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A portion of the 341,471-acre Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon burn scar, as seen from the eastern slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

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The state insect, the tarantula hawk wasp

It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Sting

By Hampton Sides on Jan. 01, 2017

YOU CAN LEARN a lot about a state, I would posit, by considering the attributes of its official insect. State insect ? you ask. Is that even a thing? Indeed it is. Rhode Island’s is the American…

Living in a State of Enchantment

By Hampton Sides on Oct. 04, 2013

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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Hampton Sides

It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Sting

Living in a State of Enchantment

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