Questions? Rangers Have Answers
ALONG NM 35, in the southern range of the Gila National Forest, a sign shaped in the National Forest Service’s trademark trapezoid bears a question mark. No words. No arrows. Just that. Puzzled…
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Category: Culture
Standing at the Crossroads
ONE WINTER DAY IN SANTA FE, I WALKED along Rodeo Road, camera in hand, seeking inspiration. I was also on the verge of tears. I was depressed—haunted by a future that seemed to be slipping from my…
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Anthony Lovato is a Living Treasure
JEWELER ANTHONY LOVATO DRAWS CREATIVE INSPIRATION from his rich family history of potters, basket weavers, and silversmiths. The fifth-generation Santo Domingo (Kewa) artist specializes in tufa…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: May 2023
Illustration by Chris Philpot. SALAMI SHENANIGANS In 1966, RAY GOLDSTEIN was a graduate student in Las Cruces. As a native New Yorker in the land of green chile, he was also sorely missing the taste…
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This Literary Festival Lineup is Lit
HOW’S THIS FOR A PLOT TWIST? After a successful first year, the Santa Fe International Literary Festival returns—but with a new name and broader reach. With the addition of “international” to its…
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Mescal Roast
THE CRISP DAWN LIGHT of mid-May sparkles as 20 or so Mescalero Apaches amble across the dusty Chihuahuan Desert in search of a thorny-leafed succulent called mescal. Some carry hatchets, others tote…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: April 2023
Illustration by Chris Philpot. OFF THE BEATEN PATH JAN AND LEE RADER sent us a snapshot of the International Travel section at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Manassas, Virginia. What was shelved…
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What We're Reading: The Ballad of Plácida Romero
“I BEG GOD FOR MY MEMORY,” begins the Spanish ballad “Corrido de Plácida Romero.” On August 8, 1881, Romero was captured at her home near Grants, in one of the last Apache war raids into the…
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Family Gathering
THE FIRST THING YOU FEEL is the ground tremble with the rhythmic thumping of the drums. It is the symbolic heartbeat of the earth, echoing the hearts beating in our own chests. The drums are at the…
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Joshua Toddy Gets Back to His Roots
AT AROUND 6 A.M., JOSHUA TODDY (DINÉ) WAKES UP, grabs his jacket, and steps outside to release 25 chickens from their coop onto his one-acre homestead in Nahodishgish, near Crownpoint. He grows…
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