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Steve Gleydura
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Steve Gleydura

Steve is the editor in chief of New Mexico Magazine.

A Look into Pueblo Baseball

BASEBALL IS MORE THAN A GAME on New Mexico’s pueblos. There’s something almost sacred in the gathering of teams and the community around a playing field etched into the earth. “Baseball is a part of…

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Editor's Letter: Field Guide

FOR MOST OF MY LIFE, summer and baseball have gone together like a bat and glove. From T-ball to Little League and all the way through college, summers revolved around the baseball schedule. When my…

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Editor's Letter: Taco 'Bout It

“EVERYBODY LOVES TACOS,” says Quinn Stephenson, owner of Santa Fe’s legendary Coyote Cafe and its more casual rooftop sister restaurant, Coyote Cantina. “I don’t know anybody who doesn’t like tacos. I…

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Editor's Letter: Wild Times

ON JUNE 3, 1924, THE GILA WILDERNESS became the first-of-its-kind wilderness area—a federally designated place with no roads, no cabins, no vehicles. Or, as Aldo Leopold—the Forest Service employee…

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Editor's Letter: Road Signs

ROUTE 66 TRAVELERS have rarely had it so good. Oh, sure, maybe during the heyday of the Mother Road, but these days, breakfast at The Mystic, on the original Route 66 in Santa Fe, is pretty tough to…

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Editor's Letter: Hot Shots

JIM SHEPKA HAS NEW MEXICO’S FILM INDUSTRY to thank for much of his recent work. A former Marine who first came to the Land of Enchantment to visit his brother in the 1980s, Shepka retired to Rio…

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Editor's Letter: Joy Story

NEW MEXICO IS A GIFT. The kind wrapped in the indigo, rose, and purple of the mountains at sunrise. The kind best appreciated with each new trail or back road traveled. The kind that reveals new…

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Editor's Letter: Bird Counts

AT DUSK, the birds returned in waves to the Wetland Roost at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Hundreds of snow geese floated in the water as the rest of the overwintering flock looked for a…

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Editor's Letter: Fall Fling

WHILE THERE’S SOMETHING to love about New Mexico in every season, I’m an unabashed fan of fall. Give me long sleeves and turning leaves, and I’m happy. In fact, with all there is to do in October, I…

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