A September Song
IN SEPTEMBER, my joy and sorrow begin. It is the month when I feel most alive, both fragile and indestructible. It also creates in me a discomforting nostalgia, a yearning for more that makes me a…
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The Holiness of Water
Editor's note: This essay and photos by John Nichols were originally excerpted in the July 1992 issue of New Mexico Magazine from The Holiness of Water, a book that was planned to publish in 1993 as…
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Clouds: Heavenly Postcards
Editor's note: This essay was originally published in the March 1998 issue of New Mexico Magazine . I’LL WAGER I LIVE OUT WEST because of clouds. Truly, my heart leaps up when I behold. There’s a…
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A Spectacle to Behold
A FEW MILES NORTH OF TAOS, a massive pair of thick-rimmed glasses peers out onto NM 150 near the driveway to the Bareiss Gallery. In 2002, Texas artist Steve Teeters constructed two sculptures of…
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Beauty Awaits at These Luxury Spas
EAST MEETS WEST at the Inn of the Five Graces, a gorgeous Santa Fe getaway on the city’s oldest street that’s decorated with treasures from the ancient Silk Road. The sumptuous spa, embellished with…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Discover artistic fossils. In Taos, The Valley debuts a new solo exhibition by artist Sarah M. Rodriguez on Saturday with an opening reception from 4 to 8 p.m. On view through January 6, Field…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Make the most of the eclipse. New Mexico gets a great view of the annular solar eclipse on Saturday. The moon passes between the Earth and the sun at 10:35 a.m. MDT, casting a shadow and creating…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Look up. A true spectacle, the 51st annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta starts Saturday, when hot-air balloons in every color of the rainbow lift into morning skies over the Duke City…
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Enjoy Hot-Air Balloons Year-Round
➤ Taos Mountain Balloon Rally October 27–29 Fall colors in the mountains add to the spectacle of this intimate event, which draws about 35 balloons each year. ➤ Artesia Balloons & Tunes Festival…
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Alex Harris Returns to Peñasco
IN THE SUMMER OF 1972, a 22-year-old kid with bright eyes and Gordon Lightfoot hair whipped his Volkswagen Squareback out of a Durham, North Carolina, driveway and drove west—west across the…
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