It hasn’t been ten days since we took the ride to Dixon, New Mexico, for the Dixon Studio Tour https://www.dixonarts.org/. Every year I will find an announcement somewhere about this annual event that’s been going on for thirty-seven years. This year, on our way back from Taos to Santa Fe in mid October we passed the […]
There is a lot I can say about Canyon Road. First, there are a bounty of artist studios, art galleries. Then, there are the fashion boutiques and great restaurants. It all makes for a great way to spend a day in Santa Fe, or at least a few hours. This is what I do, at
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I visited Taos Pueblo again in October, just before the weather would turn, the days would shorten and the icy winds would whip down from the mountains. The day couldn’t have been more perfect. The Pueblo has not always been opened to the public. So I feel fortunate to have been there twice, along with
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Day of Harmony …. Lansu Chinese Gardens Nestled into one square city block of downtown Portland is the Lan Su Chinese Gardens. You leave all notion of bustling behind as soon as you enter the gates of the Lan Su Chinese Gardens. In my case, I came to find an afternoon haven at the corner
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So what am I doing in Las Vegas? Except for a few local lottery tickets I buy a couple times a month, I have never been drawn to gambling. Except for a love of wine and my newly acquired love of Cuban mojitos, I don’t drink. The strange truth is this: when we got back
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Sailing Away to Key Largo was not on my bucket list. But I wouldn’t be surprised if Key Largo and the Florida Keys are on anyone else’s The weather in the keys couldn’t be more perfect than when I went in March. This is especially true if you are leaving behind several months of sad,
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The day after Christmas, we stopped one more time on the main street of Carrizozo, this little town in New Mexico. Bags packed, we were ready to wind up our road trip, and drive back to Santa Fe. We were the only souls that morning amidst the shock of bold color against a dry desert
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We left the rush of highway I-5 below Eugene, Oregon and headed for Reedsport. Our final destinations would be Coos Bay and Charleston on the Oregon Coast. When we pulled off of I-5 and entered Hwy 38 it honestly seemed like we had entered another realm. Time stood still. I felt eight again. I imagined
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January, 1926. This was the Jazz Age, the era of prohibition. The trains marked “Miami Biltmore Special” were converging on the new city of Miami with their cargo of Northeast tycoons and socialites. Prohibition didn’t seem to matter in this rather isolated spot on the American map. Champagne flowed, the big bands played and the
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Visiting Chaco Canyon National Historic Site was high on my list for too long. Since I have lived in the New Mexico for seven years, it has been seven years too long in the making. All it took in the end was for me to put my foot down and just tell myself, “We’re going!’
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