015) Peter Nabokov is no stranger to…
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The Modernists’ Muse
Above: Andrew Dasburg, Sangre de Cristo , circa 1933, watercolor, 15 1/8" x 21 5/8". Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of Mr. Edwin F. Gamble, 1968 (2235.23P). Photo by Blair Clark…
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