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September 27, 2026 - From the right perspective in the city of Santa Fe, one can look east to the Sangre de Cristo mountains and see the leav...

January 11, 2026 - The snow that fell on Friday and Saturday was the type that makes both downhill and cross country skiers salivate. A pow...

June 29, 2025 - One could call it kismet, happenstance, or coincidence, but in May, 2003, something happened that would change my husban...

July 29, 2024 - Musings on art, artists, and craftspeople are endless. What, when and where we do our work and why. The process. The goa...

February 05, 2024 - This week was a milestone, of sorts, for Fred. He completed Rug # 400, which means that, to date, he has woven 468 piece...

December 10, 2023 - The words in today's blog title were the ones we were always taught in Girl Scouts, as far as tying a square knot is con...

March 19, 2023 - Many artists - including weavers and photographers who live in colder climates - use winter as a season for indoor work.

July 10, 2022 - The summer art festival season began mid-week in Santa Fe with the International Folk Art Market on Museum Hill. It will...

June 13, 2021 - This week has been pleasantly full of photography - nature and still life in the form of Navajo-Churro wool rug details...

January 25, 2021 - In addition to a presidential inauguration ceremony this week with many amazing "firsts", another dubious first occurred...

December 21, 2020 - Today, 21 December 2020, is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. Solstice is one of the oldest winter celebra...

August 17, 2020 - As the world works its way through a pandemic, elections, economic distress, hunger and wars, along with forces of natur...

April 01, 2019 - Nature gave us an early April Fool's Day gift of snow, beginning mid-morning yesterday, and continuing throughout the da...

December 12, 2016 - As a photographer, during any given week, I find myself photographing a variety of subjects. This week, the work include...

September 25, 2016 - Once a year, the Taos Wool Festival is held in Kit Carson Park in Taos. 60+ vendors from the Southwest and beyond gather...