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Colorful murals mark the artsy Barelas neighborhood.

Barelas Is for the Gente

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Ungelbah Dávila Shivers

Ungelbah Davila Shivers lives in Valencia County with her husband, Larry, and step-daughters, Abigail and Grace. She owns Silver Moon Studio in Bosque Farms.

Cutouts of Harvey Girls and railroad life decorate a fence outside the Harvey House Museum.

Hub City

By Ungelbah Dávila Shivers on Mar. 16, 2020

Above: Cutouts of Harvey Girls and railroad life decorate a fence outside the Harvey House Museum. Photographs by Ungelbah Dávila Shivers. MANY ROUTES LEAD TO BELÉN. Three interstate exits off I-25…

Two bees get busy on one of the Hays Honey & Apple Farm honeycombs.

Hive Mind

By Ungelbah Dávila Shivers on Feb. 24, 2020

AFTERNOON SUNSHINE FILTERS through the leaves of commercial beekeeper Ken Hays’s bucolic apple orchard in Bosque Farms, 18 miles south of Albuquerque. The play between sun and shadow creates what the…

Milking It

By Ungelbah Dávila Shivers on Feb. 24, 2020

Above: The De Smet family an a happy cow. Photographs by Ungelbah Dávila Shivers. If you’ve ever wanted to taste milk like it was when your grandparents were children, now you can. De Smet Dairy…

Worldly Ways

By Ungelbah Dávila Shivers on Feb. 18, 2020

Above: A Tuscan chicken sandwich from Europa Coffee. Photograph by Ungelbah Dávila Shivers. There was a time, not long ago, when most Americans had a connection to the country. The family farm was a…

Indigenous Masters

By Ungelbah Dávila Shivers on Feb. 05, 2020

Above: Kaa Fowlell. Photographs by Ungelbah Dávila-Shivers. A few months ago, my father, a cattleman and world-class observer of things, pointed out how much “Indian art” has changed during his…

Barelas Is for the Gente

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