Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 See the sparkle. Twinkling lights make for one of the most magical holiday experiences. Catch your share of glittery cheer at these parades and farolito-laden sites this weekend. Twinkle Light…
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Posts From: November 2023
Remembering John Nichols
ONE OF NEW MEXICO’S most beloved writers left us on Monday, November 27. John Nichols, author of The Milagro Beanfield War, died at age 83. Born and raised in New York, he wrote his first novels there…
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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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One of Our 50 Is Missing: November 2023
Illustration by Chris Philpot. DEEP SOUTH Both BRUCE MORRISON of Elephant Butte and CATHARINE STRINGFELLOW of Rio Rancho wrote to apprise us of a web article making the rounds titled “The Best Lake…
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Java Nice Day
BEFORE HE LAUNCHED the Las Cruces–based Picacho Coffee Roasters, Chad Morris was a jazz musician. He attributes a similar improvisational approach to learning the art of coffee. “I remember trying to…
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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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Family Fun Beyond the Slopes
EACH YEAR, on the last weekend of February, a scene from Frozen plays out in the middle of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains as a snow castle—complete with slides, staircases, and multiple rooms—rises…
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