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Dave Herndon

Editor’s Letter

I’M PRETTY SURE that by now, my people back east have gotten the message that if they want to see us at Christmas-time, they’re going to have to travel to New Mexico. Because we aren’t going…

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Editor's Letter

I MUST’VE WATCHED too many BBC documentaries, because while reading the archaeology Road Trip piece (Dig In), my mind’s ear couldn’t help hearing the erudite-sounding intonations of David…

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Look! Up In The Sky!

STARGAZING HAS long been a favorite pastime in these parts, going back at least as far as the ancient Puebloans who inhabited Chaco Canyon. A thousand years later, their petroglyphs are still…

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Ready for Prime Time

IF YOU EVER HEAR someone complain that there’s nothing going on in New Mexico, please feel free to whack them over the head—gently, of course, in the spirit of loving kindness—with this issue of the…

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Covering the Angles

Way back when I was the features editor of a major metropolitan daily newspaper, I scored a lot of points with the business editor by telling her I thought every story, including the kinds of…

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Taos or Bust

In the early 1970s, I had a brother-in-law who was obsessed with New Mexico, Taos in particular. He took annual vacations there, went camping in the area, and was loyal to the Taos Inn, the legendary…

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The Power of Positive Travel

EVERYBODY KNOWS that traveling is one of the most eye-opening—and potentially life-changing—things a human being can do. During college I took a meandering cross-country road trip and had a minor…

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