Riding for Unity and Peace
THE SCENT OF SWEET SAGE rises on a spring breeze as the sound of hooves approaches the tiny border town of Columbus, in southwestern New Mexico. Hundreds of Mexican cabalgantes (horseback riders or…
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Tag: New Mexico
One of Our 50 Is Missing: Jan/Feb 2023
DON'T MESS WITH MARYLAND Reader JOEL GALLANT notes that while many “One of Our 50” stories involve people confusing New Mexico for Mexico, our state can go missing in other ways, too. Before he moved…
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The 22nd Annual New Mexico Magazine Photos of the Year: Animals
1ST PLACE Sunset at Bernardo , (above), Aaron Lewis "Spring is almost here and the sandhill cranes are on their journey north."–Aaron Lewis 2ND PLACE Misty Morning on the Pond, Steven Yabek "Migratory…
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The 22nd Annual New Mexico Magazine Photos of the Year: Nightscapes
1ST PLACE Extraterrestrial, (above) Paul Schmit "New Mexico isn’t particularly full of landscape photography icons despite the endlessly diverse and beautiful terrain, which I actually consider a…
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The 22nd Annual New Mexico Magazine Photos of the Year: Mobile
1ST PLACE New Mexico 2022, (above), Ryle Yazzie "A friend and I decided to take a mushroom growing class provided by NMFungi. Toward the end of class, Estevan Hernandez, the owner, brought out…
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The 22nd Annual New Mexico Magazine Photos of the Year: Landscapes
1ST PLACE Evening Light, (above), Jim Stein “A quick trip to southern New Mexico would not have been complete without visiting this magical place. I arrived on the White Sands National Park dunes…
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Poet Laureate Provides Safe Space for Writers
A DOZEN FACES CROWD THE FIRST ZOOM session of Lauren Camp’s writing workshop, From Wild Mind to Experience: Writing in All Directions. The newly appointed New Mexico poet laureate appears from her La…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: December 2022
DESTINATION UNKNOWN On his way back to Santa Fe from a visit to New Orleans, Patrick Murphy needed to check in for his flight at an airline desk. When he got to the front of the line, the clerk saw…
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Through the Lens of Ernst Haas
UNTIL HE SET FOOT IN NEW MEXICO, in 1952, photographer Ernst Haas was strictly a black-and-white devotee. But during a weeks-long assignment for Life magazine—during which he hitchhiked through…
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Bernalillo Is Grounded by Faith
THIS MONTH, NEW MEXICO’S FAITHFUL will observe the Christmas season with cherished traditions. That’s especially true in Bernalillo, a small town north of Albuquerque that has resisted the urban…
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