“DH Lawrence wrote that, in New Mexico, a “new part” of his soul “woke up suddenly” and “the old world gave way to a new”. In Native American religion he discovered there were no gods, because “all is god”. In a related way, America, in the shape of Walt Whitman, liberated his poetic landscape. This week’s poem, [...]

TAOS MOUNTAIN SUNSET Daily Photograph 12-22-11

Off the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, Taos, New Mexico

My attention on music in the late Sixties and early Seventies focused on many rock groups, but especially The Band, a distinctive rock sound with Southern roots.  I have their song book from that period and I bring it to the music stand once or twice a month to renew myself with their work. Front [...]

I received an email from the Earthship Biotecture Academy about accommodations. One of the places to

“Leap and the net will appear.” – John Burroughs My mother included this quote in

Picture taken from Orlando’s website Originally published in The Taos News “The anise and nutmeg fragrance of the biscochitos, the traditional sugar cookies, filled the house,” reads “Christmas in New Mexico,” a heartwarming essay by Chicano writer Rudolfo Anaya, author of Bless me Ultima and Randy Lopez Goes Home. Though biscochitos are particularly popular during Christmas, [...]

  Pictures taken from Graystone Furniture website   Originally published in Enchanted Homes   9 Questions to Jude Gochee, owner Graystone Furniture and Sofa Gallery  815 Paseo del Pueblo Sur,  Taos, NM 87571  Phone: 575-751-1266  http://www.graystonefurniture.com/ Teresa Dovalpage: You were chosen Entrepreneur of the Year by the Taos County Chamber of Commerce. What is the secret for staying afloat [...]

Weaving Southwest 106A Paseo del Pueblo Norte Taos, New Mexico 87571 http://weavingsouthwest.com/ What can I say, Weaving Southwest is yet another fabulous source of yarn in Taos. Distracted, in a good way, by the Wool Festival at Taos, I didn’t spend nearly enough time here on my last visit, but I still came away impressed [...]

Just a plain window with lace curtains and a traditional adobe wall.  I like the reflection in the mirror inside.  This is part of the San Francisco de Assisi church near Taos.  It has the reputation of being the most photographed church in the area.  Linking with Windows & Doors.

The Standard Oil heiress, arts patron and fashion icon Millicent Rogers left behind a life of East Coast high society to settle in a rustic adobe home in Taos, New Mexico, in 1947. The following is an excerpt from a letter she wrote to her son Paul Peralta-Ramos in January 1951, two years before she [...]

ACEQUIA Daily Photograph 11-05-11

Out of print. Click on link at end of post for sellers. A couple of years ago the author John Nichol

Living in Taos is a remote activity.  I mean REMOTE.  Three hours from the airport in Albuquerque and two hours to Santa Fe from where I am on the north side of town.  I still marvel at this after coming here from LA and living at one of the busiest intersections in the city, Franklin [...]

La Lana Wools 136-C Paseo del Pueblo Norte Taos, NM 85751 575-758-9621 During the Wool Festival at Taos, way back in early October now, I also got to visit a couple of local yarn shops, including La Lana Wools. La Lana manufactures and displays their own “plant dyed yarns.” The yarns are gorgeous and there’s [...]

During the past week, Steph and I have taken numerous day adventures.  Last Tuesday, we drove through Los Alamos where she and her husband lived and stopped briefly in White Rock.  There was an amazing ledge, spotted with black porous igneous rocks, overlooking the Rio Grande as it twists through the mountains into the distance.  Another mountain range, dusted with [...]

The Love Apple 803 Paseo del Pueblo Norte Taos, NM 87571 575-751-0050 On the last night we were in Taos we ate at The Love Apple. For me, the food wasn’t quite as outstanding as El Meze, but it was still excellent. Deb, Jim, Dick and I shared a beef quesadilla and a Delicata squash [...]

After picking the last onions from our garden.

The 2nd largest free standing mountain in the world after Kilimanjaro. It reminds me of a very large