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“BLACKDOM WAS A REAL PLACE,” Timothy E. Nelson insists. The Santa Fe–based historian introduces his book about the early 20th-century Black homesteader colony in Chaves County with the simple fact of…
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“BLACKDOM WAS A REAL PLACE,” Timothy E. Nelson insists. The Santa Fe–based historian introduces his book about the early 20th-century Black homesteader colony in Chaves County with the simple fact of…
Read More1 st PLACE White Sands , Richard Larsson (above) " It was an about-mile hike into the park, capturing the curve of a wind-swept dune hidden amidst a sea of gypsum sand. " —Richard Larsson 2 nd PLACE Old…
Read MoreKEN PETERSON THINKS of Bands of Enchantment as a New Mexico postcard to the world. Set to begin its third season on January 27, the Albuquerque-based TV show features local, national, and…
Read More1 st PLACE Within Reach , Chanel Flores (above) “My style of photography is candid, and I hope to capture the real emotions of my subject. After an hour’s shoot with the boy and his mom, we came across…
Read More1 st PLACE Hard Days Ride , Jim Shepka (above) "I was fortunate to be at the stables of the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort when a group of staff and volunteers returned from an evening ride. It’s a rare…
Read MoreGRAND PRIZE WINNER Golden Feather , Pam Dorner "After watching a great-horned owl family near home, I became familiar with their hunting habits. The father owl loved to hunt for bugs on woodpiles at…
Read MorePAM DORNER HAS ALWAYS ENJOYED the outdoors, from days spent playing in the creek near her childhood home in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains to walking the Río Grande bosque across from her house…
Read MoreIllustration by Chris Philpot. IT COULD HAPPEN TO ANYONE CAROL MOHOLT moved to New Mexico three years ago. “I enjoy reading your monthly reports,” she writes. “But I couldn’t believe it could happen…
Read MoreRICHARD STURGEON BEGAN RIDING motorcycles when he moved to New Mexico, where a Los Alamos National Laboratory coworker encouraged him to learn. An environmental science technician, he now rides his…
Read MoreTHE COVID-19 PANDEMIC was not kind to New Mexico students, and in summer 2021, Lynda Spencer was staring down a dilemma as principal of Blanco Elementary School, located east of Farmington. Many of…
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