Badlands Broken Beauty
FIRST CAME AN UNSUCCESSFUL scouting trip, then several days poring over Google Earth, and now I’ve finally nailed down what I think is the location of a mythical place called “Hoodooville.” The winter…
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Category: 2020
Feeding Time
THE MORNING IS QUIET as my husband and I make the drive down NM 14 from Santa Fe to San Marcos Cafe & Feed Store for breakfast. The muted gray hue of the early-spring sky accentuates the gold tones…
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Five Things To Do This Weekend
Whew! Hopefully, you’re over the Zoom hiccups, finding joy in morning walks with the dogs, and slowing down a bit. But you could also be just a tad stir-crazy, missing your routine, and worrying…
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Five Instagram Accounts Keeping Us Connected
Above: One of the best parts of early mornings on the Rio Grande is the migratory birds. Photograph by Aaron Blanc. If we’re doing this right, we’re staying at home and keeping our distance. So we…
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Where There’s Smoke
Above: Circle J Barbeque smokes 60 pounds of meat every day. Holy cow. Photography courtesy of Circle J Barbeque. It might seem sacrilegious, but Will Ponder will go ahead and say it: Circle J…
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Campfire Classic
Above: Once a campfire classic, s'mores are now an everyday one. Photograph by Inga Hendrickson. Whether camping, glamping, hosting a party, getting married, or simply hanging out on your couch, the…
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Opening Day
Above: A blocked-off door from the Palace’s 1912 renovation. Photograph Courtesy of Palace of the Governors. The Palace of the Governors closed in August 2018 for renovations to its aged…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing
Above: Illustration by Chris Philpot. STICKY SUBJECT T-shirt faux pas have been legion of late, at least when it comes to transplanting saguaro cacti in our enchanted midst.Despite the fact that the…
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Building Bigger Circles
Above: Ebony Isis Booth performs at a Burque Noir event. Photograph courtesy of Ebony Isis Booth. “Make a circle,” Ebony Isis Booth says. Though she seems wholly absorbed in pulling up the day’s…
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