Farmington’s Creative Force
OUTSIDE OF ARTIFACTS 302, a 400-pound horned lizard sculpture welcomes visitors to Farmington’s historic Main Street. “People like to sit on it and take photos,” says Bev Taylor, who owns the downtown…
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Uncover Farmington’s Arts Scene
A BAND FROM THE NAVAJO NATION takes the open-air stage in downtown Farmington, quickly assembling an altar with animal bones and incense before roiling the mostly Indigenous crowd with the blackest of…
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Take a Day Trip to Corrales
MY SHOULDERS START TO RELAX A mere 30 seconds after I turn north onto Corrales Road from the busy Albuquerque intersection at Alameda Boulevard. The area’s strip malls and fast-food joints quickly…
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Running with the Pecos River Current
THE FIRST FISH CATCHES US BOTH BY surprise. I’m practicing flicking my rod to set the fly into a deeper stretch of the Pecos River when the indicator twitches. I tug back, just attempting to unhook…
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Hatch Is for Chile Lovers
OUTSIDE THE PEPPER POT RESTAURANT, Hatch resident Rodrigo Varela is chatting with friends and family when a fire engine’s siren interrupts them. As the vehicle turns onto West Hall Street, Varela…
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Life’s a Breeze in Corona
JEAN HEWITT BOUGHT HER HOUSE IN Corona by accident. The longtime Mainer farmed oysters until her perpetually cold toes compelled her to spend one winter in Arizona. Driving back east, she stopped for…
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Building on Alamogordo History
DON’T BE FOOLED BY THE SUNSHINE, surrounding mountain ranges, occasional adobe building, or even the town’s name, which is Spanish for “fat cottonwood.” “Alamogordo is not a Southwestern town,”…
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25 Reasons to Love Las Cruces
IF LAS CRUCES HAD AN ASTROLOGICAL SIGN, it would certainly be Gemini, those very different twins residing in one being. Spring winds sandblast skin and have launched (at least) a thousand hats, but…
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