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Don J. Usner

The Feather and the Cellphone

MY COMPANIONS AND I LABORED THROUGH DEEP SNOW for 15 long minutes—and this after driving through two-foot-deep drifts on the way up to the caldera on a frigid February evening. Now, as we trudged on…

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Lowriders: Riding High

Above: Mike Montoya applies a finishing touch for the 2012 MainStreet ShowDown car show in Española. IT WAS A HOT SUMMER DAY in Chimayó, cicadas buzzing in the junipers and dogs panting in the…

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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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On the Mary and Joseph Trail

THE SKY FLARED WITH A BLOOD-RED sunset and then went black as I drove north from Santa Fe on a cold December night last year. I was on my way to Santa Cruz, one of New Mexico’s oldest villas , as the…

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Finding the Right Words

I grew up in northern New Mexico, spending most of my time in Los Alamos but making frequent trips to visit my grandmother and other relatives in Chimayó. Spanish was the common language down in “the…

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