Books: On Top Of Spoon Mountain
ON TOP OF SPOON MOUNTAIN BY JOHN NICHOLS (University of New Mexico Press) It would be tempting to classify longtime Taos author John Nichols’s latest novel as a slight bit of skillfully drawn…
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Posts From: October 2012
Thanksgiving: The Real Meal
This Thanksgiving Day I plan to give thanks to New Mexico farmers like Pollo Real’s Tom Delehanty and Tracey Hamilton, who are rescuing venerable turkey breeds such as Spanish Black and Standard…
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Joe West’s New Mexico Songbook
It’s Saturday night at the dark-timbered Mine Shaft Tavern, in Madrid. The long, scarred wooden bar is elbow-to-elbow and the tables are full, but nowhere is more crowded than the dance floor…
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Agritourism All-Star Family-owned Los Poblanos is both a historic home—designed by New Mexican starchitect John Gaw Meem in 1932—and an organic farm, on one of the largest remaining plots of land in…
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One Of Our 50 Is Missing
Nuevo Mexico: El estado de Cañon Grande A friend asked Gainesville, Florida, resident Wuni Ryschkewitsch what she’d been up to since they’d last seen each other. Wuni reported that she’d been to two…
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To the Dead Their Due
As skeleton-happy New Mexicans know, honoring departed souls is not some eerie voyage into the macabre—in fact, it’s an annual cause for celebration. From the somber to the festive, El Día de los…
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The Heart of Ratón
As I enjoy the evening breeze from a tree-shaded bench near the gazebo in downtown Ripley Park, Ratón strikes me as a throwback to another era. The dusty rock building across the street was Ratón’s…
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About Time For Apache Canyon
Apache Canyon Ranch Bed and Breakfast stands in a corner of a lonesome landscape where the Laguna Pueblo and To’Hajiilee Navajo reservations meet. It also happens to be midway between a couple of my…
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Legendary Inn Celebrates 75 Years with Holiday Cheer
The vintage neon thunderbird sign—taos inn, rooms, dining, cocktails, curios—is a welcoming beacon for a weary traveler. So, too, is the inn’s festive street façade, decked out in holiday finery. Once…
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Fly the Coop
Central Road Trip The granddaddy birding event of them all—the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge’s Festival of the Cranes—celebrates its 22nd year November 17–22, 2009. Located 8 miles…
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