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A Symphony in F – F for Foliage, F for Fall

October 25, 2025By 10 Comments

There’s a reason people love fall. It’s the season when light softens, air cools, and color takes center stage. Nature turns conductor, leading an orchestra (this could be your...

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🚙 Roadtrip through New Mexico (Part 3 & last)

October 17, 2025By 8 Comments

Part 3:  Shifting Sands, Pistachio,  Aliens and Outlaws If you missed Part 1 and 2 – here is Part 1, Part 2 White Sands – A Sea of Gypsum...

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🚙 Roadtrip through New Mexico (Part 2)

October 9, 2025By 4 Comments

Part 2: Ancient Caves and City of Rocks If you missed Part 1 – here it is Gila Cliff Dwellings – Walking with the Mogollon Built in the late...

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🚙 Roadtrip through New Mexico

September 30, 2025By 6 Comments

Part 1: Stars, Science, and Silver City How do you introduce New Mexico to Europeans? Do you begin with its vast desert skies, so clear they make you feel...

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A Day at the Rodeo in Mountainair, NM

July 21, 2025By 12 Comments

Mountainair, Torrance County Just about 1.5 hours south of Santa Fe lies Mountainair, a tiny town of under 1,000 nestled at roughly 6,500 ft (2000 müM) elevation, with the Manzano...

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Chaco Canyon: A Place Beyond Words

Writing a short blog about Chaco Canyon feels almost impossible. How do you capture a place that fills books hundreds of pages long? A place layered in history, mystery,...

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New Years Resolution No. 2

January 4, 2025By 10 Comments

Last year, I wrote about why people from the US should visit Switzerland instead of only traveling to France or Italy. My blog must have been a success because...

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A “Potpourri trip” – Landscapes & History

September 11, 2024By 14 Comments

Yes, my last blog was at the end of February this year. But there is a reason I haven’t written another until now. In February, Cindy was diagnosed with...

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For us to watch is a delight – it is all about survival for the birds.

January 19, 2024By 12 Comments

Every winter, thousands of cranes, geese, and ducks fly south to stay along the Rio Grande. During the day, after feeding on Rio Grande grain, the birds fly to...

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International Balloon Fiesta – Albuquerque

October 8, 2023By 3 Comments

Listen to this. The State of New Mexico claims that the Balloon Fiesta is the world’s premier balloon event and the most photographed event on earth. When you are...