Above: Illustration by Chris Philpot. Born This Way To travel from Denver to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for her granddaughter’s wedding, Maria De Marfil dutifully applied for and received a passport. It…
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Above: Illustration by Chris Philpot. But Boy, Do We Have Sand David Winter and his wife divide their time between Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Albuquerque. Prior to a trip to New Mexico, he arranged to…
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Above: Illustration by Chris Philpot. Too Far for Comfort George Hiller lives in Richmond, Virginia, but grew up in Albuquerque. So he knows a whopper when he sees one. During a recent episode of the…
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Wait, There's Another Vegas? Richard Rindone found a 1984 paperback of Zane Grey’s The Shepherd of Guadaloupe (1930) in one of his Santa Fe neighborhood’s Little Free Libraries. The synopsis on the…
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Illustration by Chris Philpot. There's Nothing On Anyway After moving to Truth or Consequences, Marlene Eichner tried to set up a TV antenna to get local reception using an app for an RCA product…
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Illustration by Chris Philpot. Missing Now, Missing Then William H. Itoh of Albuquerque recently acquired an 1895 document proving we’ve been lost for a long time. Signed by Colorado Governor Albert…
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Illustration by Chris Philpot. Ramblin’ Railroad Blues Ann Barnett wanted to escape Staunton, Virginia, to take a ride on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, so she went hunting for a Chama…
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Illustration by Chris Philpot. We’re Just Down the Road E. Shane Scantlebury lived in New Mexico for 10 years before moving to Benson, Arizona, where he noticed something odd about the signs on…
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Illustration by Chirs Philpot. Terminal Condition Dexter resident Robert Mierke went to the Greyhound bus terminal in Atlanta for a ticket to Roswell—the New Mexico one, not the Georgia one. The clerk…
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Illustration by Chris Philpot. BUT ABOUT THOSE JACKALOPES … Mary Hunt Webb turned to online chat rooms for company during the pandemic and enjoyed getting to know people from all over the country. One…
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