2020 True Heroes
Wilma Brooks As the second-longest-serving educator in the state, this teacher delivers lessons that go far beyond the classroom. Penny and Sandy Davis The founders of Seed2Need grow, harvest, and…
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Category: 2020
Five Things to Do This Weekend: New Year's Eve
Light up New Year's Eve with your own special touch at home. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash. Make it special at home. Those big New Year’s Eve parties are out this year. But don’t set yourself up for…
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Top 10 Stories for 2020
An estimated 1,700 Rocky Mountain and 1,100 desert bighorn sheep roam the state (from Bighorn Victory, May 2020). Photograph by Minesh Bacrania. LET'S FACE IT: Our attachment to 2020 ranks just below…
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Tree of Knowledge
The Tree of Knowledge in Roswell focuses is crafted of metal leaves encompassing powerful words. Photograph courtesy of Susan Wink. RISING NEARLY 18 FEET in front of the Roswell Public Library, the…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: December 2020
Illustration by Chris Philpot For Land’s Sake Indianapolis resident Malia Storrer-Handlon (who vows that she’s merely a New Mexico resident-in-waiting) was reading the book Polaroid: The Complete…
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A Cartoonist Without Reservations
Cartoonist Ricardo Caté creates paintings inspired by his well known series Without Reservations . Photograph by Minesh Bacrania. ARTIST, CARTOONIST, ACTIVIST, DAD, Marine veteran, and farmer. Ricardo…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
The Canyon Road tradition continues with a Christmas Eve cruise to see farolitos. Photograph courtesy of Tourism Santa Fe. Cruise a Christmas Eve tradition. When it’s the night before Christmas in…
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Holiday Spirits from Local Distilleries
Finding the perfect holiday spirit is easy with these local distilleries. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. COLIN KEEGAN STARTED Santa Fe Spirits in 2010 to turn his apple crop into a smooth and hearty…
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Memories of Christmas in New Mexico
Illustration by Ryan Johnson. THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTMAS can be served in one bowl. The bowl is small and white. It holds freshly made red chile, the “fancy kind.” That means instead of using chile…
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Where to Find the Best Tamales for the Holidays
Tamales are a New Mexico Christmas tradition. Photograph courtesy of NMTD. MANY YEARS AGO, I WROTE a book about tamales. For months, my kitchen windows were fogged from the tamalera bubbling on the…
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