Shot Down
Shot Down About 12 years ago, when Owen Taylor’s daughter was preparing to attend the College of Santa Fe, her best friend was headed to Colorado for college. The girls needed various shots, and went…
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Carlsbad Confidential
The underground magnificence of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has always commanded respect and awe. Aboveground and a dozen miles from the park, the town of…
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The Melting Pot, Stirred
Santa Fe’s Museum of International Folk Art has been among my most-beloved destinations for the 30 years I have lived in New Mexico. With the museum’s opening of an epic, yearlong exhibition devoted…
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Seeing is Believing
(Click to play a slideshow of all the 2013 New Mexico Magazine Photo Contest winners. In the upper right corner of the slideshow, click "Show Info" and a description of the slideshow will be included…
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The Eloise of Los Alamos
As the sun broke over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and poured through the plate glass of my Los Alamos hotel’s breakfast room, I felt a familiar light-headedness of connection between past and…
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The Golden Boy
Once upon a time in New Mexico, there was boy who was born with golden ears. Whenever he heard great music, it became part of him, and it would shape his destiny in magical ways that would be…
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