DAVID POLICANSKY has been tracking down and photographing historic Catholic churches since he first visited New Mexico in 2005. “I immediately noticed these interesting old churches all over the…
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WINDING UP THROUGH the trees toward our destination at 7,618 feet, my travel companions and I chatter about our favorite topics: ghosts, UFOs, and Bigfoot. We compare notes on recent podcast episodes…
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“CAN YOU PUSH ME, MOMMY?” called Esther, my six-year-old daughter, lying on a giant hammock near our room. Hotel Willa has a few of these inviting hammocks strung around the property, but she went…
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THERE’S MAGIC IN motion at Moving Arts Española, where at-risk kids are harnessing the healing power of art. Each year, in a building bursting with bright colors, beautiful masks, sculptures, and…
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ON A QUILT THAT’S NEARLY A CENTURY old, a line of embroidery by Policarpio Valencia captures what makes the wordplay-loving textile artist an enigma of his time (1853–1931). Not even the lion is the…
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FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY AND A HALF, a diminutive Christ Child has been the focus of prayers from visitors to the small village nestled between the Río Grande and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. His…
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SOUTH COLLISON AVENUE cuts through the center of Cimarrón like a thread through time. A product of the Santa Fe Trail, the mid-1800s trade route from Franklin, Missouri, to Santa Fe, the town of…
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CARROT CAKE IS MOST DEFINITELY a breakfast appetizer. With the July afternoon temperature headed toward 90, I settle into the oak-shaded patio of Arroyo Seco’s Sol Food Café for coffee and a generous…
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IN 2001, New Mexico Magazine published my article “La Nueva Resolana: Norteños Find Respite in New Gathering Places.” In the manito traditions of northern New Mexico, resolana is synonymous with…
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ON THE HIGH ROAD to Taos, the landscape keeps changing. Back in Santa Fe, the earth felt hot and dry. But as I approach Nambé on NM 76, the scenic byway’s unofficial starting point, sandy ground…
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