Dive into History in Santa Rosa
ALREADY THE WATERS taunt you. Come in, come in , they seem to insist, with an azure wink from a limitless drink that shimmers and extends down, down, to what looks like the center of the earth…
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Keeping the Faith
Above: Father Jim Walker talks to visitor about the church's history. THE MORNING SUN HAS YET TO WARM the sandstone bluffs, hoodoos, and rockslides of the San Juan River canyon and the twisting road…
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Stories From a Legend: N. Scott Momaday
N. SCOTT MOMADAY is laughing. With a deep, resonant, throw-your-head-back belly laugh, his pleasure fills the roundness of his face and the rectangular space of his southeast Santa Fe living room. He…
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The Godfather
AND WITH ULTIMA came the owl … On a starry night in September 2016, I am camping near the New Mexico–Colorado state line and reading Bless Me, Ultima in the shadowy light of a kerosene lamp. I am…
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Getting to the Heart of the Matter
Above: Claunch denizen Jerry Cozzen, a retired policeman. HE SMALL TOWN OF CLAUNCH, in central New Mexico, sits amid a landscape of grassy fields and rolling hills, of windmills and barbed wire…
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