One of Our 50 Is Missing: June 2022
All Trails Lead to ... Utah? Spanish Fork, Utah, resident Garth Bird is used to getting books in the mail from his friend in Santa Fe, Steve Barnett. But when someone at the postal hub in Albuquerque…
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Category: One Of Our 50 Is Missing
One of Our 50 Is Missing: May 2022
The Baffling Barista Jim and Linda Grover set out on a road trip from their home in Bellevue, Washington, to the Land of Enchantment, a beloved destination of theirs. Several hours into the drive…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: April 2022
News You Can’t Use Paul and Cathlynn Groh of Santa Fe recently saw an advertisement for home delivery of The Wall Street Journal. So Paul emailed the paper’s customer support to inquire. Despite its…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: March 2022
All Over the Map One evening, Santa Fe resident Loretta Martinez was watching Wheel of Fortune when a contestant won a trip to Arizona. As the winner celebrated her prize, the announcer told the…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: January / February 2022
California Dreamin’ Though he lives in Texas, Ed Simon still considers himself a New Mexican. While shopping at his local Whole Foods, he noticed they sold sausage made with “real” Hatch green chile…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: December 2021
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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One of Our 50 Is Missing: November 2021
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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One of Our 50 Is Missing: September/October 2021
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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One of Our 50 Is Missing: August 2021
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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One of Our 50 Is Missing: July 2021
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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