Datebook: March 2025
IT TOOK JUST ONE gem and mineral show for Megan Holden to catch the rockhounding bug. “I loved it and wanted to find some on my own,” says Holden, who is a member of the Sierra County Rock and Gem…
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Posts From: February 2025
Editor's Letter: Hotel Perks
“WHAT ARE THOSE?” a woman from California asks as our six-person tour group moves from La Fonda on the Plaza’s lobby into an alcove near the registration desk. She motions toward a display of more…
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Three Outdoorsy Getaways
THE BLAKE, TAOS SKI VALLEY Opened in 2017 and named for Taos Ski Valley founder Ernie Blake, the stylish 80-room ski-in, ski-out hotel and spa is 20 yards from the valley’s Lift 1. “The resort…
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Wildlife Meets Luxury at Vermejo
FROM A SWATH of shortgrass prairie to a chain of alpine peaks, early morning light floods the big country of Vermejo, flushing out its inhabitants. Barreling up a ridge near the eastern boundary of…
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Dark Winds Returns with Full Force
THIS IS JESSICA MATTEN’S TIME. And it’s Bernadette Manuelito’s time too. Matten has played the tough but tender Manuelito through three seasons of AMC’s 1970s-set Dark Winds, based on the bestselling…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Ponder Earth’s memories. Photographs of stones make up Language of the Land , Bernice Ficek-Swenson’s new exhibition at Strata Gallery, in Santa Fe. A Minnesota artist, Ficek-Swenson sees her images…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: January/ February 2025
HATS OFF Perhaps a record number of readers wrote in to express their dismay at some new offerings in the recent Southwest Indian Foundation catalog. The Gallup-based nonprofit enticed shoppers to…
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Meet Carrizozo's 400-Year-Old Juniper
IN THE STRIKING landscape of the Valley of Fires Recreation Area near Carrizozo, a gnarled attraction draws nature lovers and history buffs alike: a juniper tree estimated to be more than 400 years…
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24th Annual Photo Awards: Route 66
Thank you to our sponsors for the 24th Annual Photo Awards: Muench Workshops, New Mexico Department of Game & Fish, New Mexico Department of Transportation, the Hatch Chile Store, World Balloon, the…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Say “I love you” on Valentine’s Day. El Grupo Mezcal concert & four-course meal (Taos) Bring your Valentine to Daleee KTaos and boogie to bangin’ tunes from El Grupo Mezcal, a Taos-based Spanish…
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