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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…

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One 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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Dig In

Above: Ladder up to ancient cave dwellings at Bandelier National Monument. Photo by Jim Shoemaker/Bandelier National Monument. A bird keeps an eternal vigil at Petroglyph National Monument. Photo by…

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