Book Reviews November 2013
LEAVING TINKERTOWN BY TANYA WARD GOODMAN (University of New Mexico Press, 2013) Tanya Ward Goodman writes with clear-eyed, simple elegance as she tells the tender story of a special father-daughter…
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Posts From: October 2013
These Walls Talk
From caves to adobes to Spaceport America, New Mexico’s architectural legacy tells a compelling story of people and places written in stone, mud, steel, and glass. Visiting these handsomely wrought…
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Badlands Walkabout
All five areas within the badlands—the little-known Mesa de Cuba, Mesa Chijuilla, Mesa Penistaja, Ceja Pelón, and Cejita Blanca—offer moonscape-like scenery and multihued rock sculptures. They also…
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Ojo Springs Eternal
EXCERPTED FROM “MIRACLE WATERS,” NEW MEXICO MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 1949 My first visit to Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs was accidental. I was one of a party of four on an extended camping trip through the…
Read MoreNew Mexico Magazine honored
On September 30, New Mexico Magazine won four awards at the International Regional Magazine Awards. Hampton Sides' January 2012 piece, "Living in a State of Enchantment," took the Gold Award in the…
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The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful
Nacha Mendez is regarded as the state’s reigning diva of Latin music, having won this year’s New Mexico Music Award in that category. She’s known for her ability to blend styles and shift from one to…
Read MoreGold Rush Part Two
APPLE-CENTRIC OUTING New Mexico’s largest apple producer, Manzano Mountain Retreat, sells fresh cider and apples at its orchard in the eastern foothills of the Manzano (“apple tree” in Spanish)…
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Breaking Out
“Native art has always been in this small box,” says Jody Naranjo, the Santa Clara Pueblo potter who’s become one of the most successful artists of her generation. “No more. There’s a big world out…
Read MoreLiving in a State of Enchantment
This essay first appeared in the January 2012 Centennial issue of New Mexico Magazine. Writer Hampton Sides wasrecognized with top honors—the Gold Award in the Essay category, by the International…
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