Carpenter in the Clouds
Above: For 34 years, Isabro Ortega has built his dream house and handcrafted its embellishments. ISABRO ORTEGA WANTED TO BE AN ARCHITECT, but he was one of nine children growing up in the village of…
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Category: April
Om on the Range
Allisun Hull leads an Orange Yoga class in Abiquiú. ON A SUNNY MORNING with a slight breeze and just a few white clouds in a bright blue sky, we park at a Santa Fe National Forest trailhead. Stacy…
Read MoreCasa Culture | Go. See. Do | April 2018
1. New Mexico Plant Kit ($24). jpants.com, Santa Fe (jpants.com). 2. Hand-painted pitcher by Kelly Jo Kuchar ($80). Detours at La Fonda, Santa Fe (505-988-1404, detoursatlafonda.com). 3. Bee Symphony…
Read MoreGrown Here All Its Life | Go. See. Do. | April 2018
PLANT OF THE MONTH Claret Cup Cactus (Echinocereus Coccineus) Like tiny scarlet goblets scattered across the sand, the waxy flowers of claret cup cacti dot landscapes from desert hills to 10,000-foot…
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Boots on the Trail: Big Skylight Cave
Above: Pick a cave adventure at El Malpais National Monument. THIS EASY 2.2 MILE TRAIL loops through an extensive system of lava-tube caves in El Malpais National Monument. Tack on extra distance (and…
Read MoreParallax | Go. See. Do. | April 2018
When I moved to New Mexico 12 years ago, the sheer volume of stars suspended in the night sky amazed me. With our high elevation, clean air, low population densities, and high number of clear nights…
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History | Go. See. Do | April 2018
Above: Florlórico dancers perform in the Old Town gazebo. Photography Courtesy City of Albuquerque. STILL STANDING New Mexico’s largest city was long the home of Puebloan peoples and, in 1706, earned…
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Bead Here Now | Go. See. Do | April 2018
Above: A 19th-century royal stool from Cameroon's Bamileke people. Courtesy Museum of International Folk Art . While gathering an array of intricately decorated artifacts for Beadwork Around the World…
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Go. See. Do. | April 2018
Above: Dancers come from all over for the Gathering of Nations. Photography by Jeremy Wade Shockley. HUNTING GROUNDS Celebrate the coming of spring in Albuquerque, where Mama’s Minerals throws a fun…
Read MoreStorytellers | April 2018
TANIA CASSELLE Carpenter in the Clouds [LINK] and Built to Last [LINK] A Londoner, Tania Casselle fell in love on a road trip in New Mexico—first with the land, then with a man. She married both and…
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