Alamodoso Magazine - October 2022

The Guadalupe Mountains, located on the New Mexico/Texas border, are a sacred place for the Mescalero Apache Tribe, which today is based in South Central New Mexico. The mountains, a seasonal home territory for the tribe for hundreds of years, hold important natural resources such as salt flats, mesquite pods, yucca, sotol, and mescal.

Mescal (naa’da in Apache), or agave, is a staple of the Mescalero Apache. This close association between people and plant, observed by Spanish colonists hundreds of years ago, led to the name they gave the tribe.

The Mescalero annually roast quantities of mescal hearts in earth ovens—large pits lined with stones and hot coals—after which the plant is eaten fresh, dried, or frozen for future consumption.

The crossroads of history, art, culture, music, performance art, and commerce!

(AlamogordoTownNews.com)

When one looks at a smalltown community like Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico or any town for that matter; there are those that stand back and point to what needs to be done, there are those that criticize but never add value to the community, there are those that work discretely behind the scenes to fund and work the cogs of the bureaucracy to get things done, and then there are those that are "doers" that work daily, each and every day with passion, conviction and purpose in "getting it done."

When one looks at every major historical preservation project in Alamogordo over the last decade

plus, Debra & Joe Lewandowski are "Getting it Done" in Historic Preservation. Taking a drive around the community, one sees the fingerprints of a passionate conviction and the "get it done" commitment of Debra & Joe Lewandowski.

George Bernard Shaw once said, "People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it." Mr. Shaw would be impressed by the conviction to historic preservation of Debra and Joe Lewandowski.

When one looks at the Tularosa Basin Historical Society; it is backed by a volunteer board of directors, that are passionate about preserving the stories, and the structures, that make up the history of Alamogordo, and of Otero County. This platform has allowed Debra & Joe Lewandowski to find their pas-sions and to shine.

These two individuals daily do the legwork or grunt work to bring about results in historic preservation. Long hours of mental and physical hard work, from research to actually building walls, nailing, painting, garbage removal, leading volunteers, interfacing with government officials, bureaucrats and the business community, building bridges and partnerships and doing it daily - is all in a day's work for Debra and Joe Lewandowski.

Joe and Deb Lewandowski were Alamogordo Mid-High School sweethearts. After graduating in 1974 and 1975, Joe joined the U.S. Army starting their adventure of moving around the Story continues next page

world. This opportunity allowed for them to visit historical locations in the areas they served.

After 6 1/2 years, they returned to Alamogordo, starting their first business in the solid waste collection business in 1981.

Over the years, they started other businesses and continuing their involvement in solid waste consulting and management. Both have always had a love and curiosity of the true history story not the way it may have been portrayed. As Joe says, "Hollywood History".

In 2012, they started their involvement with the Tularosa Basin Historical Society. Working with great volunteers, they have been honored to be involved with the renovation of the "Plaza" and the La Luz Pottery Factory, two significant projects that put the Tula Basin Historic Society on the map, preserving two iconic buildings that otherwise could be derelict.

The two are aggressively working on two more very visible projects in partnership with the Tularosa Basin Historic Society, the city of Alamogordo and the business community of the New York Avenue Business District.

Tularosa Basin Museum 10th & White Sands, Alamogordo

Old lobby of Sands Theater

The first project is evolving, as previously reported by AlamogordoTownNews.com, on the corner of 10th Street and and White Sands Blvd, as the Alamogordo Railroad History Park. The evolving park that will have artifacts and photographs from the early days of Alamogordo as a railroad town dating to the early 1900's. The planning for the city and its roots date to 1898.

In 1912, incorporated Alamogordo, was founded as a company town, to support the building of the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad, a part of the transcontinental railway that was being constructed in the late 19th century.

Initially its main industry was timbering for railroad ties. The railroad founders were also eager to find a major town that would persist after the railroad was completed; they formed the Alamogordo Improvement Company to develop the area, making Alamogordo an early example of a planned community. The Alamogordo Improvement Company owned all the land, platted the streets, built the first houses and commercial buildings, donated land for a college. The early days of Alamogordo was driven by commerce around the railroad.

This walking park will showcase the influence of the railroad, across from the Tularosa Basin Museum and Walgreens. The park upgrades and preservation work are a joint historical preservation project between Alamogordo MainStreet

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(which secured a $20,000 grant from Union Pacific), the city of Alamogordo, and the design, implementation and oversite of the building project is being done by Joe and Debra under the umbrella of the Tularosa Basin Historic Society, and Operational Consultants.

Debra is tasked with creating the photo essay on the walking path that will tell the story of Alamogordo as the railroad town it once was. Joe is tasked with managing the buildout. Together the new park is evolving, and they are "getting it done via community partnerships."

The next project, the duo of Debra and Joe, recently kicked off, was a well-attended public meeting seeking volunteers is the Dudley School Preservation Project. Since kickoff there have been two volunteer days where a large amount of cleanout has begun.

The work is ongoing and will need volunteers again in the upcoming weeks.

Alamogordo's Hispanic History, A Story Getting Representation Through Preservation:

Dudley School was the historically Hispanic School. Dudley School was built in 1914 and had four classrooms. Dudley School was set up as part of a segregation plan at the time and specialized in children that did not speak English being educated in a separate school facility.

Hispanics could not go north of 10th Street or into the "plaza" at the time. The city of Alamogordo,

New Mexico with its proximity to Texas was a racially divided city until the 1950's. The Dudley School project is important in that it is a historic structure from the early 1900's, and it was one of the two schools that served students of color during the years of segregation. The project will bring the building back to its origins of 4 rooms and will be a community center as well as a museum telling firsthand family stories of students

Dudley School

that attended the Dudley School.

The revitalized school will also have playground equipment and will be available to the public for rentals. This is another community partnership effort led by the duo in working the process of partnerships between the city, the Tularosa Basin Historic Society

There was a man I loved for years. He explained away my childhoods fears. He showed me life and taught me why. He saw me through a Grandpa's eye.

I saw him last through tears.

Those white halls of sterile gloom-

Those slow days of heavy doom Settled down like layers of dust.

All his iron began to rust

As Death waited in the room.

On a day I left behind

When Death embraced his fevered mind

And eased the tension in his face

From pain the drugs could not erase

I knew that Death was kind.

My grandpa passed away in 1970 and I wrote this poem for him a few years later. He was the wisest man I ever met. Every conversation with him was educational, warm, understanding and uplifting.

and the public in volunteering to assist in the grunt work of preservation.

Firing kiln smokestack La Luz Pottery Factory

According to Joe and Debra, "helping with the setup and planning of these projects, supporting the history, gathering and educating public on the stories of the Basin has been and continues to be very rewarding."

Both have served at different times on the TBHS Board of Directors. Debra serves as the TBHS Manager which oversees the daily operations of the museum on White Sands and 10th

Old Alamogordo Railway Station

Street, schedules with Joe the tours and preservation of the Pottery Factory and of course these other multiple projects.

As one drives around the city of Alamogordo and Otero County from the La Luz Pottery Factory to the Plaza, the Dudley School and beyond; the commitment, passion and hard work ethic of Debra & Joe Lewandowski can be felt. Steve Jobs the founder of Apple said, "Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do."

It is apparent, in each interaction with Debra & Joe Lewandowski, they are creating a legacy of historic preservation. Each puts the elbow grease and hard work into the projects, and they have found the work "they love."

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ROCKING CHAIR WORDS OF WISDOM

●Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.

●Keep skunks, bankers, and politicians at a distance.

●Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

●A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.

●Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not yelled.

●The best sermons are lived, not preached.

●If you don't take the time to do it right, you'll find the time to do it twice.

●Don't corner something that is meaner than you.

●Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.

●It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.

●You cannot unsay a cruel word.

●Every path has a few puddles.

●When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

●Don't be banging your shin on a stool that's not in the way.

●Borrowing trouble from the future doesn't deplete the supply.

●Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen anyway.

●Don’t judge folks by their relatives.

●Silence is sometimes the best answer.

●Don‘t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t botherin' you none.

●Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

●If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.

●Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.

●The biggest troublemaker you’ll ever have to deal with watches you from the mirror every mornin’.

●Always drink upstream from the herd.

●Good judgment comes from experience, and most of that comes from bad judgment.

●Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in.

●If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around.

●Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.

●Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

●Most times, it just gets down to common sense.

“GLASSES”

An original story by Junior Thurman of Artesia NM

Last count I had six pair, of glasses, not countin shades. I don’t need em, except for readin. I can still spot a full grown Buffalo at twenty yards. Thought I saw one at Wallyworld a week ago, but I was wrong, guess my eyes weren’t focusing too well that day. Just got new ones a few months ago....glasses, that is, and, as with a lot of things, sadly they don’t make em like they used to.

My drivers license says “corrective lenses,” a result of what I consider a poorly administered eye test at the DMV. The staff at the DMV is manned,

or womanned, by a no nonsense, no sense of humor, hostile bunch. Per directions from my wife, along with a few other documents, I presented my birth certificate, a copy, which was not acceptable, but, I was guided to another office, and for a fee of ten bucks, I could get what they called a legitimate “copy” of my birth certificate?????? Whatever...got the “copy,” returned, got back in line.

Yes, I have my “reading glasses,” and my “driving glasses.” A pair of reading glasses on my lamp stand next to my recliner, and a pair on my nightstand next to my bed for reading. I also have two more pair scattered around for my convenience, all ten dollar Wallyworld purchases.

My favorites, the ones I’ve become attached to, have, sadly, seen better days, but I’ve become attached to em.....we’ve been thru a lot of good times together.

The ones next to my recliner are used for newspapers, crossword puzzles, important documents, clippin fingernails, and toenails. They are missing the plastic ear protector on the left side, consequently, a scraped ear every now and then.

Black electrical tape helped for awhile, but things started gettin a little sticky. And, being convenient on my end table next to my recliner, they’re usually covered with grandkids sticky fingerprints. But, with a little spit and a Kleenex, they’re like new again, well, almost.

The ones in my bedroom, horn rimmed, imitation tortoise shell, sorta “Buddy Holly” type are missing one screw attaching the earpiece. I tried readin with them for a while without the earpiece, but they kept fallin off, so, at wits end, luckily, (Hey, I’m not just another pretty face), being a handyman around the house, I’ve reattached the earpiece with a paper clip, and a pair of pliers. Works well, maybe a scratched ear now and then, but, hey, I saved ten bucks. Ha, even thought about opening up a glasses repair shop.......

“Juniors’ Quick Stop Fixit Shop.”

Even with the corrective lenses, and an almost spotless safe driving record, (only a couple crashes, one, unavoidable, with a cross-eyed, crazed bull elk), you may find this hard to believe, but, my driving is still criticized by my wife. Many will be surprised to know, according to my wife, I’m almost legally blind....I happen to be one of those surprised......

“There’s a stop sign ahead.....”

“Get in the other lane.”

“The speed limit sign reads fifty-five, slow down.”

“Have you had your eyes checked lately?”

“My God, watch the road, you’re gonna kill us all.”

Marigold

October’s Flower

The marigold flower meaning is despaired and loved. Marigold is the native flower of the Asia and pacific regions. Well, that’s the name that comes from “Mary’s Gold! Even in today’s world, marigold is offered in the worship of mother Mary as well as in worship of some of the Hindu gods. The early Victorians coined Marigold as coins as they had similar appearances.

It was also related to riches and aristocratic cultures. Many English Nobel women used to carry marigolds as a symbol of aristocracy and luxury. They often carried one in their handkerchiefs as they looked like gold coins.

Another notable fact, that the marigolds were used as a sacred symbol and it occurred in many cultures like Hindu, Buddhist, and Aztec. Keeping their appearance in mind Marigolds were often related to the sun gold as they were dark orange and yellowish in color. The flower is connected to the sun. In the Hindu cultures, marigolds were used to worship the sun god. It was a mythological belief that the sun god loved marigolds because they had a similar appearance and color to the sun. Even today marigolds are used in the Konark temple for the worship of the sun god.

The marigold symbolism is despair or lost love. In ancient times marigolds were considered a symbol of rejection as well. The Blooms connect with the sun and have been believed that it helps spirits to get peace from the cemetery. The marigolds are one of the most beautiful and divine flowers as they are used for the purpose of worship by many religions. Even in today’s world, the marigold flower is extensively used in worship and they are considered to be as divine as the lotus. They also represent remembering the dead. Bringing marigolds to a grave or funeral can be a great choice as they are considered to be symbols of rejection and sorrow. The different marigold meanings are-

● The yellow one symbolizes positive feelings.

● The red one symbolizes love and care.

● The orange one symbolizes strong emotions.

The Chrysanthemum

November’s birth flower

Also known as simply as “mums,” chrysanthemums can be seen in all sorts of autumn decor. The word, “chrysanthemum,” comes from the Greek prefix chrys- meaning golden andanthemion, meaning flower. Its original colors were golden hues, though mums now come in many colors—orange, burgundy, purple, red, and so on!

A native to Asia with a history that dates back to 15th century B.C., chrysanthemum symbolism often originates from its original birthplace.

In Japan, there’s even a “Festival of Happiness” to celebrate this flower each year.

Both the Chinese and Japanese consider chrysanthemums a powerful emblem of youth. The Chinese also believe that it prevents gray hair.

A symbol of the sun, the Japanese consider the orderly unfolding of the chrysanthemum’s petals to represent perfection.

Confucius once suggested chrysanthemums be used as an object of meditation.

It’s said that a single petal placed in the bottom of a glass of wine enhances longevity.

● A red chrysanthemum means “I love you.”

● A white chrysanthemum means innocence, purity, and pure love.

● A yellow chrysanthemum means slighted love.

Opal

October Birthstone

In the ancient times opals were presented in great variety so much so that their name was derived from a Sanskrit word ‘upala’ simply meaning ‘gemstone’. This birthstone was long considered one of the most mysterious of gems because it could blend a multitude of colors in one gem.

Opal was considered to be a gemstone of truth and altruism. It was thought to be the lucky stone, also giving success and foresight

to the wearer. This birthstone was expected to assure a clear brain and great memory.

Opals were valued as talismans of the first rank. Ladies with blond hair preferred opal necklaces to guard their beautiful hair color.

Opal was a favorite gemstone of Queen Victoria. When her daughters got married, her wedding gifts to them were collections of rare opals. In 1925 she purchased a black opal at the Australian pavilion at the Wembley Exhibition.

A Roman senator chose to spend time in exile rather than part with an opal he possessed.

Opals have long been the gemstones of artists who could appreciate the beauty of the birthstone colors that provided inspiration. A poem about opals said ‘to be understood by one who has attained to love for all that exists’.

Topaz

The November birthstone

Topaz – the gemstone of friendship symbolizing fidelity, loyalty and integrity. It was

believed to attract wealth if worn as a birthstone.

The name topaz may have been derived from a Sanskrit word ‘topas’ meaning heat. And indeed topaz is known for changing its color when exposed to extreme heat. Other sources including Pliny, Roman empire writer and military person, claim that it was impossible to trace the origin of this birthstone name because mariners brought it from faraway islands. According to an old legend, shipwrecked pirates were stranded on the island in the Red Sea and were digging for food, and accidentally discovered the gemstone. Marbodus, schoolmaster and bishop of Rennes, France wrote about topaz origins: “From seas remote the yellow topaz came, found in the island of the self-same name”. In Greek mythology the island was known as Topazios meaning ‘divine’.

Topaz – the gemstone of friendship symbolizing fidelity, loyalty and integrity. It was believed to attract wealth if worn as a birthstone, as well as favors from persons of high authority. In ancient cultures topaz was considered under the influence of the sun. Though there are many known colors of this gemstone, yellow was considered a true topaz. Pliny, Roman empire military commander and philosopher, called it the gem of strength, and valued topaz highly if it had a tint of orange, color associated with vigor.

The powers of dispelling black magic and evil spells was long attributed to this birth gem. In

middle ages it was believed to have more magical powers, especially for wealth building, if set in gold and worn on the left arm. Topaz was also rumored to secure favours from royalty and people of high rank if the figure of a flying falcon was engraved on it.

Topaz was considered a remedy from sexual disorders, asthma, nose and throat issues. It was believed to be the lucky charm that prevented drowning.The birthstone was also used to improve eyesight and protect the wearer from burns and scars.

Charubel, early 20th century author and mystic, claimed that topaz gave power to the weak, voice to the voiceless, hope to hopeless.

Dreams about topaz were thought to be symbolic of protection from harm and poison.

Many topaz gems are found in dull colors and are later treated to obtain a more attractive color. In 1750 Parisian jeweler Dumelle was the first one to discover that if you take a golden-brown topaz and expose it to extreme heat then it would permanently turn pink. Nowadays this birthstone is also irradiated (treated by small doses of radiation) in order to give it a desirable blue color. Naturally occurring blue topaz is very rare.

Your Virgo monthly horoscope for October 2022 means the material world holds a great fascination for most of this month, but you may feel too attached to luxury items. Shopping might feel like good therapy this month as the annoying ad mantra “because your worth it…” plays non-stop in your head. The best way to use this pampering, sensual energy would be to share the indulgence with others.

This is nice because pooling your resources gives everyone a feeling of abundance, and like attracts like, right? In the negative sense, this could purely be the need to show off one’s bling. After October 23 you realize you need to reign in the spending and focus more on activities that are less about consumption. Teaching yourself new skills costs nothing, and that will give energy out rather than be simply taking energy in.

This month you need to forget the past and focus on your present life and the future. Do not let the mistakes you made in the past

haunt you. Learn from them and forge ahead with your life.

Your family will be in good spirits this month. Things are working for the better for all members of the family. Your child or children are doing well in school, and your spouse just got the job of their dreams.

You will be able to achieve balance in your life. This way, you will spend ample time bonding with your loved ones. The elders in your family will be happy with your progress that they will bless you abundantly.

This month you will be able to get a better understanding of the gifts and talents you possess.

Business people will start up new businesses in line with the businesses they already have in existence. It is an auspicious month for Virgo natives when it comes to careers.

October will see you be serious with the way you spend your money. You need to be wise to ensure that you cater to expenses and needs before anything else. After that, ensure that you settle all your debtors.

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Scorpio Monthly Horoscope for November 2022

You will face both negative and positive things in life, but the same should make you want to give up on life. To achieve success in life, you need to take the bad with the good and make the best of your life. Scorpio November 2022 Horoscope calls on you to appreciate all that you have done to improve your life and the lives of your loved ones.

You should be proud of your achievements. This month will see you work on your weaknesses like never before. Focus on being the best in all you do, and you will achieve your highest potential. You need to be willing to sacrifice a lot to get to where you want to be in life.

Your Horoscope calls on you to trust and be honest with your partner. Having lies in your relationship will only cause more

problems. If you want your love life to succeed, always remain honest, loyal, and faithful.

If you feel that your partner is taking you for granted, the time has come for you to leave that relationship. Your happiness need be your priority, and no one has the right to deny you the same.

Nothing much is happening that will hinder you from thinking about expanding your family. A baby will be a great addition to your family.

Your health is delicate, and you need not make it worse. Be careful with the things that you let into your body. You only get one body in your lifetime; therefore, you need to take good care of the same.

To be productive, you need to ensure that you get enough rest. Sleep for the recommended hours and always focus on achieving peace of mind. Nothing in life comes easy, including good health. Therefore, safeguard your health with all that you have got.

Go after your passions with determination and hard work. Do not allow anything to cause you to give up on your dreams. This month you will be able to discern what you want out of your life.

Any reliance placed on the content of this horoscope is to be made at your own risk. We do not take liability for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising out of, or in connection with the use of this article.

CELLPHONES"

an original story by Junior Thurman of Artesia, NM

How did we survive without cellphones? Back in the old days, I remember my family heading out on long trips, usually headed for "grandmas' house, " leaving New Mexico headed for Texas, without a "phone", and when we arrived we knew she didn't have a phone either. In fact, mom had written her a letter a week earlier telling her we were coming. Talk about the pioneer days.....

In those days, few in our neighborhood had phones in their homes. If an emergency arose someone would have to run down the street to that one affluent neighbors house to use their phone. Now, I know some of you younger generation kids find this unbelievable, and are probably rolling your eyes right now, but that's the way it was when us oldsters were growing up. (The dark ages).

Every November, we deer hunters would head out on a week-long camping trip, hunting and enjoying the wilderness. We had a tent, sleeping bags, groceries, beer, and a few clothes all loaded in the back of an old two wheel drive pickup truck, or a sedan, (whatever was available), often without a spare tire, no four wheel drive, no camper, no shower, and "no phone." We were pioneers, just happy to escape the daily grind, headed out on a great adventure, bravely blazing a new trail.

There were lots of modern conveniences (necessities today) we didn't have access to, or the funds to buy them. No, we had no

phone, but in some ways, we were better off. Fortunately, there was no such thing as an environment back then, so we didn't have to worry about ruining it, there was no cholesterol, we could fry up bacon in a cast iron skillet for breakfast, and using the bacon grease, fry eggs, potatos, and onions. We would then have pancakes, covered with lots of real butter and syrup, chased with coffee loaded with rich cream and sugar. Nowadays, you can't get ten feet from a meal like that without your blood pressure

cholesterol rising uncontrollably. At our age, if you're gonna eat like that, better have a phone available to call the Doctor or an ambulance.......

Just listening to my wife talking on the phone is sometimes alarming.

Wife- "hello". (Me listening attentively),

Wife-"oh my god, no, when did that happen?" (Me-sitting up

thinking "a bad accident. Probably a wreck"). Wife-"good lord' when can you talk to him?" (Me-a really bad accident, someone's obviously unconscious, or in ICU).

Wife-"somebody's gonna have to pay for all the damages." (Me, car totaled). Wife hangs up, I ask "what happened",

My wife says, "your daughter hired a yard man and he mowed down part of her flower bed."

Funny how many cell phone users would rather text someone than talk to them in person, the old

fashioned way????? What??? Why??? I don't understand.

I ask my wife, "are the Smiths going to the lodge tonite for supper?" My wife says, "I texted them, they said yes." I ask, "do they need a ride again?" She says, "I don't know, I'll text them."

Aaaggh!

"Did you call your friend Shirley and tell her that her house was on fire?" Wife, "I texted her,". Me, "what did she say?" Wife, "I don't know she hasn't texted me back."

Aaaaargh!

A friend and I headed for the mountains early one morning a couple of weeks ago and stopped in Cloudcroft at "Big Daddy's cafe" for breakfast. Three ladies sat at the table next to us, obviously out on a ladies only weekend holiday in Cloudcroft. Funny thing is, instead of visiting with each other, they were all busy texting on their cell phones. I looked around, and over half the

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people in the cafe were bent over their cell phones, their fingers moving faster than I can think.....

Sasquatch could have walked in and ordered breakfast, ate, and carried off two kids, one under each arm, and they wouldn't have noticed him.

I know there are lots of you out there who are actual participants in this crazy cell phone mania.

As for me, I said all I needed to say to my wife when I left home this morning on my journey and I'll talk to her again when I return at the end of the day.

And, yes, I have a cell phone for emergencies, but hesitate to let it interfere with my sanity, what little I have left.

SWEETGRASS

Story courtesy of The Farmers Way Marty Stompingelk

The elders tell us that it takes longer for us to heal today and the reason is because the old trails our ancestors used to use to find us have been destroyed....so now our ancestors are having a hard time finding us to help us heal.

We are also told that was the first plant to grow on Mother Earth

When we harvest Sweetgrass,we get three bunches of seven strands So there will be 21 pieces of grass, We do not pull it, this is the hair of Mother Earth. We braid the three strands of seven pieces right there on Mother Earth Then we gently cut it

If we want to state our intentions,, we can bring tobacco as to bring Creator in on our words as to how we will use this

For an offering we can offer something the plant can use,, like water, so offer the relations around it, it’s brothers and sisters,mother and father and so on, give them a gift of water.

When we burn sweetgrass, remember these things:

● Its a kindness medicine...with a sweet gentle aroma when we light it.

● Its symbolic...

● There are 21 strands used to make a braid...

The first 7 strands represent those 7 generations behind us-

● Our parents

● Our grandparents

● Our great grandparents and so on

For 7 generations behind us~who we are and what we are is because of them~they've brushed and made the trails we have been walking up til now...but the trails have been destroyed, we have lost our connection. The time has

come to heal and reconnect with our ancestors.

The next 7 represent the 7 sacred teachings...

Love, Respect, Honesty, Courage, Wisdom, Truth and Humility.

The elders tell us how simple, powerful and beautiful the

from fraud or deception, legitimate truthful.

● 4 Courage: bravery, permitting one to face extreme dangers with boldness withstanding danger, fear or difficulty

● 5 Wisdom: the quality of having experience, knowledge and good judgment the quality of being wise.

● 6 Truth: the face of the matter, veracity, sincere, candor and genuineness

● a determined in principle entirely by how it relates to things

● 7 Humility: freedom from pride or arrogance, being humble, when we truly understand the teaching of humility, that we are not any better then anyone else and you are not any better then me. that at the end of the day we are simply human beings, this is what makes this teaching powerful and beautiful.

The last 7 strands are those of the 7 generations in front of us~

teaching are:

● 1 Love: unconditional affection with no limits or conditions that starts with loving yourself.

● 2 Respect: due regard for the feelings, wishes, rights or traditions of other, with consideration, thoughtfulness, attentiveness, politeness, courtesy, civility, deference.

● 3 Honestly: have a character of integrity, and honor be free

● Our children .....

● Our grandchildren .....

● Our great grandchildren .....

● as well as those children yet to be born.

It is important because everything we do to Mother earth will one day effect them... We have lost our way, Mother Earth gives us everything we need to heal ourselves and the earth. We must go back to our roots and bloom.

GUARANTEED TO STICK TO YOUR RIBS!

Ingredients

1 lb octopus, 1 egg, Grated Parmigiano cheese, Breadcrumbs, Parsley, Salt, Extra-virgin olive oil

Method:

First clean and wash the octopus. Then cook in a pot with water over medium heat for about 40 minutes covered. The octopus must cook, as the famous saying goes, in its water – so don’t put too much water in the pot, but check from time to time that it has not dried too much. After 40 minutes, drain the octopus and transfer it to a blender with the egg, Parmigiano cheese, breadcrumbs, parsley and a pinch of salt. Pulse for about 30 seconds to chop and mix ingredients.

With this dough, prepare the burgers by giving them the classic patty shape. Cook in a non- stick pan on both sides for about 5 minutes. Season with a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil. You can eat the octopus patties on their own with a fresh side dish, or you can use them to stuff a gourmet sandwich with burrata and confit tomatoes or simple arugula topped with balsamic vinegar.

Tucumcari

¼ teaspoon ground cumin

● salt and ground black pepper to taste

● ½ (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained

● 12 (6 inch) corn tortillas

● 1 (8 ounce) package shredded Mexican cheese blend

Directions

● Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.

● Arrange Hatch chiles, skinside up, on the prepared baking sheet. Brush with 1 tablespoon olive oil.

● Cook under the preheated broiler until the skin of the peppers has blackened and blistered, 5 to 8 minutes. Cool; remove and discard skins. Roughly chop chiles.

● Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook chicken thighs until browned, about 2 minutes per side. Pour 1 cup chicken broth over thighs and bring to a boil. Cover skillet and reduce heat to medium.

● Cook the chicken thighs until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 5 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Remove from heat.

● Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, garlic, oregano, cumin, salt, and pepper in hot oil until onion is soft, about 6 minutes. Stir chopped chiles, tomatoes, and 1 1/2 cups chicken broth into onion mixture. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until chiles and onion are tender, 20 minutes.

● Mash chile-onion mixture to a sauce consistency. Remove chicken thighs from chicken broth, reserving 1/2 cup broth. Stir thighs into chile sauce; cook until chicken is heated through, about 2 minutes.

● Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

● Spread a thin layer of chile chicken sauce on the bottom of an 8-inch pie dish. Arrange a layer of corn tortillas over sauce, spread another layer of chile chicken sauce over the tortillas, and sprinkle Mexican cheese blend over sauce. Repeat layering process until all tortillas, sauce, and cheese are used, ending with a layer of cheese. Pour 1/2 cup reserved chicken broth over the top.

● Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbling, about 30 minutes.

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Hatch Potato Salad

Ingredients

8 potatoes, peeled and cubed

½ cup bottled Caesar salad dressing

2 carrots, coarsely grated

6 green onions, sliced

1 Hatch chile pepper, seeded and diced

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

Place potatoes in a 2-quart microwave-safe casserole dish. Microwave on high, stirring halfway through, until tender, about 9 minutes. Drain any liquid that may have accumulated.

Mix Caesar dressing, carrots, green onions, Hatch chile pepper, salt, and pepper together in a large bowl. Stir in potatoes.

UNIVERSE, TO HEARTS THAT WILL LISTEN, TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

TO

These are difficult days. The grief continues. I'm watching the slow decline of a once proud Marine officer. To me he is dad. To me he is Sir. To me he is a hero.

Inside his heart and mind, he is a clever farm boy living in the Great Depression, bringing freshly hunted meat to the family dinner table.

He is a helper in the garden growing food to maintain health.

Story by Gloria Marie

He still misses Teddy, his muchloved dog that crossed the Rainbow Bridge decades ago.

He is still a popular high school senior voted most likely to succeed.

He is a smart college student attending classes at Yale.

He is a gung-ho Marine recruit wanting to join the war effort. And once again, he is a student who just heard of a conflict in a place called Korea and he's back in the Marine Corps.

He is home from the overseas duty and just became a father, but the baby only lived 16 days. He is mourning the loss of that child.

He had a daughter two years later and this time the baby lived. He is the proud father of a little pink bundle.

Again, after two years, he is a father of a beautiful towheaded blue-eyed boy.

He is advancing in rank in the Corps and bring his family to diferent military bases.

He is leaving his family once more to go to a hot, steamy jungle for another war.

He is an Officer, the CO of the Marines at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

He is a retired Marine working as head of security at a resort complex in southern Connecticut.

He is First Selectman of a small town and the chief of police there. He is an active member of

the Coast Guard Auxiliary in North Carolina.

He is a widower who lost that towheaded boy and his wife in the same year.

To me he is slipping away.

To me he is sometimes lost.

To me he is a shadow.

To me he is often sad.

To me he is dad.

To me he is my elderly hero.

I am that little pink bundle.

After 70 years, I am now grey.

I am remembering the past years with fondness. Lives well lived. Hearts and souls that have loved and been loved.

Yet I grieve for the lost years and the sadness of age.

Please Universe, bring us comfort.

PEACH & HATCH

CHILE COBBLER

INGREDIENTS

● Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, combine the sliced peaches, diced chiles, marinade, cornstarch, sugar, and cinnamon. Stir to evenly combine.

● Melt the butter in a small pot over low heat, then pour it into the bottom of an 8x8' or 9x9' baking pan. If baking in a 10' or 12' cast iron pan, melt the butter in the cast iron. Mix together the flour, sugar,

baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Slowly pour in the milk and mix until just combined and no dry flour remains (do not over-mix). Pour this batter on top of the melted butter.

● Scatter the fruit and chile mixture on top of the batter and melted butter. Place the pan in the oven and bake for 35-45 minutes, or until the batter is puffed up and done in the center. If the edges or top get too browned before the batter is fully cooked, cover the top with aluminum foil.

● Serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

● To roast the chiles, place them over the open flame on a gas stove top or grill, or rub them with a little oil and place a few inches under an oven broiler. Turn occasionally to blacken all sides. Place the blackened chiles in a large resealable bag or into a large bowl sealed with plastic wrap on top. Let steam in the bag or bowl for 10-15 minutes. When cool enough to touch and when the charred skins are coming off, wipe off the charred skins with paper towels.

Black Bean Pico De Gallo

This makes for an EXCELLENT party dip with some good corn chips, a tasty side dish, or simply spoon it over your grilled chicken & fish!

Makes about 4 servings

Stays good refrigerated in a sealed container for 2-3 days.

Ingredients:

3 cups ripe cherry or grape tomatoes

5 green onions

a bunch of fresh cilantro leaves

● 1 red chili, seeded and diced

● 2 sweet corn on cobb

● 1 (15 oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed well

● 2-3 fresh garlic cloves, minced

● 1 fresh lime, juiced

● 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

● sea salt and ground black pepper, to taste

Instructions

● Finely chop your green onions, quarter your tomatoes, seed and mince the red chili, and chop the fresh cilantro leaves.

● Carefully cut the corn from the cobs. When the corn is fresh and super tender, there is no need to cook.

● Alternatively, you may choose to dunk your corn cobs in salted boiling water for just 2 or 3 minutes.

● Add all of your prepped ingredients into a large bowl together with the black beans.

● Add in garlic, freshly squeezed lime juice, and extra virgin olive oil.

● Season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to your taste.

● Toss gently to combine, then serve.

● Stays good refrigerated in a sealed container for 2-3 days.

● Enjoy!

Effervescent Brain Salt was a product marketed by F. Newberry & Sons in 1888.

They claimed that the product was good for all sorts of troubles related to the brain. The bottles declared its effectiveness for the vague complaint of brain troubles, as well as headaches and seasickness. The company also claimed it was good for nervous debility, sleeplessness, mania, indigestion, and many other problems.

Effervescent Brain Salt was nothing more than plain old sodium chloride or table salt. Oddly enough, those who were not getting enough sodium in their diet, which in those days was more likely than today, could indeed have suffered some of these maladies. This was only one of many ‘effervescent salts’ marketed during the time, and while not all of them used sodium chloride, they all claimed to cure similar maladies.

In 1855 Extract of Sarsaparilla was placed on the market and advertisements began appearing and around 1858.

Sarsaparilla was described in advertisements as:a combination of vegetable alternatives –Stillingia, Mandrake, Yellow Dock – with the Iodides of Potassium and Iron, and is the most effacious medicine yet known for the diseases it is intended to cure.

Its ingredients are so skillfully combined that the full alterative effect of each is assured, and while it is so mild as to be harmless even to children, it is still so effectual as to purge out from the system those impurities and corruptions which develop into loathsome disease.

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About Me

My Beginnings

I am in love with arts and crafts. I have been an artist for decades and want to share my passion!

My Favorite Work

At the end of the day, I want to feel that others can be inspired by the creative process of the arts and

My Life Today

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WE SHALL SEE

Desert Southwest

Winter will be warmer than normal, with above-normal precipitation. The coldest periods will be in late November, normal precipitation. The coldest periods will be in late November, midand late December, and midJanuary. Snowfall will be below normal in most areas that normally receive snow, with the snowiest periods in early to mid-January and early February.

8th Grade School Test from 1895

Grammar (Time, one hour)

● 1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.

● 2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications.

● 3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.

● 4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal parts of do, lie, lay and run.

● 5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.

● 6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.

● 7 – 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)

● 1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.

● 2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?

● 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cts. per bu., deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?

● 4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?

● 5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.

● 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.

● 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20.00 per in?

● 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.

● 9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance around which is 640 rods?

● 10.Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.

“Handmade pottery is tangible reminder of the beauty in the everyday and an invitation to slow down and revel in the moment. My pottery is meant to inspire and evoke that sense of calm. Life truly does fly by so it’s important to be present in the moment. I believe that is what beautiful art does for us all by providing a focus and a distraction from our hectic lives.”

“Painting is my way of capturing and immortalizing a moment as a keepsake that can be shared and revisited. Beautiful art is a gift to the soul, it elevates and inspires”

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Art is my passion and it’s my favorite way to communicate with the world. I feel the need to create & doing so ignites a deep joy and peace within me. My work reflects

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the beauty that I see all around me here in the desert of southern New Mexico. The night skies are filled with glittering stars inspiring me to create artwork with the moon & stars. Beautiful White Sands National Park is close by & it’s a favorite spot to visit and get inspiration. Two majestic mountain ranges surround the area featuring iconic southwestern stepped mountains. All around are prickly pears, claret cups, yucca, mesquite & seasonal desert blooms. There is an abundance of wildlife too. All this nature & wildness inspires my art.

As a traditional painter my media of choice include watercolor, ink & graphite on cotton paper and I also paint with oils on panel or canvas. Recently, I have begun to learn the art

digital drawing and painting using Procreate on my iPad opening up a new well of creativity. I enjoy creating artistic representations showcasing the vibrant colors, landscapes, botanicals & animals native to my local area.

Most of my pottery is slab built. I hand paint my own original designs onto my clay surfaces combining my love of both painting & pottery. My current work features multi-layered techniques using underglazes, screen printing, image transfer, hand carving, stamped texture, inlay, overglaze decals and sometimes real 22kt gold luster.

Robots Take Over Apache Point Observatory

Half-dollar-sized robots are changing the way the 2.5-meter Sloan Digital Sky Survey telescope at Apache Point Observatory helps scientists see the universe.

Apache Point Observatory, located in Sunspot, about 18 miles south of Cloudcroft in the Sacramento Mountains, is home to four telescopes: the 3.5-meter Astrophysical Research Corp telescope; the 2.5-meter Sloan Foundation telescope; the 0.5meter ARC Small Aperture Telescope; and NMSU’s 1.0-meter telescope.

The cluster of telescopes sit on a mountain 9,200 feet above sea level. The night sky seen from APO is among the darkest in the U.S.

Tiny robots have replaced giant metal plates with up to a thousand

holes requiring a staff member to manually plug-in hundreds of special fiber optic cables that aligned with the area of the sky that astronomers planned to observe.

Now hundreds of tiny robots do the work.

Research at Apache Poinr is focused on the evolution of galaxies understanding the impacts of supermassive black holes on host galaxies to the formation and evolution of galaxy clusters and the galactic winds that carry gas enriched with the building blocks of life throughout the universe.

Sancho and the Sidepiece

Reggae, jazz and blues band

A new up and coming band from Tularosa is composed of five members; Rhiannon Eisler on the rhythm guitar and lead vocals, David Fuentes on lead guitar, Joshua Cox on the bass, Emily Dequina on the drums, and Kevin (Turtle) Baker on the keys. They bring an eclectic mix of reggae, jazz, and blues with a contemporary flare.

They strive to bring to life the beauty of the New Mexican way of life celebrated through reggae rhythms

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● House

If you dreamed of making the white picket fence a reality, a new house would've cost approximately $6,296–about $77,339 today.

● Grocery Items

A dozen eggs cost 47 cents ($6.06 today), one pound of round steak cost 40 cents ($5.16 today), and three pounds of macaroni cost 25 cents ($3.22 today).

● Manicure

As the automobile industry emerged in the 1920s, ladies would oftentimes paint their nails

using high-gloss car paint. A manicure back then cost less than 25 cents ($3.22 today).

● Haircut

The most trendy hairstyle of the 1920s was the bob. To get the initial cut, it cost $5.00 ($64.25 today), and to upkeep the style it was $2.00 ($25.78 today) per week.

● New Radio

The latest entertainment medium at the time, Radio, was quite pricey and was therefore seen as a major investment for most Americans. At the beginning of the 1920s, a new radio cost over $200 (over $2,577.00 today)! But by the end of the decade, prices dropped to a more affordable $35 ($451.14 today).

● Washing Machine

If you wanted a washing machine, it would've cost $81.50. With inflation, that's about $1,054

● Electric Vacuum Cleaner

The newest and hottest vacuum on the market, the Hoover Electric Cleaner, set households back about $39—or $503 today.

● New Car

A fresh set of wheels varies depending on the make and model, but a Chevrolet in the 1920s cost $525–which is about $6,790.30 today.

● Gasoline

A gallon of gas cost 30 cents in 1920. That would be equivalent to $3.87 per gallon now.

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Why Pay for a Professional Wedding Photographer?

There are many good reasons to employ a professional photographer to capture your wedding, event or special occasion rather than relying on a friend or relative to do so, even if they have a sophisticated camera.

Time is a key ingredient in producing good images and when you pay a professional photographer, one thing you can almost be certain of is that you will get more of their time than you would from a friend or relative. The photographer will, before the photo shoot, spend time at a pre-shoot, meeting or client interview, visit the location if he or she does not already know it, and then in final preparation

Vegetable Sandwich with Lemon-Shallot

pile on the veggies in this satisfying vegetarian sandwich. Lemon zest and juice add brightness to the herbaceous sauce. Use any leftover sauce with pasta or as a dressing with salad greens.

● ½ cup fresh cilantro

● ¼ cup dill seeds

● ¼ cup fresh flat-leaf parsley

● 2 tablespoons fresh oregano

● 1 tspn finely grated lemon zest

● 1 tablespoon lemon juice

● ½ teaspoon of salt

● 2 slices crusty whole-wheat bread

● 2 thin slices Cheddar cheese (1 ounce total)

● ½ cup thinly sliced vegetables, such as tomatoes, onions and/or beets

● ¼ teaspoon ground cumin

● Pinch of ground pepper

DIRECTIONS

Step 1

● Combine oil, shallot, garlic, cilantro, dill, parsley, oregano, lemon zest, lemon juice and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a blender; blend until smooth.

Step 2

● Preheat panini maker to high. Coat the panini maker with cooking spray. Spread 2 tablespoons of the sauce on each slice of bread (reserve remaining sauce for another use). Top each slice with cheese. Stack with vegetables and sprinkle with cumin and the remaining pinch of salt and pepper. Close the sandwich and cook in the panini maker until golden brown and crispy, about 5 minutes.

take time to select, clean and check the equipment needed. After the shoot the professional photographer will take the time to check, help you choose, process and then present your images. At the end of this process, the discerning photographer will take

the time to ensure the client is happy with the finished result.

It is often tempting to think of photography as a simple skill. After all, anyone can take a photograph, right? This maybe true and sure enough, with automatic cameras that handle the focusing of the lens and exposure settings for you, even the most inexperienced person will be able to take good photographs.

A professional photographer will not rely on a camera's automatic settings to take the photographs unless they know the conditions are favorable to using them, and

even then they are most likely to use one of the camera's automatic semi-automatic modes. Why is this important? Simply because automatic cameras can easily assess the amount of light being reflected by a scene and set their own exposure, but the camera doesn't really know how much how bright the scene should be, hence a camera can produce a lighter image when photographing a dark scene and a darker image when photographing a light scene. The averaging that the camera uses can easily lead to subjects being underexposed or overexposed.

The cameras metering will be adequate for most situations, but consider a bride in a white dress set against a dark church setting. The camera on automatic settings will average the scene and generate an exposure that does not allow for the fact the church setting is darker than normal. This results in the detail on the brides dress being over exposed and therefore not visible in the final pictures.

Choosing a friend or relative to take pictures of a special occasion or an important event is a gamble. And that's without mentioning image composition or lighting technique! An area where the difference between inexperienced and professional photographers is even more significant.

The friend or relative asked to take pictures actually sacrifices their invitation to attend the wedding as a guest because their day will be spent undertaking what is, if executed properly, very demanding work.

The tintype may be as tarnished as the outlaw himself, but it has obtained legendary status as a one-of-a-kind treasure.

A photograph of Billy the Kid sold at auction in June 2011 for $2.3 million—the highest amount ever paid for a historic image of the American West. The sale to collector William I. Koch naturally created a buzz that extended beyond the outlaw and lawmen aficionados to the public at large. The buzz has barely died down. Billy has long been a frontier legend; now the only known photograph of him has become legendary. Historians continue to study him and learn more about his life

The poor condition of the tintype speaks for itself. To understand the anomalies in the image and the damage it has sustained, one must understand how a tintype is fabricated, taken and processed, and how it weathers the years.

Drawing on what tintypers themselves said about their craft, the common procedure for posing and taking a picture, and the visual information contained in the image itself, it is possible to reconstruct with reasonable accuracy the 1879–80 “shooting” of William H. Bonney

The ferrotype was a direct positive image in black, gray and silver pigment supported on a sheet of ferris iron. The photographers who took ferrotypes and the customers who bought them from 1856 through the turn of the 20th century called them “tintypes,” although they contained no actual tin. A tintype could be processed in minutes and was inexpensive, costing anywhere from a nickel to a quarter vs. the dollars charged for paper photographs. Tintypes were also durable and thin enough

to be mailed in a letter. They were used primarily to capture fulllength portraits. Tintypes were tiny images but, when properly exposed and processed, rendered fine detail.

Some tintypers, as the photographers called themselves, were artists who took portraiture and landscape photography seriously, while others were technically adept cameramen who learned the finer points of posing. A tintyper could capture one image up to 32 times on the same sheet if he had the lenses and the septums (dividers) and/or the repeating back. He then cut the sheet into plates to sell individually or in quantity.

The identity of the photographer who tintyped Billy Bonney is unknown, but the tintype itself and other probable examples of his work tell us something about him. He had a basic knowledge of camera operations and processing, but his tintypes exhibit little knowledge of lighting and portraiture, an overall carelessness and crude skills. He was most likely a New Mexican who thought to try his hand at photography. He may have learned the trade by working as a photographer’s assistant, or he may have bought a used tintyper’s outfit, read a manual and started practicing.

The itinerant photographer hauled the gear in a coach or wagon, using the inside for a darkroom and the outside to display tintypes in various sizes and groupings. He had an assistant to help set up gear, deal with customers and capture the light.

Billy Bonney decided to pose with his firearms. Photographers in New Mexico Territory were accustomed to this. Everyone traveled armed, even photographers, and some photographers kept firearms as portrait props. As soon as Bonney agreed to pose for a portrait, the procedure unfolded as it would for any other customer:

Leaving his assistant to attend to the customer, the tintyper enters the darkroom to sensitize a plate. From a supply box he takes an iron sheet already coated with lampblack . He pours collodion from a bottle onto the plate, which he tips and tilts until the syrupy substance covers it evenly from edge to edge. He then shutters the room, and working by candle in a yellow glass chimney (a safelight), he fills a shallow tray with silver nitrate from a light-sealed bottle. Placing the pre-coated plate into this bath, he gently agitates it to and fro for about a minute, until the collodion takes on a creamy yellow appearance. He pours the excess back into the bottle and returns the bottle to a light-sealed box. He inserts the now-sensitized plate into a thin wooden holder, also light-sealed.

Meanwhile, the assistant asks the customer to stand before the backdrop. Bonney steps into position, his left side toward the wall of the dance hall, his right side some feet from the open. The blanket hanging behind him obscures Smith’s saloon. Squinting into the winter light, Billy sees before him a camera on a tripod under the eaves of a wide portico, beyond it the home of the Maxwells. Maneuvering the arm of the headrest, the assistant

positions the clamp behind Billy’s ears, reassuring him the discomfort will last only a few minutes. The assistant asks Billy to uncradle the Winchester carbine from the crook of his arm (the natural carrying position) and lean on it, as such a prop helps a subject keep still. He then pushes back the sweater on Billy’s right side to show off the Colt. The assistant then advises Billy that when the tintyper comes out of the darkroom, he should look directly at the camera and remain motionless until otherwise instructed. The assistant takes position behind the reflector, which he has unrolled from two poles to form a smooth white surface.

The tintyper emerges from the darkroom with the sensitized plate in its light-sealed holder. Ducking beneath the hood, he sees four identical images of Bonney in the ground glass (viewfinder)—two over two, upside-down and reversed. He adjusts the pan, tilt and height of the camera to ensure the customer is centered in the frame. He adjusts the back-focus knob, pulling the bellows back until the head is focused in the ground glass. This is a bit of a trick to get right, as the top row is not in the same range as the bottom row, and the left images are not in the same range as the right images. The tintyper instructs his assistant to angle the reflector in close and then tilt it back to bounce light on Billy’s left side, cast into shadow by the strong sidelight.

The shallow depth of field and the intrusion of a reflector in the posing space call into question the

tintyper’s judgment. If the tintyper notices his assistant’s fingers gripping the reflector, he does nothing to correct the intrusion. Ready to take the picture, the tintyper steps to the side of the camera and caps the four lenses, probably with a heavy velvet cloth, sealing the box from light. He then opens the groundglass door at the back, fastens the plate holder tightly over the fourimage septum and is ready to expose the plate to light.

Although such preparations took only a few minutes, it was common, then as now, for the customer to relax his posture and assume a distracted expression. Some people need to be posed; others are naturally attentive and engaging. Bonney looks alert, interested and amused. He is actually smiling, a rare thing in 19th-century photography. An experienced photographer poses a figure in complimentary ways, but this tintyper probably went no further than to ask Billy, without moving his feet, to push out the holster and rotate the rifle into profile so that the lever and loading gate are visible. He no doubt reminded Billy to stand up straight, look directly into the camera, try not to blink and remain absolutely still.

Bonney complies. The tintyper raises the dark slide out of the camera and uncovers the lenses. Using a stopwatch, he counts off six to 10 seconds, then recovers the lenses and reinserts the dark slide. The plate has been exposed, and the tintyper tells the heavily armed teenager he can move about now. The tintyper removes the plate holder from the camera and

reenters the darkroom to develop, fix, dry, varnish and trim the plate.

In his photograph Bonney squints into the camera with a “jaunty daredevil kind of an expression,” to quote a period reporter. Although out of focus, the image does capture the intelligence, willfulness and cheerful demeanor so many of his contemporaries describe. He stands ready to meet any challenge, with his Winchester carbine and his Colt Single Action Army at hand, no doubt loaded and ready to fire. It is the classic gunfighter stance seen in hundreds of Westerns, but the Kid is not posturing. Nor is he showing off. The stance comes naturally out of the extraordinary life he has lived. This is a teenager who fought to survive in a territory with little law and order.

“I never liked the picture,” Paulita Maxwell told author Burns. “I don’t think it does Billy justice. It makes him look rough and uncouth. The expression of his face was really boyish and very pleasant. He may have worn such clothes as appear in the picture out on the range, but in Fort Sumner he was careful of his personal appearance and dressed neatly and in good taste.” She added that at the weekly dance at Fort Sumner, Billy Bonney cut a gallant figure. “He was not handsome,” she said, “but he had a certain sort of boyish good looks. He was always smiling and good-natured and very polite and danced remarkably well, and the little Mexican beauties made eyes at him from behind their fans and used all their coquetries to capture him and were very vain of his attentions.”

If the tintype was taken at Fort Sumner in the winter of 1879–80, it captures Bonney at a moment when he has everything to look forward to. He has fought in the Lincoln County War to avenge John Tunstall’s murder and testified at the Dudley Court of Inquiry to right the wrongs he may have committed. Now he awaits the amnesty promised by Territorial Governor Lew Wallace. He is in love with Paulita Maxwell, and while he waits for her to come around, other women vie for his attentions. He has strong friendships, and he does not yet know what awaits him.

Story courtesy of "How the Only Photo of the Most Infamous Outlaw in the American West Came About." Richard Weddle [Online]. Available: https://www.historynet.com/how-theonly-photo-of-the-most-infamous-outlawin New Mexico Territory in 1878.

Could there be a new photograph of Billy the Kid?

Famed Houston forensic artist Lois Gibson says yes.

This full view picture of a man in a smart suit standing with his right hand resting on a chair. The pose is almost a mirror image of the one authenticated photo of Billy the Kid. The only difference, seemingly, is that the Kid in the authenticated photo looks much more worse for wear and is resting his hand on a rifle.

Heather Alexander

Chronicle

Books about the outlaw Billy the Kid keep coming. The latest is “Before Billy the Kid: The Boy Behind the Legendary Outlaw.”

Many stories have been written about the exploits of Billy the Kid, the charismatic outlaw of the Old West. Some have been pure fiction, designed to entertain and excite. Purple prose writers began chronicling the exploits of Billy as early as the late 1870s. Others have been biographical, researched by historians or recorded by those who knew him, including his murderer, Sheriff Pat Garrett. But there was once a different side to the famous gunfighter, a softer more artistic side that seems at odds with Billy's reputation for shooting, killing, and robbing. Born Henry McCarty, he was also known by the names Henry Antrim, Kid Antrim, and William H. Bonney.

He didn't shoot twenty-one men, as has been claimed. Four is a more likely number, three in selfdefense. In Before Billy the Kid, author Melody Groves explores the early life of the infamous outlaw, the teenage boy who loved to sing and dance. The young man who was polite, educated, and popular. A boy who had the bad luck to be orphaned at fifteen and left with no one to guide him through life. How different history might have been if Billy had pursued his love of music instead of a life of crime.

The author is Melody Groves, an award-winning Albuquerque writer of Western fiction and nonfiction.

In an author’s note, Groves writes about her growing curiosity about the youngster William Henry McCarty, branded Billy the

Kid late in his short life. That curiosity led her to take a strong interest in what she called the human side of the legend. Billy’s personality, manner, looks, emotions and interests are referenced in this compact biography. Billy is described as “soft-spoken” and as “a likable, easygoing teenager.” There’s a brief description of Billy’s physiognomy at age 16: “Wavy brown hair topped an oval face betraying the down of incipient mustache and beard. Expressive blue eyes caught everyone’s notice. So did slightly protruding front teeth.”

Groves writes that he was a gentleman around women, that Hispanic men, generally, liked him, while many Anglo men thought he was out to steal their cattle.

In the chapter “The Making of the Kid” there’s a series of unattributed descriptions about Billy’s nature: He “combined good humor with a flaming, hairtrigger temper. When provoked he could explode into deadly rage that carried no warning. However, he was sunny by nature, open and generous. He laughed frequently … He boasted a quick mind and superior intelligence, and he could read and write.”

In the chapter “Catching the ‘Fever,’ ” Groves writes about Billy’s musicality. When his family briefly lived in Santa Fe in the mid-1870s, he played piano in the lobby of Santa Fe’s Exchange Hotel (also known as La Fonda) and he was a busker, taking his “beautiful tenor voice” to the streets to make extra money.

Groves writes that newspaper articles and friends noted Billy’s interest in “song, dance, harmonica playing and acting.”

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The family left Santa Fe for a mining camp near Silver City and then moved to the boom town that was Silver City. There Billy continued to demonstrate his artistic talents, Groves writes, acting in school plays, singing in Spanish and dancing to Spanish folk songs.

“I think he’s a boy all the way through,” Groves said in a phone interview. “By the age of 14 he had to be a man when he took off from Silver City for Arizona to find his absent stepfather

Another reason Billy fled was a Silver City boarding house owner reported him to authorities for having clothes she suspected were stolen.

In the chapter “The Making of the Kid” there’s a series of unattributed descriptions about Billy’s nature: He “combined good humor with a flaming, hairtrigger temper. When provoked he could explode into deadly rage that carried no warning. However, he was sunny by nature, open and generous. He laughed frequently … He boasted a quick mind and superior intelligence, and he could read and write.”

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In the chapter “Catching the ‘Fever,’ ” Groves writes about Billy’s musicality. When his family briefly lived in Santa Fe in the mid-1870s, he played piano in the lobby of Santa Fe’s Exchange Hotel (also known as La Fonda) and he was a busker, taking his “beautiful tenor voice” to the streets to make extra money.

Groves writes that newspaper articles and friends noted Billy’s interest in “song, dance, harmonica playing and acting.”

The family left Santa Fe for a mining camp near Silver City and

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Demand for Dwelling Houses

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One of Carrisozo's great needs at present is a building boom- three and four-room houses, suitable for small families, or young couples who wish to get out of the rooming houses and start housekeeping,

lt would be a good investment for those with money to spare. The houses could be rented us soon as completed, and at a rental that would pay substantial interest on the investment.

Cottages or bungalows are the kind most In demand. A man from Oklahoma, accompanied by his family, was here a month ago and spent the best part of a week trying to rent a place for the summer, and failed. He went to Nogal, rented an empty house and furnished it.

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That is but one case in many. But it goes to show how the business of Carrizozo loses, as every person who comes to a town, whether for a week, a month or a year, is a benefit to the business of that town.

The bottom will never fall out of Carrizozo. like some boomtowns you may remember.

On the other hand it will continue to grow steadily as the distributing point for three-fourths of the county.

Those who intend to make this town their permanent home should invest a small sum in a lot or two in the residence district they like best, and then if financially able, have a cottage erected on it, on the time plan if they have to, but have one erected as a lot without a building on it is a poor investment.

As one man stated: "I have paid more money for rent than would have built me two decant homes, and I am still paying rent."

If that man consulted a house builder he would learn how to acquire a home for a little more per month than he now pays in rent.

Another man who is earning a large monthly salary, stated:

"Well, I have often thought of doing something like that, but the trouble is I never have enough money in hand to either build or buy a home. I have a very nice place I call home, on the north end, but have no equity in it except from month to month."

Still another stated:

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Well, lumber is away up, and I have been waiting for the price to go down before I get figures on putting up a cottage."

But is not every thing else away up - wages, food, clothing, etc. -and they are going to remain up for a long time.

Regarding lumber, a government commission appointed to investigate the cost of lumber, reported that native lumber was getting scarcer, and it believed it would never again be cheaper.

Therefore the man who intends to build when lumber gets cheaper has a long time to wait.

The time to build is the present, for the price of lumber may go up a notch or two, but there is not

much chance of it going down.

Moral: Build your own home, and if you can afford it build one to rent. You will then be receiving instead of paying rent.

then moved to the boom town that was Silver City. There Billy continued to demonstrate his artistic talents, Groves writes, acting in school plays, singing in Spanish and dancing to Spanish folk songs.

“I think he’s a boy all the way through,” Groves said in a phone interview. “By the age of 14 he had to be a man when he took off from Silver City for Arizona to find his absent stepfather

Another reason Billy fled was a Silver City boarding house owner reported him to authorities for having clothes she suspected were stolen.

“In many ways, Billy the Kid is my outlaw and my hero,” she writes.

Groves says that sentiment comes in part from growing up in Las Cruces.

Her family home was in a pecan orchard about a mile from La Mesilla, where Billy had stood trial in early 1881 for the killing of Sheriff William Brady in Lincoln.

Groves remembers she and a neighbor kid walking through cotton fields and past an old adobe house to reach La Mesilla Plaza’s cobblestone streets. They headed for a souvenir shop that had originally been the town jail.

Groves said she imagined Billy pleading his case to a jury – that he hadn’t fired at Brady, but rather at Deputy Billy Mathews against whom he held a grudge. The jury found Billy the Kid guilty of killing Brady.

“There was something that attracted me to him. He fought injustice. He was accused of all sorts of things. … He wasn’t given opportunities he should

have had. For example, he wanted to buy a ranch. He wasn’t taken seriously because he looked so young. He was not treated fairly,” Groves argued.

The author’s note also states, “He was a man of his time, a boy who did the best he could under trying circumstances, a boy forced into adulthood before he was ready,” In effect, a man-boy, as many other children in the West no doubt were.

Groves said she tried to clear up misconceptions about facts about Billy as a child. “There’s a lot of conjecture. That’s what I did, (put in) a lot of conjecture. But I did it logically, and from a woman’s point of view,” she said

Because his mother Catherine McCarty did not leave a family Bible, no proof exists of Billy’s birthdate and place of birth, Groves said.

Billy the Kid’s

Favorite Song

"Silver Threads Among the Gold" copyrighted in 1873 Lyrics are by Eben E. Rexford Music by Hart Pease Danks.

Darling, I am growing old, Silver threads among the gold,

Shine upon my brow today,

Life is fading fast away.

But, my darling, you will be,

Always young and fair to me,

Yes, my darling, you will be Always young and fair to me.

Chorus:

Originally constructed in 1899 by the Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway as a by-product of the railroad’s search for timber and railway ties, the resort of Cloudcroft became immediately successful mountain retreat…a cool reprieve to thousands of overheated Texans. Owned and operated by the railroad, the resort’s initial building was a pavilion, now The Pavilion Bed and Breakfast at The Lodge with reception and ballrooms.

As the actual log-constructed Lodge neared completion in 1899, an article in the Albuquerque Journal-Democrat reported, “This beautiful building will be known as The Cloudcroft Lodge and its interior will be furnished with a lavish hand, yet in keeping with the character of the place. Fireplaces, with wide, hungry mouths, will sparkle, crackle and dart forth welcome tongues of flame to hundreds of merry guests, who will find a new pleasure in life during the long, sultry summer.”

In 1908, the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad System advertised that the hotel, restaurant, dancing pavilion, tennis court, golf links, bowling alley, billiard parlor, burro trips and children’s playground were accessible for weekend rates of $3.00 round trip. Lodge rates were $12.50 and up per week. ($12.50 in 1908 is the equivalent of $402 today)

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Darling, I am growing old, Silver threads among the gold, Shine upon my brow today; Life is fading fast away. When your hair is silver white, And your cheeks no longer bright, With the roses of the May, I will kiss your lips and say, Oh! My darling, mine alone, alone, You have never older grown! Yes, my darling, mine alone,

You have never older grown! chorus

Love can never more grow old, Locks may lose their brown and gold;

Cheeks may fade and hollow grow,

But the hearts that love will know,

Never, never winter’s frost and chill;

Summer warmth is in them still; Never winter’s frost and chill, Summer warmth is in them still. chorus

Original Cloudcroft Lodgecirca1906

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The Sacramento Mountains Historical Society’s Chapel at the Museum in Cloudcroft is available for small wedding ceremonies or similar events. Built in 1899 by the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad as an office building, the charming log building was purchased in 1967 by the Episcopal Church for use as a chapel. The denomination donated this lovely chapel to the Museum in 2004. We feel that this will prove to be one of New Mexico’s most popular venues, set in the Museum’s pleasant rustic Pioneer Village nestled in the cool pines and aspens of the quaint community of Cloudcroft.

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To make your roasted pumpkin serving bowl:

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Preheat your oven to 375 degrees f. and line a large sheet pan with parchment paper for easy cleaning.

● Cut around the stem of your pumpkin to remove the top as shown. Using an ice cream scoop carve and discard the insides.

● Season with sea salt and pepper inside.

● Transfer to your prepared baking sheet together with the top and roast for, 40-45 minutes, or until soft and nicely browned.

To make your soup:

● Meanwhile, heat the oil in a medium dutch oven or large soup pot over medium heat. Add in the onion and sauté for 3-4 min, stirring occasionally.

● Add in the jalapeño, garlic, carrots, and pumpkin puree.

● Pour in the broth, stir, and bring to a boil.

● Reduce the heat to a low, cover your pot and simmer for 25 minutes or until carrots are tender.

● Once the time is up remove from heat.

● Use an immersion blender to carefully blend your soup until creamy.

● Taste test, then season with sea salt and pepper to your taste.

● Transfer your pumpkin soup into your roasted pumpkin bowl and serve!

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BLUFF SPRINGS

Take the Sunspot Highway (NM6563) located just 2 miles south of Cloudcroft about 8 miles and turn left (east) onto the Rio Penasco Rd, county road C017. This road is paved up to Water Canyon, then dirt the remainder of the way. Continue on the dirt portion for another 1.5 miles and Bluff Springs will appear on your right.

Partially developed picnic and dispersed camping area nestled next to the waterfalls called Bluff Springs. A short trail exists just beyond the bridge that will take you up and over the waterfall, as well as an established trail (Willie White Spur T112) that follows and old railroad grade to the east.

A Supermassive Black Hole Is Heading Earth’s Way

There is a massive black hole with millions of times more mass than our sun is plunging towards Earth and will one day annihilate life as we know it. This particular black hole is coming towards us at 110 kilometers per second and is at the center of the Great Andromeda Galaxy – the Milky Way’s closest and much larger neighbor.

At the center of the most known galaxies, there exist a supermassive black hole which stars spin around and helps keep everything in formation.But such is the powerful gravitational pull of the Milky Way and Andromeda that they are being drawn toward each other and will one day crash.

“There’s a black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. And not just any black hole, it’s a supermassive black hole with more than 4.1 million times the mass of the Sun. It’s right over there, in the direction of the Sagittarius constellation. Located just 26,000 light-years away. And as we speak, it’s in the process of tearing apart entire stars and star systems, occasionally consuming them, adding to its mass like a voracious shark.”

Due to the size of Andromeda however, there is only going to be one winner when it smashes into the Milky Way.

But, as Andromeda is 2.5 million light years away, it will take over four billion years to reach us, so we are safe for now.

Mr Cain said: “Panic will happen when the Milky Way collides with Andromeda in about 4 billion years. “Suddenly, you’ll have two whole clouds of stars interacting in all kinds of ways, like an unstable blended family. “Stars that would have been safe will careen past other stars and be deflected down into the maw of either of the two supermassive black holes on hand. Andromeda’s black hole could be 100 million times the mass of the Sun, so it’s a bigger target for stars with a death wish.”

Ingredients:

1 Cup Chopped Pecan

1 cup brown sugar 1 cup rolled oats

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup butter, melted

4 cups apples – peeled, cored and chopped

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Drizzle a little caramel syrup on top.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease 2 8-inch round pans.

Directions:

● In a large bowl, combine brown sugar, oats, flour and butter. Mix until crumbly. Do this in each pan

● Place half of crumb mixture in pan. Spread the apples evenly over crumb mixture.

● Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and top with remaining crumb mixture. Then top each pie with chopped pecans.

● Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until golden brown. Don’t forget to drizzle the caramel on top when it's done.

William Henry Antrim, born 1st, December, 1842, Huntsville, Madison County, Indiana was the step-father of Billy the Kid.

Antrim moved to Wichita in 1870,where he met Catherine McCarty and her two sons, Henry (Billy the Kid) and Joseph.

He moved with them to New Mexico and the couple was married in Santa Fe. Shortly after, they moved to Silver City where Catherine died of tuberculosis in 1874.

Rather than care for his stepsons, Antrim sent them to live with friends of the family while he tried his hand at prospecting.

Antrim was friendly with Joe but wanted nothing to do with Henry (and the feeling was mutual).

Antrim eventually moved to California to live with his niece and died in 1922.

Billy Had A Horse

Billy the Kid owned a beautiful racing bay mare that he was very proud of. She was known for her speed, stamina, and beauty. The Kid purchased -yes, I said purchased, not stolen- the mare from a Texas stockman and undoubting she was his most valuable and prize possession. Unfortunately, her name under the Kid's ownership is unknown.

Billy the Kid’s favorite bay mare was confiscated by Sheriff Garrett at the time of his capture in Stinking Springs. Garret then gave the mare to one of his deputies, Frank Stewart. A week later, he gave the mare as a Christmas gift to Mrs. Minnie Moore (wife of a friend Scott Moore). She named the mare “Kid Stewart Moore." Three years later, the mare kicked a ranch hand in the face and fractured his skull when he tried to catch her in a pasture. Apparently, she had a sour disposition.

Billy Ballet? The Kid

Billy the Kid is a 1938 ballet written by the American composer Aaron Copland on commission from Lincoln Kirstein.

It was choreographed by Eugene Loring for Ballet Caravan. Along with Rodeo and Appalachian Spring, it is one of Copland's most popular and widely performed pieces.

It is most famous for its incorporation of several cowboy tunes and American folk songs and, although built around the figure and the exploits of Billy the Kid, is not so much a biography of

a notorious but peculiarly appealing desperado as it is a perception of the "Wild West", in which a figure such as Billy played a vivid role.

It premiered on 16 October 1938 in Chicago by the Ballet Caravan Company, with pianists Arthur Gold and Walter Hendl performing a two-piano version of the score. The first performance in New York City occurred on 24 May 1939, with an orchestra conducted by Fritz Kitzinger.

The story follows the life of the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid. It begins with the sweeping song "The Open Prairie" and shows many pioneers trekking westward. The action shifts to a small frontier town, in which a young Billy and his mother are present.

Billy is seen for the first time as a boy of twelve with his mother. A brawl turns ugly, guns are drawn, and in some unaccountable way Billy's mother is killed.

Without an instant's hesitation, in cold fury, Billy draws a knife from a cowhand's sheath and stabs his mother's slayers. His short but famous career has begun

The next scene shows episodes in Billy's later life. He is living in the desert, is hunted and captured by a posse (in which the ensuing gun battle features prominent percussive effects) and taken to jail.

At night, under the stars, in a quiet card game with his outlaw friends. Hunted by a posse led by his former friend, Pat Garrett, Billy is pursued. A running battle ensues. Billy is captured. A drunken celebration takes place. Billy in prison is, of course, followed by one of Billy's legendary escapes.

He manages to escape after stealing a gun from the warden during a game of cards and returns to his hideout, where he thinks he is safe, but sheriff Pat Garrett catches up and shoots him to death. The ballet ends with "The Open Prairie" theme and pioneers once again traveling west.

The music in Billy the Kid is vivid, energetic, and beautiful. It is easily understood and captures the imagination with ease. It contains fragments of popular cowboy songs, including "Git Along Little Doggies,” "The Old Chisholm Trail,” "Old Paint,” and "Oh Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie.”