Molten Beauty
Above: Faculty member Joel Kiser chips away the plug on a furnace marked by sacrificial marshmallow Peeps. THREE KETTLE-LIKE FURNACES chug and hiss, hungry for their first loads of busted-up iron…
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Trail's End
Above: Author Dan Flores outside his New Mexico home. UNLESS WILE E. COYOTE’S unrequited obsession with the Road Runner strikes you as a psychologically healthy pursuit, this is not a normal story…
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Made in the Heart of NM: All Booted Up
Above: Deana McGuffin pictured with one of her handmade boots. NO BRAG, just fact: Deana McGuffin’s workshop is stocked with museum-quality boots. A pair by her father and mentor, L.W. McGuffin, sits…
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Open Secrets
Artist Randall Davey's murals grace both the exterior and interior of his house in Santa Fe, now home to an Audubon Center and Sanctuary. AN ARTIST'S AERIE After turning from pavement to dirt, Upper…
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A Force of Nature
Above: Craig Martin, at home in the Jémez Mountains. ON MAY 10, 2000, high winds exploded through a prescribed burn in the Jémez Mountains. For weeks, flames thrashed across Bandelier National…
Read MoreHidden in Plain Sight | Editor’s Letter | July 2016
IN THIS ISSUE WE GO behind the scenes into aspects of New Mexico culture that at first glance might seem to exist on different planets. In fact, I’m duty-bound to warn you that you could get whiplash…
Read MoreTable for Two | Editor’s Letter | March 2016
IT’S ONE OF THE UNIVERSE’S little godsends that our wedding anniversary coincides with Restaurant Week in Santa Fe. Just when I’m fixing to splurge on a meal that needs to be all…
Read MorePride and Joy | Editor’s Letter | February 2016
“I LIVE IN NOB HILL,” says Kurt Oelsner. “I grew up in the area. I’ve seen it go through good times and bad. And I wanted to be part of it.” Oelsner’s a partner in ChocolateDude Coffee and Candy…
Read MoreSuccess Stories | Editor's Letter | January 2016
THE SEED FOR THE THEME of this special issue was planted a year ago at an event in Taos called the Ski Lift Pitch Contest, sponsored by the ABQid business accelerator. Owners of startup companies…
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I MUST’VE WATCHED too many BBC documentaries, because while reading the archaeology Road Trip piece (Dig In), my mind’s ear couldn’t help hearing the erudite-sounding intonations of David…
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