New Mexico Santos: May 1935
THE INTEREST WHICH has developed in the study of early New Mexican religious art as represented by santos is shown by their scarcity within late years. Some twenty years ago when I first became…
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New Mexico Santos: April 1935
LUMMIS HAS REFERRED TO NEW MEXICO as “The Land of Poco Tiempo .” It might well be termed, “The Land of Santos .” Whenever and wherever the Spaniard established a set tlement, invariably he placed it…
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New Mexico Santos: March 1935
TIME NEVER LIES HEAVY on the mind of the man or woman who has a hobby. This is an old and familiar adage, the truth of which I can vouch for from my own experience. As a boy, I collected stamps…
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Don Silviares, El Verdulero
MY PRIMO INTRODUCES me to the barber. “So you’re from Embudo?” the barber asks me, the snip of his scissors rhythmically slicing through the slow afternoon. “When I was a kid growing up in Dawson…
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Taste the Bounty of Summer
THE COOL CRISPNESS of cucumbers, from long slicers to small pickling cukes, makes a welcome antidote to hot days, especially when paired with feathery fronds of dill. Toward summer’s climax, our…
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Planting Seeds, Honoring Generations
EVERY SPRING, I DECIDE what chiles and how many kinds of tomatoes I will plant, and I plan where I will plant the Three Sisters—corn, beans, and squash. This Native American triad, famous for how well…
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Why We Love NM: We Express Ourselves On Wheels
AS A CHILD SPENDING SUMMERS IN CHIMAYÓ with my grandmother, I felt a great deal of excitement about the lowriders that rolled by on the dirt roads on weekends and during the annual Good Friday cruise…
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Why We Love NM: We Celebrate What Has Sustained Us
T HE WAGON MOUND BEAN DAY Celebration honors one of New Mexico’s perennial crops, the pinto bean, which was once abundantly grown on farms surrounding the small village on the plains of northeastern…
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Why We Love NM: Our Waters Have Healing Powers
T HINK BEING THE OWNER of a hot springs resort in one of New Mexico’s most laid-back towns is some kind of dream job? Jake Foerstner would heartily agree. Since 2006, he’s been the proud proprietor of…
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Why We Love NM: Our Ghost Towns Contain Multitudes
J OHN M. MULHOUSE MISSES THE UNIQUELY eerie vibes of a New Mexico ghost town. Though he now lives in Oklahoma, the historian and author is nostalgic for the decade he spent traipsing around the…
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