One of Our 50 Is Missing
THE REAL STATE BUSINESS Donna Birchell, of Carlsbad, recently attended a real estate conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. When asked where she was from, she noticed that she received a number of…
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Feliz Navidad, NM Style
FORTY DOZEN TAMALES, 20 dozen biscochitos, and gallons of posole, red chile, salsa, and chile con queso...for many a Santa Fe local, it wouldn’t be the holidays without Christmas Eve open house hosted…
Read MoreThe Pilgrimage
NEED TO KNOW Our Lady of Guadalupe Fiesta begins at 6:30 p.m. on December 10 and goes through 7 p.m. December 12. You can undertake the pilgrimage on your own (many do), but to walk as part of the…
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Holiday Gift Guide
CROSSING THE WIRE: One Woman’s Journey into the Hidden Dangers of the Afghan War BY ANNAMARIA CARDINALLI, Ph.D. (Casemate, 2013) In 2010, AnnaMaria Cardinalli wrote a report for her NATO commanders…
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Salt of the Earth
Boris McCutcheon first rattled my cage on March 30, 2006, when I went down to Albuquerque’s Outpost Performance Space to meet up with Susan Hyde Holmes. Susan was a session-quality bassist who had…
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Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Carlsbad Beginning Thanksgiving weekend, Carlsbad glows with Christmas on the Pecos, a river tour that delights passengers with views of more than 110 homes decorated with holiday lights and displays…
Read MoreUnder the Tree
This year's guide includes New Mexico made gift items for gentlemen, ladies and children…
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The Christmas Different
To a newcomer, his first Christmas in New Mexico is often a little unreal. It isn’t that there are regional Christmas ghosts, or that the holiday is spooky. It’s just different, and differences may be…
Read MoreReal New Mexico Thanksgivings
What makes your Thanksgiving celebration distinctively New Mexico? Is it the setting in New Mexico's vast and enchanting landscape? Perhaps it's New Mexico's food or the people you celebrate with…
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Points of Light
Last summer, the rough, knowing hands of tribal elders guided young Diné women through planting, harvesting, and grinding blue corn into meal for muffins and chackewe (porridge). The knowledge of how…
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