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spring gifts

March 09, 2025 - The vernal or spring equinox arrives on 20 March this year, but meteorological spring arrived officially on the 1st of M...
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Solvitur ambulando

November 17, 2024 - A beautiful and appropriate saying landed in my lap this week, courtesy of a friend who regularly forwards "5 Bullet Fri...
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aged roses and new snow

January 15, 2024 - We have been lucky this week. Snow has fallen during the night and throughout the day on several occasions. Almost any l...
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shutter work 101

December 04, 2023 - Nature gifted us heavy, wet snow last week. You could have built an igloo with it. It was the first really substantial s...
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per chance to photograph

January 23, 2023 - Each season presents itself to the observer or photographer in its on way. It is up to us to look for those wedges of sp...
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sky watch

January 30, 2022 - Today is the last blog of January 2022, demonstrating, once again, how days and weeks and months seem to be compressing,...
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the opening chapter

January 02, 2022 - Today is the third page of the opening chapter of 2022. Although the snow tragically came a day too late for many reside...
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it had to be snow

February 21, 2021 - Much of northern and other parts of New Mexico received its deepest snowfall of the season this week, welcomed by almost...
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fifty years

January 03, 2021 - A new year and new decade found me pondering where I was fifty years ago and what was happening in the world. My sister...
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a week of light and shadow

November 09, 2020 - We have yet to know exactly how history will remember this week in the year 2020. It was filled with darkness and light,...
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life continues

March 23, 2020 - I will be the first to admit that my journaling practice over the years has been inconsistent at best. Frequently non-ex...
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new winter gifts

December 02, 2019 - The weather came almost as predicted by meteorologists this week, and, for the most part, the entire state of New Mexico...
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get my drift?

February 22, 2019 - After reading comments on Facebook last week, (probably from non-skiers and non-snow boarders or those lacking enthusias...
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snow angels

January 21, 2019 - One of the great things about publishing a weekly blog is the commentary one receives from readers. Several people menti...
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Fargo in New Mexico?????

January 14, 2019 - During a stretch of leaden skies and snow that makes it necessary to dress like the young boy from The Christmas Story,...
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a new year

December 31, 2018 - Just as we were gifted an extended and lovely autumn, winter has come with intensity, making its presence known in our h...
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nature's wallpaper

December 03, 2018 - After living in the high mesa country at 7,800 feet for more than 18 years, a few things have become apparent. One of th...
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kissed by snow

October 15, 2018 - It is said that the first snow in northern New Mexico usually happens on Halloween. The snow was a bit early this year,...
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of winters past

March 11, 2018 - Thanks to all of you who read and comment so regularly on this blog. It is great to receive your input. Which is one of...
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jewels of winter

January 22, 2018 - The first real winter arrived late Saturday evening and early Sunday morning in the southern Rocky Mountains. Although w...
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the charm of the dirt road

February 13, 2017 - One of the most iconic elements of art in northern New Mexico is a meandering, lovely, gentle dirt road, lined with gras...
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shaping

January 23, 2017 - Nature has a way of dealing with things. When water flows over a rock for millennia, it is shaped and smoothed and tumbl...
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studying winter

January 16, 2017 - At this time of year, particularly during a winter such as this when rain and snow and ice are frequent occurrences, my...
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celebrating

December 26, 2016 - Celebrations abounded yesterday for Christmas and Hanukkah, and New Year's Eve on Saturday and New Year's Day American f...
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modern art of winter

December 18, 2016 - What do you see when you look out the window? On many days in northern New Mexico, you see a brilliant blue sky. After t...
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in celebration of the sun

December 20, 2015 - For people in northern climates where the winters are not only cold but dark, the winter solstice cannot come soon enoug...
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snippets from a winter weekend

March 02, 2015 - When an event like the Taos Wedding Expo has been planned for months, organizations and vendors are not likely to cancel...
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Winter companions

February 23, 2015 - The temperature is 15 degrees fahrenheit right now, and a north breeze is blowing the snow into drifts around the house.
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Hello, Winter!

February 04, 2015 - After what was a relatively warm January, Winter said "hello" this week, leaving a foot of snow on the high mesa to nour...
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