Do The Dunes
Exploring the dunes at White Sands National Park is just part of the fun. There's plenty to do in Alamogordo and Las Cruces as well. Photograph by Tira Howard. CONSIDER MAKING Alamogordo or Las…
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Category: 2020
Five Things to Do This Weekend: Thanksgiving
Las Vegas sponsors a virtual small business shopping promotion during the holiday season. Photograph courtesy of MainStreet Las Vegas. Head to Main Street … online. Black Friday has nothing on Small…
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Sponsor Content: Living Large In Elephant Butte
Elephant Butte Lake State Park. Photograph by NMTD. A WARM, COMFORTABLE BREEZE carries the chatter of herons, cranes, and loons migrating to their favorite spots on their journeys to and from the…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe hosts six poets laureate for Identiy, a virtual reading on Friday at 6 p.m. Photograph by Carrie McCarthy. Go to the poets. The end of our first week back in…
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Good Nights at White Sands
Camping at White Sands National Park. Photograph by Tira Howard. GYPSUM DUNES TAKE ON a magical feel under moonlight—a wonder best experienced by camping at one of White Sands National Park’s 10…
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The Architecture of White Sands Visitor Center
A period-specific update to the historic visitor center’s sign is in the works. Photograph by Tira Howard. DUCK INTO A DIM HALLWAY in the White Sands National Park visitor center for a welcome respite…
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Best Wine Pairings for Thanksgiving
A selection of wines from New Mexico. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. Viña Cardinal, a unique aperitif from Albuquerque’s Vara Winery, pairs well with Marcona almonds, olives, local pistachios, and…
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Recipes for a Thanksgiving Dinner Feast
A New Mexican Thanksgiving feast. NEW MEXICO'S MELTING POT of cultures delightfully graces our holiday dining tables. I can attest: The first time the plain pan gravy of my youth was replaced by red…
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Poeta de la Gente
New Mexico Poet Laureate Levi Romero sits under the portal of his family’s home in Dixon. HOW COME NOTHING IN the great american poetry anthology / reads like the america I know? That question, posed…
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Sacred Space
Photograph by Kate Nelson. JOE MASTERS REMEMBERS PIE SUPPERS, circuit-riding preachers, and his grandma playing hymns on the baby grand. Aside from a few town reunions, the 1908 Taiban Presbyterian…
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