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Carmella Padilla
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Carmella Padilla

Ode to Pecos

Above: Illustration by Brett Affrunti. THE DOLL IS AS TALL AS ME, a girl on a patch of lush green grass. I talk to her and she talks back. A lone peacock ambles, wails, and dandies about. I barely…

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Maverick Dreams

Above: Artist Jerry West in the late 1980s. Photography Meridel Rubenstein/ Museum of New Mexico Press. “To be born on the prairie means to wander all your life, always being pulled back. It means…

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The Good Neighbor

Above: William deBuys. “New Mexico, the words of which enchant me beyond reason, suggesting not only a particular home and geography, but an existence and a history shared with others, a notion of…

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The Godfather

AND WITH ULTIMA came the owl … On a starry night in September 2016, I am camping near the New Mexico–Colorado state line and reading Bless Me, Ultima in the shadowy light of a kerosene lamp. I am…

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Our Lady of la Cocina

THE DINING ROOM IS QUIET at 225 East Marcy Street, a few blocks from the Santa Fe Plaza. Cushiony black and red chairs rest empty around Formica-and-wood tables. Multicolored silk roses bloom…

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Camino of Dreams

(above) El Puerto del Sol (the Door to the Sun), by Armando Alvarez, at El Cerro de Tomé, a pilgrimage site near Los Lunas. ARE YOU READY to rethink I-25? The state’s north-south artery is plenty…

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The Happiness Project

NEED TO KNOW STAY The Artist Residence and Organic Farm offers a quaint, quiet getaway for those who wish to explore the beauty of Rancho La Villita and northern New Mexico. Operated by Windom’s…

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The Spirit in the Stone

NEED TO KNOW Turquoise, Water, Sky: The Stone and Its Meaning will remain on exhibit through May 2, 2016, at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday; open…

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