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PRC Commissioners: Don’t Drive a Great Company Out of the Land of Enchantment

By Governor Bill Richardson

For decades, I’ve worked diligently to improve and advance critical renewable sources of electricity in New Mexico and around the globe. With all our efforts, we are making great strides towards protecting our planet and our people from the perils of global warming, but we can and must do more.

As U.S. Secretary of Energy and as Governor of the great state of New Mexico, I have collaborated with leaders from around the world seeking solutions to the greatest energy challenges of our lifetime.

At the center of any meaningful discussion regarding advanced technology for the generation and deployment of electrical energy, you will find the leadership of Avangrid and their parent company Iberdrola.

The Iberdrola/Avangrid leadership team continues to provide energy solutions with unmatched, world-class engineering for power generation, electrical transmission, and advanced grid technology. They have earned respect for their accomplishments from leaders in the communities in which they operate and around the world.

Our state now finds ourselves at the apex of our energy future. I commend our Governor and the Legislature for their continued leadership to meet the demands of a carbon-free environment, but they cannot accomplish this alone.

New Mexico’s leaders must demonstrate the foresight to stand and decisively seize the opportunity to boldly advance our partnership with one of the most preeminent and proven energy companies in the world, Avangrid.

I am concerned that by searching for obscure and somewhat unusual rationale for opposing the merger instead of focusing on the greater good and opportunities for our state, we will instead be looking back and debating the reasons on why the world is passing us by.

New Mexico needs and deserves good paying jobs in the green energy industry. It is imperative that the PRC choose what’s best for NM and for our energy, economic and environmental futures. I urge the PRC Commissioners to do the right thing and approve this merger.

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OPINION 5 NEWS 7 DAYS, CLAYTOONZ AND THIS MODERN WORLD 6 DRUGS BEHIND BARS 9 Suboxone, meth, fentanyl show up in the Santa Fe County jail and officials aren’t changing their approach to the problem BODY SOVEREIGNTY 11 Legislator hopes to catch governor’s attention with a bill to address sexual violence by teaching students about affirmative consent COVER STORY 12 SFR ANNUAL WRITING CONTEST: PART 1 The winners of our fiction category responded to the theme “Emerge”

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I have enjoyed reading your article in the recent Santa Fe Reporter. I trust there will be a follow up article to articulate when and why the other two Black members of the task force resigned....

I see no reference to Native American participation on the task force, which I find surprising since there are known regular incidents between the police and Native Americans. Are they represented, or is there acknowledgement by the two Hispanic councilors that this is an important [aspect] to cover?

My final note is that I have heard in the past of negative interactions between the younger Anglo members of the community and the police. Is the Anglo, non-Hispanic, community represented or considered by the task force?

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I was one of the artists affected, but instead of receiving money which never came, I found myself negotiating trades with Kelly Haug—I now feel that I was not the only one.

What I must say is other than all the loans they took out, I cannot help but think of The Essential Guide and the upcoming Santa Fean magazine. I know what it cost to buy a page, all the thousands of dollars that artists and business owners handed over, and nothing was printed for future exposure. Where did the money go? Most of us are recovering from the huge setbacks in all ways of 2020, so I feel for the ones who were looking forward to their ads.

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PLANNING COMMISSION MIGHT CONSIDER TALLER BUILDINGS “Oh, no!” shriek we, clutching our pearls. “Not change in Santa Fe!”

INTERIOR SECRETARY DEB HAALAND VISITS CHACO People like visiting places that won’t be devastated by commerce.

85% OF NM ADULTS NOW HAVE RECEIVED THE COVID VACCINE That’s a solid B on any test.

SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS DECLARED AN EXTRA DAY OF FALL BREAK Cleverly disguised as emergency “remote learning.”

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A Letter from Anson Stevens-Bollen

It was eight years ago, I was fresh-ish out of college and a certain someone happened upon an ad for one of my dream job positions (Side note: Love you, Mom): The chance to draw and design professionally...I had only dreamed about this since I was making gradients in MS Paint and Claris Works, pixel by pixel back in ‘92. Sound strange? This is why this is my dream job.

I had admired the Reporter, especially the cover art, ever since I could remember. Now, with my associates degree in media arts from the Santa Fe Community College, I made my move. I managed to get an interview and with tie on neck, I sold my skills in front of a group of people including my editor and now friend and SFR’s publisher Julie Ann Grimm.

Through what I can only imagine was a jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring speech about pixels, I managed to eventually earn a position in the top three of potential art directors.

It was game on!

I accepted the challenge of creating an illustration for the next week’s cover with only two days notice. I was le nervous, but I put in a solid 12 hours of quality work. The one we all liked best became the cover for the story “Jewel Duel” on Nov. 13, 2013.

When I found out that I got the position, not only did I immediately break a camera, I was excited! But in all honesty as an artist, I was more excited to have my illustration on the cover. I had dreamed of this moment for so long; the chance for my art to be seen by thousands of people at once was an incredible feeling.

For months, I was in awe that my art was being delivered on the regular to the masses.

And all the stress, typography and layout design was just a beautiful bonus.

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Although I grew to appreciate the many other facets of my job more and more, that original feeling still sticks with me. My favorite covers include: • “Fuera Trump,” Aug. 10, 2016: I had a lot of fun making this piece from clay, which taught me how to draw Trump for future projects (lots of them, it would turn out). Nothing like getting your hands dirty.

• “The Candy Man,” Nov. 8, 2017: This CandyLand parody game board illustrated the downfall of Sen. Phil Griego, convicted and jailed of violating conflict of interest rules.

• “Dark Window,” Dec. 12, 2018: To accomplish this cover about a police shooting of a mentally ill young man in Santa Fe, I had to watch the graphic video over and over to accurately show his last moments.

It was very intense and has always stuck with me. I believe it was a successful cover because it shows how over-the-top police can be with their weapons and tactics.

I now have 500-plus cover illustrations under my belt (some better than others, no one is perfect), but I still get that certain special feeling with every creation. Over time, the feeling has transformed a bit. I realized that writers and I not only entertain with our work at the Reporter, but more importantly we produce stories that truly help others.

And on my end, a properly illustrated cover and good inline art has the potential to transform or educate someone for the better. Now that has my become my goal, and that gives me the most pleasure. I am in awe and humbled that I have the hope of creating riveting, sad, funny and weird art far into the future.

And it’s all thanks to you. I hope you can continue to help us keep the hope alive.

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Drugs Behind Bars Suboxone, meth, fentanyl show up in the Santa Fe County jail and officials aren’t changing their approach to the problem B Y B E L L A D AV I S b e l l a @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m

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eth Christopher Flores wound up in handcuffs in late July on charges that he smuggled Suboxone, a drug used to treat opioid use disorder, into the Santa Fe County Adult Correctional Facility— where he’d been working as a guard.

Judge John Rysanek dismissed charges against Flores last month for prosecutors’ failure to comply with time limits due to, District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies tells SFR, a “miscommunication” in her office. But last week, prosecutors refiled the charges and are pressing ahead.

What’s less clear is whether Santa Fe County officials are trying to learn more about how drugs continue to make their way into the 612-bed capacity jail. In recent months, there have been several instances in which people in the jail’s custody have either fatally overdosed or died with illegal substances in their blood.

Adrian Hern, 42, died on Aug. 7 while on medical watch, shortly after staff noticed he was sitting on a toilet, foaming at the mouth and not moving. His cause of death was pneumonia and abscess with sepsis, according to county spokeswoman Carmelina Hart.

Two days prior to his death, Hern—who had been in jail for about three weeks on suspicion of violating probation—tested positive for methamphetamine, Suboxone and other opioids.

That was about a month after Flores, who has since resigned, was initially accused of bringing one of those drugs into the jail.

Shortly after Hern died, SFR submitted a request for records related to the investigation into his death and how he may have obtained illegal drugs while incarcerated.

The records the county produced in response appear to indicate that there was no investigation into how Hern laid hands on the Suboxone, which the county only offers to prisoners legally in select instances.

Warden Derek Williams refused several attempts from SFR for an interview through Hart. In response to emailed questions, Hart didn’t address SFR’s records request or the county’s production, instead writing: “All critical incidents are evaluated internally and there was no validating evidence as to how Mr. Hern obtained illegal drugs.”

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office did not investigate, according to spokesman Juan Rios, who, when asked in August how the sheriff’s office believed Hern obtained drugs, responded via email with one word: “Illegally.”

One thing is for certain, the drugs didn’t come from a jail visitor; none has been allowed at the detention center since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with the exception of attorneys.

Officials also don’t appear to be making substantial changes to how they’re approaching the issue of illegal drugs in the jail, despite a majority of the population— the seven-day average is 362 prisoners— having substance abuse disorders.

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Some amount of illegal drugs making their way into jails is inevitable, says Jeffrey Holland, a longtime substance abuse counselor who received clemency from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham last year for larceny and conspiracy charges he served time in prison for in the late 1990s.

Holland says, however, officials should take steps to stem the flood and ensure corrections officers and other staff are prepared to respond to overdoses and care for drug users.

“They say the jails are totally flooded with Suboxone and dope and they don’t

They say the jails are totally flooded with Suboxone and dope and they don’t feel that there’s any way that it’s going to stop any time soon.

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feel that there’s any way that it’s going to stop any time soon,” he tells SFR, referring to his many clients who have entered treatment after being incarcerated in jails throughout the state, including in Santa Fe County. “It’s almost like the Wild West and until you at least try and do something, nothing’s going to change.”

The consequences of illegal drugs getting into jails are sometimes dire.

From 2001 to 2008, overdose deaths in county jails across the nation increased by over 200%, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

About 70% of the Santa Fe County jail’s total population needs behavioral health services—and 85% of that group also has substance abuse disorders, Mark Boschelli, mental health manager at the jail, tells SFR. That’s above the national average for those two conditions to be co-occurring, according to Boschelli.

“I don’t know,” he says when asked why he thinks that might be. “All throughout COVID-19, we had a big uptick in methamphetamine usage, and then over the last four months it’s been methamphetamine combined with fentanyl. Just about a good majority of individuals coming in for incarceration have tested positive for both substances.”

Despite the obvious need, there aren’t many changes on the horizon.

Asked whether the county is considering changing its practices related to hiring or physical screening of guards when they enter the jail in light of a former guard being arrested for allegedly smuggling in drugs, Hart writes that the county does criminal and other background checks on all new hires and doesn’t hire individuals with felony criminal records.

She adds that all employees are inspected when they enter the facility and are subject to a body scan for contraband “upon reasonable suspicion.”

Boschelli says employees receive training on how to identify an overdose and administer Naloxone—which only works for opioid overdoses—but training hasn’t increased or changed since Hern’s death.

Instead, the county is looking at purchasing a better full-body scanning system and staff are trying to identify individuals during intake who might be at risk of overdosing.

“It sometimes is difficult because they will hide opiates on their body, in different body cavities,” Boschelli says. “So we ask that the inmates be honest with us.

Sometimes, for different reasons, they choose not to be. That is a concern for everybody.”

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s a survivor of sexual assault, Rep. Elizabeth “Liz” Thomson, D-Albuquerque, knows the burden loaded onto victims.

“She was too drunk to say no, or, you know, she didn’t fight hard enough,” Thomson says, adding the cumulative effect of these excuses puts “the blame on women.”

Part of how the state can address the longstanding problem of sexual assault, she says, is through clear language.

Thomson has been pushing for policies designed to remove any haziness around sexual encounters that could lead to violence, establishing “yes means yes” as the codified standard for consent.

For a third legislative session, the lawmaker is pushing to incorporate a definition for “affirmative consent” into schools’ sexual health standards: clear, voluntary consent, which can be withdrawn at any time, is needed from all involved individuals taking part in sexual activity.

She’ll offer a bill for consideration at the session that begins in January, though she isn’t hopeful Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will green-light it for consideration.

That’s not to say it isn’t pressing.

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“Silence cannot be construed as consent,” says Alena Schaim, executive director of Resolve, a community organization that works with Santa Fe schools to teach students about sexual violence and a supporter of Thomson’s efforts to create statewide standards. “And when there’s so many pressures for people to not disappoint others, to not hurt someone’s feelings, especially for girls, having that policy so that everyone gets this education is so important.”

While few districts in the state incorporate sexual violence education into schools’ curriculum, schools in Santa Fe—both public and private—have taught “affirmative consent” as part of a wider sexual health education program for 10 years.

For the Partners Against Sexual Assault program, Santa Fe Public Schools works with community organizations to provide weeks of programming for middle schoolers that gives students an opportunity to ask questions about sexual health and practice scenarios involving consent that take the guess work out of encounters.

Schaim adds that students are grateful for the opportunity to ask questions and learn about what is or isn’t acceptable.

Ellie Wechsler, a former Santa Fe Girls School student, tells SFR she felt empowered by the education she received around sexual violence and consent. After taking a 50-hour course on self defense and communication with Resolve, Wechsler began serving as a youth ambassador, speaking about sexual violence, and advocated

“I was worried about myself going into high school and what that would mean for me and my peers and unfortunately I would say that those concerns were not misplaced,” she tells SFR. Wechsler, along with a diverse team from across the state, plans to continue the fight for affirmative consent this year.

Thomson has a history advocating for sexual assault victims. In 2019 she successfully sponsored the Sexual Assault Survivor’s Bill of Rights in response to an egregious backlog of rape kits that extended back 40 years. The law requires crime laboratories to test rape kits within 180 days, guaranteeing survivors comprehensive information and more agency in the process.

Defining affirmative consent in state law has proven more challenging. And with a 30day, budget-focused session beginning Jan. 18, it will be up to the governor whether a bill will even be considered.

“There are lots of moving parts as we approach the 30 day session,” Nora Meyers Sackett, the governor’s spokeswoman, writes to SFR. “We will thoroughly review and evaluate potential initiatives in our ongoing conversations with legislative leadership.”

If passed, New Mexico will join five other states—California, Colorado, Illinois, New York and Connecticut—in adopting affirmative consent legislation.

Marshall Martinez, executive director of Equality New Mexico, explains part of the reason he advocates for this update to sexual health education is to support those populaM tions most affected by sexual violence.

A LI IL W “This is so critical because queer and trans people experience significantly higher rates of sexual violence,” Martinez tells SFR. Ellie Wechsler, spending some quality time “And so much of that, I think, is because we with her year-old pug Winston during a break have not grown up learning the negotiation from New Mexico School for the Arts. skills of consent.”

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for legislative actions to create safer school environments.

But as she watched a 2019 legislative effort, sponsored by Thomson, fail to materialize, “it became pretty disheartening to see what was going on.” The bill, among other things, would have baked a definition of affirmative consent into sexual health education in all New Mexico middle schools.

Of the legislators who failed to advance the 2019 bill, Wechsler says, “These representatives were not only not listening to us, but basically saying things and pushing ideas that would actively harm us going into high school.”

Almost three years later, Wechsler is now an 11th grader at New Mexico School for the Arts.

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2021 FICTION / THEME: EMERGE Entrants to the 2021 SFR Writing Contest met the challenge of producing short works of fiction on the theme “Emerge,” and contest judge James McGrath Morris says choosing the winners was a “terrifying” challenge in itself.

Nevertheless, the biographer who has published numerous books spoke to SFR as he was driving back to New Mexico from Tulsa, part of the tour for his newest title, Tony Hillerman: A Life, which was published in October.

A connoisseur of fiction, McGrath Morris says he identified several components upon which to judge the stories: cohesiveness, turns of phrase that reflected sophisticated writing, use of telling details and sense of structure. The winning works each carry a degree of ambiguity and melancholy, he says, and each appealed to what’s been on his mind lately: loss.

“I’m 67. I tend to be more familiar with loss than I did when I was in my 20s so a fiction that speaks to loss as opposed to a fiction that emphasises beginnings subjectively influences my decision no matter what I do.”

Fiction works were required to use the words: fog, antiseptic and guardian. Next week’s cover story will feature the winners in the nonfiction category on the theme “What We Owe Each Other.”

(Julie Ann Grimm)

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BY AMY PURCELL

The flower bulb arrived in a festive red cocoon. It looked like a cartoon bomb. Sonya brought it into the house, called Babs.

“Thank you for the—” She didn’t quite know what to make of it.

“Amaryllis,” Babs said. “Ignore it. It thrives on neglect.”

Sonya hung up the phone, guessed it was customary to give friends plants when their husbands asked for a divorce. Babs never failed to do the proper thing. What wasn’t customary, Sonya thought, was women her age getting a divorce. Women over seventy, decoupling after forty-five years, five dogs, three miscarriages (and no children), two cancer scares, seven houses and too many jobs to count.

She stared at this strange gift in her hand, imagined hurling it at Gene’s head, knocking some sense into him or knocking him out, the latter being her preference. She turned the ball over, read the tag on the bottom: It doesn’t get any easier than this! This wax-covered amaryllis bulb is completely self-sustaining! It will bloom with no care whatsoever! No water needed to bloom! Just place it on an indoor surface and watch it grow!

Despite the overuse of exclamation points, the flower sounded perfect. Forget those trendy succulents at Target.

She and this amaryllis would be highly compatible. A plant that required no attention while she could find a place to call her own seemed like the most thoughtful, loving gift imaginable. She had nothing left to give and the bulb needed nothing given.

She ran her finger across the tiny green nub sprouting from the waxy prison, worried the negative vibes in the house would inhibit the flower’s ability to flourish, wondered if she should light a bundle of sage and smudge the room, something she hadn’t done in decades. Next, she’d be pulling out her old Tarot deck, the one that predicted she and Gene would marry. She shook her head. All that other-worldly nonsense was for the young ones; not she and

Gene, retired the past five years, she volunteering at the animal shelter, he—well—he said he had been researching his family tree at the library. Maybe she should have followed him there, scouted out the young librarians.

She took the bulb to the spare bedroom where she’d been sleeping ever since D-Day last week. That still unbelievable morning when she’d been finishing her lackluster yoga routine, struggling with pigeon pose. Gene had crouched down on the floor, told her he was leaving. For good, he tagged onto the end of his declaration.

“You’re telling me this now?” she cried out.

“I wanted to make sure you wouldn’t run away,” he said.

Gene knew she hated pigeon pose, had to roll to her side to release herself from the hip flexing torture. She was too old for any of it, the yoga, his crazy talk.

She entered corpse pose as he outlined his rationale, his tone so antiseptic and rehearsed. Their marriage wasn’t working for him anymore. No excitement. No sex. Sonya drifted as he talked on, unable to listen to anything but the sound of the only adult life she had ever known cracking apart. She picked up his voice again when he trotted out the age-old line, “we’ve grown apart.” She winced at the cliché, at becoming a statistic, resisted responding with snarky remarks about his recent skinny jeans—not a good look—and dye job—also not a good look—to cover the grey of their impending grey divorce.

No, the spare bedroom was no place for Babs’s gift.

Sonya went to the sunroom, placed the bulb on the windowsill.

“I am gassing you now,” she whispered. “I mean ghosting. Whatever the kids say these days.”

Now she had attorneys to call, pensions to divide, no time to sort through her feelings as she sorted through decades worth of shared goods and shared friends to tell.

Babs called.

“Is it The Tinder?” Babs asked. “The Alzheimer’s? The Old Banana, if you get my drift.”

Sonya got Babs’s drift less and less these days. Babs had grandchildren and great-grandchildren that kept her younger than her seventy-nine years.

“None of the above,” Sonya said.

“How are you?”

Sonya stretched her neck side to side, thinking. “Death would be preferable over divorce. His, not mine. I’d rather be a widow. Easier to explain.”

Another week passed. Still no sprouting bulb. Still no yielding husband. When Sonya wasn’t stalking the plant for signs of growth, she stalked Gene’s credit card activity and his new Facebook page, found nothing out of the ordinary.

Maybe it was The Alzheimer’s.

She texted Babs. The amaryllis is not to be trusted. It’s a fake. A liar. Rejecting me as its guardian.

Babs replied with a series of Bitmojis—one with her cartoon face on a black cat, another with a gold chain around her neck that said “Word,” and yet another where her hand was slapping her face with the letters FML beside her.

Sonya looked that one up, wished she could find the person who invented that and thank them.

She read the scant instructions on the bulb again. No water needed to flower! She sprinkled water on top of the bulb anyway, then moved it to a brighter spot in the sunroom, opened her laptop. She scanned the first few pages of every self-help book on Amazon, Googled how to argue peacefully, how to manage rage, how to repossess her identity, how to be like Gwyneth Paltrow and consciously uncouple, how

to get a stubborn amaryllis to bloom. FML. FML. FYG. Fuck you, Gene.

Several articles advised going “no contact” with Gene, promised that lack of contact often rekindled worn-out love.

Sonya tried to apply the rule to both amaryllis and Gene, waited for a miracle. Gene still left the house in his skinny jeans. The flower still didn’t flower.

She called Babs again.

“It’s not working out,” Sonya said. “The amaryllis, I mean.”

Babs blamed it all on Gene as Sonya hoped she would.

“I’m on Team Sonya,” she said. “Team Sonya and Amaryllis no matter what.”

The next morning, a single sprout emerged from the papery folds at the top of the bulb. Hope! Renewal! Growth!

Buoyed by this sign, Sonya carried the amaryllis outside, found Gene in the backyard doing calisthenics. She asked him one last time if he wanted to go to couples therapy. Try EMDR, an exorcist, Viagra. She showed him the amaryllis, tried using it as a talisman.

“Did you know,” she said, trying to make her voice sultry like Audrey Hepburn, his old crush. “Did you know that the name amaryllis first appeared in Virgil’s pastoral Eclogues?

She was a shepherdess who represented both shade and light. Just like us. All marriages have periods of darkness and sparkle, Gene.”

He stopped mid-burpee, groaning. “I’m stuck, Sonya,” he said. In his pained face, Sonya read his meaning. No hope! No reconciliation! No change of heart!

Moving day loomed. Sonya stuffed her wedding dress into a box marked “Past; Do Not Open.” Taped up storage bins filled with old photographs. Mixed the ashes of their former dogs together and divided their remains in half. Called the movers twice to confirm they wouldn’t let her down.

She considered bringing the amaryllis to her new condo unit next to Babs, just a few miles from the home she’d known for forty years, but the new sprout looked like it was sticking its tiny green tongue out at her.

“Same to you,” she huffed, blowing raspberries at the plant as she slammed the door.

The morning of the move, Sonya visited the amaryllis in the sunroom. No sunlight yet, just fog lifting off the deck, the

grass grey with haze, the color Gene’s hair should have been.

She set the bulb on the old dining room table, the one they’d purchased when they first married, that heady time when she couldn’t fathom this being her future. Tears speckled the red cocoon, disappeared into the reedy top.

Following the instructions she’d read in one of the selfhelp books, she wrote down all her fears, her anger and confusion and sadness, everything she wouldn’t miss about Gene. She came up with only two things—the way his feet smelled moldy when he took off his shoes and how he always bought exactly what she asked for at Christmas. No imagination! No energy expended on thinking of her! No surprises!

Then, who would find her if she fell in the new house? What if she forgot to change the batteries in the smoke alarm like Gene did every year? What about their European vacations?

The times she wiped vomit from the corners of his mouth after chemo? How she’d weathered the dry months after his prostate had been removed? Would he remarry? Which friends would migrate to Team Gene? I love you. I hate you.

I love you. FML. FYG. She picked up the amaryllis and walked into the backyard. Once, when they’d vacationed in Taos, she’d read about a Native American ritual. Dig a hole in the Earth, then speak all of your ugly thoughts into the hole as a way of letting them go. This had come back to her when they’d argued over who got the Pendleton blanket, the one they’d fucked on all those years ago outside their tent, the Milky Way sparkling in the darkness above them.

Sonya dug a small hole, dropped the amaryllis to the ground, read everything she’d written aloud to the bulb, choking out the last three letters, “FYG.” She picked up a handful of dirt, then hesitated. That red wax, that thick cage so tight around the bulb. Even if the flower would never bloom, the least she could do was liberate her from bondage.

Back in the kitchen, she pulled a knife from the drawer, slashed through the wax, each cut bringing relief. How she wished she could slip out of her own skin this easily, shed anything binding her to the past.

She peeled off the remaining wax. The bottom of the bulb had decayed, damaged beyond repair. When she cut the bulb in half, it resembled an onion. Layer upon layer of scarred white flesh. An amaryllis, she knew, got one shot. Blooming exhausts the bulb. Its life ends in beauty.

Except hers.

She returned to the yard and knelt beside the hole. She let the bulb, now divided in half, roll off her hand and into the ground. She covered her with soil. Sonya closed her eyes, lifted her face to the rising sun, asked the amaryllis to feed the beetles, worms, the roots of another flower. She imagined her, unable to bloom above ground, flourishing underground—fuel for another flower. She would emerge again, transformed by the elements that surrounded her.

She would bloom again. In time. *** For over 25 years, I have split my time between writing corporate communications and, my first love, writing fiction. I returned to school in 2009 as a nontraditional student to obtain my M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Kent State University.

My short stories have been published in Triquarterly, The Masters Review, Third Coast, Bosque Journal and The Writer Magazine, among others. I recently moved to Albuquerque, NM with my husband and two Australian Shepherds, and am currently working on a novel.

2nd Always with a Lime

BY CULLEN CURTISS

Were someone in the seat beside me, he or she would peer into my lap at this photograph of my daughters. My slight, knowing smile would show that I understand I am lucky.

“Lovely. Your daughters are lovely indeed.”

That would be the end of my peace. I would be queried until the flight touched down in Rio de Janeiro. Schools, boys, dreams. I would share what I know, which is not as much as I’d like.

But this afternoon in First Class, I have only myself to answer to, not to some chatty traveler with a briefcase. Nice that my last flight should be exactly as I like, despite the heavy rains and wind.

“Mr. Kittredge? A vodka tonic?”

I hold the picture against my chest.

“Thank you, Marcia. In a tall glass, with a lime.”

“Of course.”

Marcia knows I have three daughters, but she is professional, and will pry only when I’ve given a little, like last week when I asked her to stow my coat in the overhead bin. I said I couldn’t do it because the pain in my shoulder was fierce and she asked why, and we went on from there about my trip to Miami for a weekend of golf. I’ll miss her service; she makes a damn good drink and her perfume is not musky, like the other’s.

I unfasten my seat belt and cross my ankles. Colleagues ask what I’ll do with my free time. Play golf. Those already retired tell me that I’ll likely lose a little of my identity without the job, without the title and the expense account. What they don’t know is that I am a golfer more than I am anything else. And using the logic that would necessarily follow, my plans for retirement will put me in better “touch” with who I am.

“Your drink, Mr. Kittredge.”

“Thank you, Marcia.”

She turns and I smell her perfume, or maybe it’s been her soap all this time.

“By the way, Marcia. This is my last flight to Rio de Janeiro. I thought you should know.”

“Well, Mr. Kittredge, it has certainly been a pleasure.

I’ll miss our chats.” She looks at the picture I’ve left on the tray table. “More time to spend with those beautiful girls of yours.”

People tell me they are beautiful all the time. They are; their mother is. But this picture is particularly good. I took it because my wife can’t take a decent one. Caught up in the moment of reunion or celebration, she forgets about the sun, the flash, and people’s feet, but she’s good at backdrops.

In Venice years ago, she corralled them into one end of the boat next to the gondolier. The girls tease her about picture time, but I know they love her for it, for embarrassing them in public, for tucking their hair behind their ears.

I adjust the light above my head and then re-fasten my belt as directed. The plane is not steady. I carefully take a big sip of my drink to keep things under control. Not that it matters now, but I never took to wearing jeans or a running suit when traveling for business like some colleagues — it seemed tacky to me, but I’ll bet their dry-cleaning bills are lower.

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I’m startled when a passenger behind me lets out a little scream. Seems a flight attendant has capsized a Bloody Mary on her. Not surprising given the plane’s hairy ascent through the cloud cover.

Yes, this is a perfect picture. It is August of last year and my daughters are tan. I finally notice the thing about the dresses that I’ve overheard my wife exclaiming to friends and relatives over the phone. Each one has a different pattern and a completely different style, but they are the same colors: blue, white, and black. “And they didn’t even plan it!” my wife says. “Only sisters could do that!”

I see myself most in my eldest, Daphne. A round face with dark eyes. She is 25, but I still see her in a pink snowsuit pointing at a plane in the sky and shouting, “Daddy!” I guess she’s always pointed to things and called them something else. With that talent, she’d like to be a writer and I don’t really blame her. That life sounds more interesting than banking, which is what I do, but I have trouble advocating such a fickle pursuit. In the one story she’s let me read, the father worked odd construction jobs, was divorced, had a live-in girlfriend, and was legal guardian to an Afghan refugee child.

I know so little about how fiction works.

My daughters are sitting very close together on a stoop and they have their arms linked. They’ve always been affectionate — I don’t know where that comes from.

That’s a lie. I do know. It comes from their mother, who coddles them to no end, afraid she’ll be construed as the antiseptic woman she thought her mother was.

Daphne occasionally hooks her arm around mine when we are walking. At first, I was taken aback, but now I rarely see her. She has always tried hard to make bridges — she used to give me and her mother the cold shoulder when we fought. If I were brave enough to explain how irreconcilable things happen between people. I guess she will learn that from someone else in time.

We are flying above the fog and clouds now. The sun is strong and buoys my mood, not to mention that it puts me at ease. I am reminded that I’m leaving the February winter of the northeast for another hemisphere where it is summer and I don’t speak the language, not even after all these business trips. The time to learn would obviously have been a while ago. I’ve recently thought about the kind of relationships I might have formed if I had taken a beginner course.

“Mr. Kittredge? Another vodka tonic?”

“You’re good, Marcia.”

“Just doing my job,” she says and winks. “But I envy you, retiring early — what I wouldn’t give to see more of son …

if he’d have me.” She puts a hand on her hip. “Kids have so many other priorities these days, you know?”

I stare at her for a second longer than is polite. I don’t know the answer to her question, but I say something that surprises me. “Deep down I think we all know family is the most important thing, don’t you?”

But she must attend to someone emerging from the cockpit and mouths, “Sorry.”

I can see where the sun has touched a small section of the wood door behind my middle daughter’s head. Although it lights all of their faces, I think there is a certain justice that it should warm and glow on the wood above Nicole’s head. As a middle child, she’s been characteristically frantic, not knowing which direction to go. I’m not sure I’ve helped to point a way. When she invited me to lunch last summer, I don’t know who was more nervous. We were finishing our lattés when she finally got to her point. She asked to borrow money to get her teaching degree, and then placed a spreadsheet in front of me, and explained the repayment schedule she’d devised. What she doesn’t know is that I would have given her money to start an exotic ant farm. I don’t know how people get these things across to one another. I’ve thought of asking my golf partner who has two daughters, how he handles it.

While driving back to the office alone that day, I recalled how Nicole used to read to imaginary students for hours. She couldn’t have been more than seven or eight, just learning to read herself. Sitting on the edge of the toilet, she spoke slowly and clearly to a bathtub full of bright-eyed pupils. Though she looked like a boy for a long time, with dark bangs and a bony body, there’s no confusion any more; she resembles most the Native American Indian princess I have on my side of the family.

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The arched door behind the girls is that of a church in the South End of Boston. My wife kept our table at a restaurant across the street while the girls posed. Daphne would return to California and her book publishing job the following morning and my youngest, Clancy, would begin her first week as an assistant account executive at an advertising company. Nicole would be teaching at a new elementary school come September.

It’s fitting that Clancy is most aggressively pursuing the camera — her short, blonde haircut looks so smart. She is such a go-getter. The top half of her short-sleeved dress is all black and it’s a nice, conservative contrast to the bare shoulders of Daphne and Nicole, who sit on either side of her. I think she is tired of my teasing her about her power suits. Though I offered, she wouldn’t let me pull any strings for her when she graduated from college last spring. She said, “Thanks, Dad, but I’d like to take the credit.” I’ve analyzed that one a dozen times, something I criticize my wife for doing. But such an exercise can only remind you of your insecurities.

I know that my wife made a mental note of my asking for a picture to take on this trip. I have never asked for anything like that before. I do know where she keeps this sort of thing — I could have just taken one. She will tell our daughters that I wanted their picture with me on my last trip and maybe the gesture will mean something to them.

Darkness comes over the cabin and I look out the window to see that we are approaching some undeniably sinister weather. Marcia passes quickly in the aisle and shoots me a glance. I tighten my seat belt and squeeze the lime again before finishing my drink. I will not be up here so often any more. My wife won’t fly. She says she’d rather die any other way than falling out of the sky. At the moment, I understand what she means. The captain is telling the flight attendants to be seated.

Maybe we’ll take a road trip to California this summer to see Daphne’s new house, or maybe we can all converge somewhere in Montana at one of those dude ranch places. I think the girls would like that. Or better yet, a spa. That would probably be more appropriate. Perhaps I’ll call my wife the minute this bird is safely on the ground and see what she thinks of the idea. Some of those spas even have golf courses, but maybe it won’t matter. *** Hailing from the East Coast, Cullen is happy in her adopted home, among friends, family, and the great outdoors.

She writes for a living.

3rd Seeing What You See

BY MARTHA BURNS

Linda Pruitt’s column, Views from the Ranch, went to press once a week. Linda was a genuine ranch woman. She knew her livestock, her sheep dogs and could put a sturdy meal on the table. The Ruidoso Ledger referred to her as a local girl.

Neighbors seemed to have no inkling trouble was brewing in Linda and Payton Pruitt’s marriage; said they were shocked by the deaths.

Her final column appeared in Ranching Weekly on February 23, 1995. A person could find the Weekly lying around all over southeast New Mexico, but especially in Roswell at the livestock auction. A strangely artistic, closeup photo of a single cow was often featured on the front page.

As Linda submerged her cold, hardened hands in the hot suds that February morning, she looked out the Plexiglas window, and waited for the feeling in her hands to return.

“The world was never out to ruin you, Payton Pruitt,” she’d said aloud to him the night before as he came in the back door of their trailer, smelling of manure, looking for his supper. He’d rubbed the back of his baked red neck and screwed up his stiff face like she was a nut job. Then she whispered to his back as he went down the stubby hallway, “You did that all on your own, cowboy.”

Living all those twenty-seven married years, fifteen miles from nowhere, Linda Pruitt had finally come to a point.

Nothing scared her in those weeks after she decided, not even seeing her grown sons with their loaded .38 Special on their hips. Well, she’d agreed to raise them around loaded guns, and an unloaded gun was no better than a rock, Payton said, so who could she blame? A peace that she could not describe settled in on her. That was good because she had plenty of things to get done.

She had wanted her own house and a real glass window over the kitchen sink. She didn’t need the land to be hers.

That was a silly way to think anyway. Just her own house with a big, east-facing picture window and one room she could paint green. But she was not a cattle queen, and there was zero chance she was going to have that. She wouldn’t miss this sad excuse for a house, but she would miss calving season. No two calves were ever alike, and all the mamas, fierce defenders, knew their own.

She dried her hands and took a step away from the sink and sat at her kitchen table, turning her thoughts to her column. She loved pencils and paper. She licked the lead and tapped the page as she read what she had rearranged, reassembled, straightened out, and finally typed the day before.

She didn’t make a single mark. She settled the pages and paper-clipped them.

She needed to be outside, always needed to clear out the fog of fact and fiction in her brain after she finished a column. She opened the kitchen drawer. She had insisted on calling it that even though her sons had liked to call it the junk drawer. She pulled out a plain white envelope and felt for her roll of thirty-two cent Love stamps. She took three of them and placed them carefully side by side on the envelope. She addressed the envelope to the Weekly, folded the pages of her last column neatly, and slipped them into the envelope. Then right below the stamps she wrote AIR MAIL in block letters, and she laughed for the last time in her forty-eight years. Nobody heard.

Linda stepped out the front door of the trailer and whistled for the dog. Cattlemen and woolgrowers were pretty proud of their dogs but not Payton Pruitt. He never did give the best dogs much credit. Trixie was hers.

The dog heard her and poised to scat as if Linda was giving fair warning that Payton was close by. The dog lived in fear of him and got lost every night when Payton turned off the highway onto the dirt road. Linda took off a glove and stroked the collie’s fine head before heading out to the mailbox a mile down the loop road.

Linda had a pretty good idea where she’d gone wrong with her two sons. She’d let her boys see her face be bruised and blackened by their father’s hand—so many times—too many times. It wasn’t right what she had done to them. She’d been a poor guardian. Meanness could be a catching thing that no after-the-fact antiseptic could erase.

“Goodbye to all that,” she said because she liked talking to the dog.

Linda tucked the envelope way back in the box, lifted the red flag, and sat right down on the dirt with her back up against the post. Then she started wishing real hard for someone to come driving by. She considered counting her blessings and even started with her grandson, Leeland, but quit, because what she kept remembering was driving down this unpaved, sunbaked road with Payton, their sons, Stralin and Luke, in the back of the extended cab—telling him to stop for the mail. And then Payton reaching his thick arm across her, shoving open her door and pushing her out.

She needed to get back home and get out to feed the horses and see about supper, but Trixie moved close, checked the narrow loop road left and right, lowered herself down and leaned against her. Linda whispered in the dog’s ear, “Hush now.”

Linda did not have to tell her hand to pull the trigger of the cold revolver. She was grateful for that and grateful for the few hours she would have all to herself that night.

And, of course, grateful not to be worried about one single thing. Payton was gone, a gunshot to his left temple. He was right-handed, and she didn’t want any confusion for the Chaves County Sheriff. The evidence had to point to her as the killer, that she was the only one to blame.

She had simply said, “Goodnight, Payton,” and thought of a green room, and then she shot him, but no one would ever know that tantalizing tidbit.

She tasted blood and closed the hollow bedroom door behind her and stepped into the tiny bathroom to splash her face with cold water like her mother had taught her to do whenever she was feeling flushed.

Linda had never considered poison. Shooting Payton close up like that felt justified and inevitable, natural like, even if it was the dreadful side of a natural thing. And for a few seconds, standing there before the veined bathroom mirror, enthralled maybe with her own clean face, she toyed with ideas for her column, ways she might write about that perfectly natural thing she’d done. Then she told herself that this topic, even if she turned it into a fairy tale of self-reliance, would be too gritty for her readers, and she got her mind off that quick.

How she’d loved her readers.

Linda went over to the front door and turned off the yard lights. Then she opened the door just enough to slip through and not let too much light out. She needed to see the stars.

She tried to coax Trixie over. The dog gave her the eye, the look Trixie always used to control the stock, back when Payton let her do her work, and then crept on her belly right up to Linda to sniff her hand.

Linda said, “Don’t be afraid. You’ve seen the last of him.”

Trixie took off, circled the yard clockwise and then counterclockwise, let out one plaintive wail and headed up the road to the gate. Seeing Trixie take off made Linda sad. She should have tied her up. She closed the door but didn’t lock it. The front gate wasn’t locked either, only dummy locked. It saved all the hands a lot of trouble.

Linda made herself a cup of hot tea and wrote two letters, one for each son. The letters weren’t suicide notes, but they’d get called that. There’d be a lot of detective-talk here at the ranch headquarters the next morning. Nothing she could do about that. Her home would be a crime scene.

Reporters would come out to do their tantalizing job— leaving no stone unturned.

After she finished up with that one last part of her plan, she listened to the night highway noise up on the road she couldn’t see, heard the approaching 18-wheeler, and then the next, and then she didn’t hear any noise anywhere.

In that silence, something dawned on her that must have made her feel like the happiest person she had been in forever. She opened Luke’s letter and wrote on the bottom: “Son, find Trixie and give her to Leeland to protect. Let the dog teach your son how to look out for an innocent creature, and you watch out for that boy. See what you see.”

Readers of Linda Pruitt’s column will be saddened, as we at Ranching Weekly were, to learn that Linda and her husband, Payton, passed away last week. Many of our readers identified with Linda’s column, because she related so sincerely the pleasures and frustrations of ranch life. Hers were the heartfelt observations of someone who’d been there and done it, and who’d do it again in a minute. Payton Pruitt had been employed by the Diamond Crown Ranch of Roswell for 15 years, and Linda wrote her ‘Views’ column for the Ranching Weekly.

The Ranching Weekly featured that piece on their front page, right beneath a black and white photo of a single cow standing in a mushy winter field. Linda probably would have seen something in that photo the rest of us missed. *** I was born and raised in Albuquerque where I graduated from UNM with a degree in math, but soon I was off to Hawaii and then to California and onto New Jersey and Switzerland before returning to New Mexico. While in New Jersey I earned a Doctor of Letters from Drew University. I’ve studied with writers: Robert Boswell, Pam Houston and Minrose Gwin.

I won first prize in the Faulkner-Wisdom award for my short story Something Rotten. I’ve completed a novel, Blind Eye, and a screenplay by the same title.

I’m hopeful the novel will be published in 2022.

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ALL THE PRETTY LIGHTS Even the most Grinched-out among us has to admit there’s something really nice about the Plaza at Christmastime. This year, the city lights up the twinkling bonanza the very day after Thanksgiving— obviously—and the gathering to celebrate the next however-many-months of luminous colors includes a hot cocoa, live music and a visit from freaking Santa Claus (at 5 pm). Look, we all know Christmas can be a gross consumerist wasteland, but after the way the world’s gone since last year, doesn’t it sound nice to stand 6 feet away from people, drink something hot and whisper something to your loved one(s) about how it’s just a nice way to spend an evening? Yes it does. Yes it does. Lights go live at 6:15 pm. (ADV) Plaza Holiday Lightning: 3:30 pm Friday, Nov. 26. Free Santa Fe Plaza, 100 Old Santa Fe Trail

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MUSIC SAT/27 BOOK SIGNING TUE/30 THUMP WITH IT Somebody once told us the real secret to electronic music is less in the specific music itself, and more in how the rhythmic beats can transport listeners to a more spiritual plane of existence. We can get with that (plus, this isn’t 2005 when cracking wise about house, techno or drum & bass was funny) and it’s a good chunk of why we’re recommending the upcoming Sound Therapy event at the Leaf & Hive Brew Lab. Find DJs 1042, Matt Sensi, Nothing, Cody Jay and Madmoun coming together to usher in that winter-based transportation to the aforementioned spiritual plane. Plus, find those delicious honey-based alcoholic bevvies on tap. (ADV) Sound Therapy: 8 pm Saturday, Nov. 27. $10. Leaf & Hive Brew Lab 1208 Mercantile Road Ste. A, (505) 699-3055

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FILM WED/1 COME ON ALREADY You don’t have to be a sports fan to know the US Women’s National Soccer Team is better than the men’s, with a record-setting four World Cup wins compared to zero. But, naturally, they’re paid less—even two years after players filed a lawsuit alleging gender discrimination. The Lensic hosts a free screening of LFG (short for “Let’s fucking go!”), a documentary released in June by HBO Max that explores the team’s fight for equal pay, followed by a panel discussion about gender equity and policies.

Scheduled speakers include state Rep. Christine Chandler, D—Los Alamos, who sponsored a paid family and medical leave bill during the last legislative session. (Bella Davis) LFG Screening and Panel Discussion: 7 pm Wednesday, Dec. 1. Free Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234

Treasure It Cochiti Pueblo artist Virgil Ortiz releases a new book—and gets named a Living Treasure

When asked what it feels like to release a new book and attain the 2022 Living Treasure award from the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture back-to-back, Cochiti Pueblo artist Virgil Ortiz says, “I was kind of shy at first because I’m an introvert, but to be able to have the honor and a little bit of a stage to talk about our history and educate the world about the 1680 Pueblo Revolt—to explain to people exactly what my art means—means a lot.”

Ortiz’s new book, Virgil Ortiz: reVOlution is a stunning piece designed by Ortiz himself in conjunction with the Museum of New Mexico Press and author and pottery collector/expert Charles S. King.

Throughout the tome, Ortiz’s commitment to mastering myriad mediums— from the pottery and ceramics for which he’s known, to fashion, film, digital design and much more—shines in full force through gorgeous photography, charming prose and page after page of material. Ortiz’s glass work was also featured during MIAC’s Clearly Indigenous show, and he’ll be at Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse this week signing the newly released reVOlution and talkin’ art.

“My mission is to both make sure the world knows about the Revolt and making sure the methods, materials and traditional artworks from Cochiti stay alive,” Ortiz tells SFR. “I’ve done it since I was a kid. I was taught to make work as a storyteller. I know this is what I was meant to do.”

Ortiz cites a trip to famed collector Robert Gallegos’ Albuquerque showroom in his teens that showed him he was on the right track.

“When I was 16 or 17, my style changed a lot, and my family knew I was experimenting and supported me; Robert asked me to bring some of my work down,” Ortiz recalls. “I had never visited before, but the second I walked in I just about flipped out—he had one of the largest collections of Cochiti pottery, some of it very old, and what I was experimenting on looked exactly like them without my ever studying it. My parents said, ‘The clay is speaking to you.’” (Alex De Vore) VIRGIL ORTIZ BOOK SIGNING 6 pm Tuesday, Nov. 30. Free Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., (505) 988-4226

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“Retroglyphs” by David Olivant, part of the show Mind the Gap opening at Strata Gallery on Nov. 30.

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2021 ABSTRACT INTERNATIONAL Nüart Gallery 670 Canyon Road (505) 988-3888 Abstract art, otherwise known as “whoa this is trippy but I kinda like it“ art gets its due at Nüart Gallery. This new show features works by Beverly Kedzoir, Emilio Lobato, Joseph Ostraff, Willy Bo Richardson and Judy Woods. Nearly three dozens works on display.

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ANIMAL PORTRAITS: THE OTHER WORLD photo-eye Gallery 1300 Rufina Circle, Ste. A3 (505) 988-5152 x202 Images from represented artist and photographer Brad Wilson, celebrating his newly released book of the same name.

All day, free EXPOSURE: NATIVE ART AND POLITICAL ECOLOGY IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts 108 Cathedral Place (505) 983-8900 Works showcasing how nuclear weapons affect Natives.

10 am-4 pm, $5-$10

GO WEST SAID A SMALL VOICE New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072 Landscapes and marionettes, apparently a combination that is pure and perfect.

10 am-5 pm, $0-$12 HELEN PASHGIAN: PRESENCES SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199 An exhibition celebrating Pashgian’s contributions to the Light and Space art movement of the 1960s. (see A&C, page 25) All day, free

ILONA PACHLER: UNRAVELED 5. Gallery 2351 Fox Road, Ste. 700 (505) 257-8417 An ephemeral installation expressing a female interpretation of classical Greek mythologies and monsters.

Noon-5 pm, Thurs-Sat, free IN SEARCH OF DOMÍNGUEZ AND ESCALANTE New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave. (505) 476-5100 A look at the changes within the American West since the days the friars were wandering around the desert.

10 am-5 pm, $7-$12

KYLE MAIER: ELECTRIC POLAROID Historic Santa Fe Foundation 545 Canyon Road Ste. #2 (505) 983-2567 Featuring a wild collection of Polaroids captured around Santa Fe and Canyon Road.

All day, free MOUNTAINS & SKY TAI Modern 1601 Paseo de Peralta (505) 984-1387 A homage to the high desert landscape via Japanese and American vessel makers, painters and sculptors that remind the viewers of the rugged and natural elements.

All day, free

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MUSEUM OF ENCAUSTIC ART EXHIBITION Museum of Encaustic Art 18 County Road 55A, Cerrillos (505) 424-6487 A selection of over 100 featured artist’s work from the past decade of Encaustic Arts’ magazine publication. Artists span America, Canada and parts of Europe.

All day, $10 NATIVE AMERICAN NACIMIENTOS Adobe Gallery 221 Canyon Road (505) 955-0550 Nativity scenes (or crèches) have been popular in Europe since the 15th century. This spread to Native communities in New Mexico, and by the ‘70s new varieties and styles were emerging. Check out this collection from various pueblos and eras.

All day, free NEW MEXICO MI AMOR ANNUAL ART SHOW La Fonda on the Plaza 100 E San Francisco St. (505) 982-5511 Paintings by La Fonda artist in residence Sandy Vaillancourt featuring the local scenery we all know, love and live here for.

All day, free NO SHADE FOR THE SHADOW Kouri + Corrao Gallery 3213 Calle Marie (505) 820-1888 Thomas Christopher Haag's ethereal symbolism and vibrant color palette examine the push and pull of the "shadow" on the human condition in a style that feels almost retro yet surreal.

All day, free PARALLEL TRAJECTORIES Currents 826 826 Canyon Road (505) 772-0953 Artists Robert Campbell and David Stout explore the translation of virtually constructed forms into inks on paper. What emerged were organic patterns evoking all sorts of feels.

All day, free PAST PERFECT FUTURE form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256 Erin Mickelson’s exhibition includes printmaking, bookbinding, new and mixed media, artist books and micro-press publishing. She harvested algorithmic “fortunes,” which predict weird, funny and disturbing things for all of us.

All day, free POETIC JUSTICE New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072 Exhibition showcasing the thematic intersection of artists Judith Baca, Mildred Howard and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation).

All day, $7-$12

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REEMERGENCE 2021 Balzer Contemporary Edge Gallery at IAIA 83 Avan Nu Po Road (505) 424-2300 This senior show examines a wide range of concepts spanning from identity to the effects of COVID-19 and a deep individual reflection of practices and mediums. By senior we mean student-senior, not like half the population of this town.

All day, free RESURGENCE: MARK MAGGIORI PORTRAITS FROM E.I. COUSE’S PUEBLO PHOTOS Couse-Sharp Historic Site 138 Kit Carson Road, Taos (575) 751-0369 Couse-Sharp Historic Site exhibits select works from inaugural artist-in-residence Mark Maggiori, a series based on E.I. Couse photographs, who documented pueblo life.

Noon-4 pm, Tues-Sat, free LAND CRAFT THEATRE SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199 Joanna Keane Lopez is a multidisciplinary artist whose work brings together contemporary sculpture, adobe architecture and land sourced practices as a reimagining of landscape and place.

All day, free SMALL WORKS Susan Eddings Pérez Galley 717 Canyon Road (505) 477-4ART Artist Susan Eddings Perez has been working on artworks to nestle into the smaller intimate spaces of a room, resulting in plaster-like applications mixed with a variety of elements including gold leaf.

All day, free THE BEDROOM PICTURES | THE SOURCE Keep Contemporary 142 Lincoln Ave. (505) 557-9574 Exhibiting the work of DanishAmerican representational painter Zienna Brunsted Stewart and Bulgarian-born painter Simona Ruscheva.

All day, free THE PLAYFUL SIDE OF LIFE Wild Hearts Gallery 221 B Highway 165, Placitas (505) 867-2450 Art by humorist and sculptor Roger Evans, who believes we all need to experience the playful side of life in response to current events. His animal drawings are from experience, while others are pure fantasy.

All day, free THE SHAPE OF COLOR Pie Projects 924B Shoofly Street (505) 372-7681 A curated selection of Brian McPartlon's recent work. Pieces range from his small works on paper to his large 8’ x 6’ acrylic paintings.

All day, free

THERE'S NO OTHER LIKE YOUR MOTHER Foto Forum Santa Fe 1714 Paseo de Peralta (505) 470-2582 From artist Brandy Triguero, who examines the complexities of womanhood within our society and the patriarchy (maybe those are the same things? oooh).

All day, free THREE ON THE TREE | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES Smoke the Moon 101 Marcy St., Ste. 23 Solo show by sculptor and painter Matthew Rosenquist and a group show celebrating all the cool things about transportation. Local and international artists featured!

All day, free UNTITLED ViVO Contemporary 725 Canyon Road (505) 982-1320 Includes a range of work in oil, acrylic, glass, sculpture and mixed media. Explore and see if your own title comes to you.

All day, free WE WENT WILD IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts 108 Cathedral Place (505) 983-8900 An exhibition of emerging students in the Institute of American Indian Arts’ (IAIA) BFA programs. Various media, including sculpture, painting and jewelry, all moving as conduits for complex emotions.

All day, $5-$10 WILDERNESSENCE Iconik Coffee Roasters (Lupe) 314 S Guadalupe St. (505) 428-0996 A series of photographs of Hannah Rapp's path through China, during which were moments Rapp felt complete and connected to a larger essence—a photography series representing the discovery of her wilder self.

All day, free (but buy coffee) SEASONS OF CEREMONIES: RITES AND RITUALS IN GUATEMALA AND MEXICO Peyton Wright Gallery 237 E Palace Ave. (505) 989-9888 A photography series featuring Mesoamerican villages and and their rituals.

All day, free SHOUTOUT TO NOSTALGIA Vital Spaces Midtown Annex 1600 St. Michael’s Drive yvette.serrano13@gmail.com Highlights from youth culture and the teen spaces that helped shape them, spanning from the early days of the CCA Warehouse to Warehouse 21. A selection of flyers, VHS concert footage, photographs and memorabilia that span the 1990s-2000s.

Remember those glorious days?

Warehouse 21 remembers.

By appointment via email above, free

JOB FAIR CHRISTUS St. Vincent is hosting a

FOR NURSES, CNAs, NAs, LPNs and MAs Thursday, December 9 • 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Vernick Conference Room 455 St. Michaels Drive Santa Fe, NM 87505 Drawings and Giveaways Don’t miss the opportunity to soar with CHRISTUS St. Vincent!

Connect face-to-face with managers and explore available positions for nurses, CNAs, NAs, LPNs, and MAs. • Competitive Pay – starting pay $15.25/hr • Sign-on bonuses – $500.00 - $10,000.00 • Retirement Plan • Employer Assisted Housing Program • Shift Differentials • Tuition Reimbursement • Paid Time Off • Paid Personal Holidays • Paid National Holidays

On-Site Interviews! Bring Your Resume!

For more information, visit stvin.org/job-fair or call (505) 913-5730.

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with Santa Fe Animal Shelter CEO Jack Hagerman

The Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society recently announced a new top dog: Jack Hagerman, 45, took over this month as chief executive officer, replacing Director Dr. Jennifer Steketee, who recently retired (Hagerman has a different title, but basically the same job). He comes to Santa Fe from Pasadena Humane, where he served as vice president of operations and community engagement, but his advocacy for animals began as a child when he would take in rescues. He also spent four years running a livestock conservancy he co-founded in the Midwest, caring for and rehabilitating more than 400 animals and selling organic chicken eggs to help sustain operations. In California, Hagerman also wrote a weekly column about animals for the Pasadena Star-News, which is how we learned about the cat named Stubbs who once served as mayor for Talkeetna, Alaska. The following interview has been edited for concision and clarity. (Julia Goldberg) I understand you and your partner Andrew have two older dachshunds. Will you tell me about them?

Oliver and Madeleine, and they run the household. Our life revolves around them and their routines. They’re very, very old: Maddy is going on 18 and Ollie is going on 17 and you wouldn’t know it. Aside from the fact that they just sleep a lot, they look and act like 2-year-old puppies. Maddie is a neurotic mess, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. She views herself as a vicious Great Dane. Ollie is deaf and blind so he tends to bump into things a lot, but he’s very polite. They’re my babies. I’ve had them both since they were puppies.

How did the pandemic impact animal shelters and has it changed how you’re thinking about animal welfare?

At the beginning of the pandemic, when we had to close our doors…we put out a plea to the community and said, ‘we need to get as many animals in foster as we can,’ and the really happy surprise was the community really stepped up…in communities across the country. We started to see a pretty dramatic shift in how we were caring for animals. In the 1930s, we started putting humans in foster homes because we realized orphanages are really bad for

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development and children do better in a home, even if it’s temporary. We probably should have followed suit in the 1930s with animal welfare. So the pandemic really kicked into high gear this idea that animals do better in homes. And…we saw an increased interest in adoption and an increased interest in adopting traditionally challenging animals.

It was like this whole new world for shelters. We finally had the time and space to really look at our operations. We were able to re-engineer what shelters look like…

We could reallocate toward alternative resources to intake. We could develop a robust pet food bank. We were able to create a veterinary voucher program to assist pet owners with expensive medical bills. There are lot of reasons people have to relinquish their pets, but if we could help them with some of the reasons why they do it, then we could bypass admissions all together.

So all of that was good news. The bad news started to come in 2021. Nationally, there has been a lot of ‘fake news’ about people turning in animals at a higher rate.

That isn’t really happening in the US. But what we’re seeing here in New Mexico in 2021 is [the impact of not being able to perform spay neuter services in the first two months of the pandemic]. We’re seeing much higher rates of admission with dogs under the age of 2…we’re probably going to have to deal with that reality for the next few years at least, and it’s going to take a while to get caught up.

On top of that, the other challenge we’re seeing—and this is a national, probably international, crisis—is a shortage of veterinarians and registered vet techs. Top of my agenda is really putting some time and effort into looking at our compensation for veterinarians and looking at recruiting veterinarians more aggressively. Our hospital has the potential to support the shelter at a great level, but we can’t get there if we don’t have the veterinarians. I’m also interested in helping to enhance our community resources so we can provide more alternatives to admission.

What’s your stump speech to folks about why they should help animals?

One of the reasons [animal welfare] has always been such a meaningful cause for me as an individual is that our pets cannot advocate for themselves. The only way for them to be regarded and treated with the level of dignity and respect they deserve is by having people advocate for humane treatment. Animals don’t have a voice. They rely on us. They depend on us to care for them and, in shelters, it’s even more so. These are displaced animals; they are traumatized by having lost the home they knew. Being able to provide a level of support and care and companionship for those poor animals who did not have a choice in their circumstances—I can’t think of a greater cause than that.

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NIGHTVISION Vital Spaces @ The Fashion Outlets 8380 Cerrillos Road yvette.serrano13@gmail.com From Michael Darmody. Here’s a series of six pigment prints, taking symbols of the carbon energy industry that dominate the Four Corners region and transform them into ghostlike avatars haunting our dreams.

All day, free

EVENTS IAIA 2021 HOLIDAY ART MARKET Online bit.ly/3kZTbio Participating artists include Ishkoten Dougi (Navajo/Jicarilla Apache), Lorraine Lewis (Laguna Pueblo/Taos/Hopi), Adrian Wall (Jemez Pueblo), Jennifer Powless (Oneida/ Navajo) and many more. It’s the holidays, come buy stuff for your relatives up in Minnestoa.

All day, free

WED/24 EVENTS DISTILLERY TOUR AND TASTING Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery 32 Bisbee Ct. (505) 393-5135 Personal tours of the distillery where the magic happens.

See some bubbling brews and maybe some mad scientist stuff, who knows? Followed by tastings in the Bisbee Taproom, so you’ll forever know how the magic happens.

4:30 pm, $7 GEEKS WHO DRINK Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-3278 What was Napoleon’s favorite color? What countries make up the United Kingdom? Who’s the current Fed Chair? Yeah, you know, you cute little smarty pants. Go win stuff.

8 pm, free HOTLINE BINGO Desert Dogs Brewery and Cidery 112 W San Francisco St., Ste. 307 (505) 983-0134 Bingo like crazy. Come for victory, drink for the inevitable failure. But that’s okay, maybe this is the time you’ll get lucky like that one time in middle school. Remember that?

7 pm, $2-$10

MUSIC BOK CHOY'S THANKSGIVING EVE BASH Tiny's Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St. Francis Drive (505) 983-9817 A pre-holiday tradition! This year features Craig Small, Murali Levine, Bob Trumpy, Bob Lennon and Ramon Lovato. Bok out to rock, blues, latin and classics.

8 pm, free

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SPICE GIVING La Reina at El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931 DJ Cowboy Spice shakes up La Reina this Thanksgiving Eve. Dancing? Check. Grooving?

Double check. Mezcal? Checks to the end of time.

8-10:30 pm, free

THU/26 FOOD NO QUESTIONS ASKED THANKSGIVING DINNER Quinn Tire 1005 Cordova Place (505) 982-1859 Dinner for all and all for dinner.

For those in need of a holiday meal.

2-7 pm, free

FRI/26 ART TONY VACCARO AT 99: OPENING Monroe Gallery of Photography 112 Don Gaspar (505) 992-0800 Known for his powerful photographs featuring the final days and aftermath of WWII, Monroe Gallery keeps up its tradition of honoring this iconic photographer. Vaccaro will call in via Zoom at 5:30, if only to prove that he’s cooler than all of us.

5-7 pm, free ZUNI FETISH CARVING Sunwest on the Plaza 58 Lincoln Ave. (505) 982-0227 Live demonstration of Zuni Fetish carving with artist Todd Lowsayatee (Zuni Pueblo). Hot cider and cookies too, score.

11 am-3 pm, free THE CREATIVE CURE FOR ANXIOUS TIMES Online bit.ly/3DHwRRV Join Julie Claire for a group session to release anxiety, relax your mind and tune into your creative spirit. Meditate together, spontaneously draw, paint and have a good time producing art without expectations. Bring art materials to your desk, drawing and painting.

10 am-11:15 am, free (but donate) NATIVE ARTIST SHOWCASE Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino 20 Buffalo Thunder Trail (505) 455-5555 A showcase providing space for local and regional Native artists to sell their traditionally made pottery, jewelry and other arts.

If you’re gonna go out and gamble you might as well support Native artists as you do so. That’s double the winnings, folks.

4-8:30 pm, free

EVENTS COMEDY NIGHT Cities of Gold Casino 10 Cities of Gold Road (505) 455-4232 Great Uncle Tim’s jokes at yesterday’s dinner didn’t land and were kinda racist, huh?

Clean your comedy palette here. This show features funny people like Zach Abeyta, Angel Lopez, Josh Fournier, Cody Dove and PJ Johnson.

7 pm, $10 PLAZA HOLIDAY LIGHTING Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail Ya'll know how it goes. The Clauses, hot cocoa, live music and all the works. Lights up around 6:15 pm, for those who get the IG snaps and then run away. Carpool. Wear a mask.

Don’t forget the gloves. (see SFR picks, page 17) 3:30 pm, free

FOOD BLACKEST FRIDAY 2021 Rowley Farmhouse Ales 1405 Maclovia St. (505) 428-0719 A day of rare barrel-aged stouts from around the country and some of Rowley’s own.

11:30 am-close, free (minus the paying for your beers part)

MUSIC BLUE RHAPSODY Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 A cute little duo playing piano tunes. Isn’t that just lovely?

6:30-9:30 pm, free TGIF CONCERT First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave. (505) 982-8544 Pianist David Solem plays music by Isaac Albeniz. The program is El Albaicin (from Iberia, Book Three, 1907). Vax proof required.

5:30 pm, free SISTER MARY AND THE SOUL BROTHERS Tiny’s Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St. Francis Drive (505) 983-9817 Prepare yourself for a funky and groovy night. Sister Mary fronts this unit, which includes Bob Lennon, Chis Ishee, Bob Trumpy, Craig Small and Mike Montiel.

5:30 pm, free

WORKSHOP MEDITATION AND MODERN BUDDHISM: LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST Santa Fe Community Yoga Center 826 Camino de Monte Rey (505) 282-5293 Contemplate Buddha’s teachings and overcome discontent. Meditate to deeply understand the value of your life and appreciate the meaning of each moment.

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 5:30 pm SANTA FE RAILYARD PARK

The public is invited to a Candlelight Commemoration honoring the 33rd Annual World AIDS Day Join us as people around the world unite to show support for people living with HIV and to remember those who have died from AIDS-related illnesses.

Warm cider, cookies and candles will be provided. more info: southwestcare.org

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ART NIFTY GIFT SHOW Wendy Foster Creative 815 D Early St., Ste. D wendyfostercreative.com Multiple artists in this showand-sell, including namesake Wendy Foster, Cheri O'Brien and a bunch'a others.

10 am-4 pm, free ZUNI FETISH CARVING Sunwest on the Plaza 58 Lincoln Ave. (505) 982-0227 Missed it on Friday? Want an excuse for holiday strolling downtown? Here we are, my friends.

11 am-3 pm, free NATIVE ARTIST SHOWCASE Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino 20 Buffalo Thunder Trail (505) 455-5555 Round two. Native artists never stop, and we like it that way.

4-8:30 pm, free

DANCE DANCE AND PLAY IN THE PARK Alto Park 1121 Alto St. allaboardearth.com Featuring live and recorded music, movement games, yoga and even sound healing. Explore the unique intelligence of your own body. A rotating set of “silent“ DJs. Kids dance free!

4:30 pm-6 pm, $10

EVENTS 2ND ANNUAL HOLIDAY ART MARKET Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian 704 Camino Lejo (505) 982-4636 Art from over a dozen folks on sale. Plus a neat museum, mind you. Hopefully you’re gift market hopping today rather than braving the crowds at corporate hellscapes. This is where the cool kids do Black Friday.

9 am-4 pm, free HOLLY JOLLY GIFT MARKET: TIS THE SEASON TO SHOP LOCAL 5984 Airport Road Hey, Amazon-obsessed readers: shop local on Small Business Saturday for once. Three local small business are setting up a cute little market for you. Find gifts and stuff and avoid the chaos of Black Friday elsewhere.

Noon-3 pm, free SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET The West Casitas 1612 Alcaldesa St. (505) 310-8766 Maybe you’ve been buying so much locally produced art that your knees give way and you crumble onto the sidewalk, crying out “just let me be!“ If so, wait to collapse until you get to the Railyard so you can have proximity to shop a little more.

9 am-2 pm, free

SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET Farmers Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 983-7726 Run away from the world of runaway capitalism and return to our agrarian roots, minus the warfare over access to salt mines or whatever. Buy some seeds. It’s never to early to prep for spring. Also pears, the greatest fruit, are in season. FYI. Go stock-up.

8 am-1 pm, free STAND-UP COMEDY NIGHT Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808 The world in absolute burning chaos, so come laugh for a bit before we all burn. Seven comedians featured this evening.

8:30 pm, $5

FOOD COCKTAILS WITH KAKAWA: A THREE COURSE PAIRING EXPERIENCE Santa Fe Spirits Distillery 7505 Mallard Way (505) 467-8892 A three course pairing of chocolate truffles and hand crafted spirits. If there ever was a date night...? Hell, go by yourself if you want to, you brave soul.

5:30 pm, $59

MUSIC 2021 WINTER SOLSTICE CONCERT Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel 50 Mt. Carmel Road (505) 988-1975 The 2021 Winter Solstice Concerts features the New Mexico Bach Society Chorale and Chamber Orchestra in a program of music by J. S. Bach, Carlo Gesualdo, Palestrina and Schnabel. Don’t worry if you don’t know who they are. Just get into the classical groove and lose control.

8 pm, $20-$60 AL ROGERS Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 Al Rogers, piano champion, will take you on a magic carpet ride to all of your string-instrument dreams.

6:30-9:30 pm, free FUTURE SCARS, FIBBER AND HOLY GARDEN DISTRICT Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom) 2920 Rufina St. (505) 954-1068 High desert punk, dark surf and post-rock vibes. All ages, no cover, good airflow and COVID19 protocols.

8 pm, free SOUND THERAPY: DRUM AND BASS NIGHT Leaf & Hive Brew Lab 1208 Mercantile Road, Ste. A (505) 699-3055 21+. Featuring 1042, Matt Sensi, DJ Nothing, Cody Jay and Madmoun. (see SFR picks, page 17) 8 pm, $10

THEATER JULESWORKS FOLLIES END OF MONTHLY SHOWCASE Online bit.ly/3nHhvY8 Variety, local style! Check out local actors, musicians, theatrical peoples of all kinds in this online variety show. It’s nice people have talent.

5 pm, free

WORKSHOP GRAND REVEAL: LIFE DRAWING AT CCA Center For Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 982-1338 Weekly life drawing sessions at CCA. Come with drawing materials.

10-1 pm, $10

SUN/28 ART NIFTY GIFT SHOW Wendy Foster Creative 815 D Early St., Ste. D wendyfostercreative.com More nifty art shopping options.

10 am-4 pm, free

EVENTS ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS MARKET First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave. (505) 982-8544 Shop Guatemalan textiles, Rwandan beads, photo greeting cards, coffee, olive oil and home-baked treats. Proceeds support local non-profits.

8 am-1 pm, free CHANUKAH ON THE PLAZA Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail Giant Menorah lighting, plus the unveiling of the new artistic Santa Fe Chile Menorah.

Fire show, live music with Los Klezmerados, latkes, gelt and hot drinks.

3 pm, free GEEKS WHO DRINK Desert Dogs Brewery and Cidery 112 W San Francisco St., Ste. 307 (505) 983-0134 British-style pub quiz.

7-9 pm, free

MUSIC DOUG MONTGOMERY Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 Local hero Doug Montgomery, we stan you and your piano.

6:30-9:30 pm, free

WORKSHOP BELLYREENA BELLYDANCE Move Studio 901 W San Mateo Road (505) 660-8503 Dance your belly out. I mean, keep it inside your physical self, but also have fun.

1-2 pm, $15

MON/29 DANCE SANTA FE SWING Odd Fellows Hall 1125 Cerrillos Road Fancy pants old school swing.

Classes start at 7 pm, open dance at 8 pm. Vaccinated proof required, and masks on within the building at all times. $8 for the dance and the class, $3 for just the dance.

7 pm, $3-$8

EVENTS QUEER NIGHT La Reina at El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931 Here queer identifying people and allies can celebrate, find common cause and finalize their plans for world domination. Also mezcal drinks available.

5-11 pm, free

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DOUG MONTGOMERY Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 If you ask him nicely he may play Lady Gaga’s circa-2010 hits.

6:30-9:30 pm, free

WOMEN’S CIRCLE CHANUKAH BASH Santa Fe Jewish Center—Chabad 509 Camino de los Marquez (505) 983-2000 Annual women’s pre-Chanukah dinner and bash.

6 pm, free

TUE/30 BOOKS/LECTURES AUTHOR AND ARTIST TALK: LETITA CHAMBERS AND VIRGIL ORTIZ Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St. (505) 988-4226 Chambers, Native art historian and author of Clearly Indiginous joins with pottery master Ortiz and his aptly named book Virgil Ortiz: reVOlution. (see SFR picks, page 17).

6 pm, free

THEATER RHYTHMIC CIRCUS: HOLIDAY SHUFFLE Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234 There’s tap dancing, and then there’s Rhythmic Circus—a 12-member live music and tap dance ensemble. As the winter holidays season kicks off, who doesn’t want to see circus people do their flips and twists and whatnot?

7:30 pm, $35-$115

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Work from Helen Cordero in Storytellers: Narrative Art and the West at the New Mexico Museum of Art. ART VAULT 231 Delgado St. (505) 995-0231 Networked Nature: pioneering approaches to artificial intelligence.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free EL MUSEO CULTURAL DE SANTA FE 555 Camino de la Familia (505) 992-0591 Permanent collection.

3-6 pm, Mon, Wed and Fri, free GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM 217 Johnson St. (505) 946-1000 Abstract Nature.

10 am-5 pm, Thurs-Mon $20 MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE 706 Camino Lejo (505) 476-1200 Curator H.P. Mera’s Trip to Navajo Country in 1932; A Place in Clay.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $3-$9

MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART 706 Camino Lejo (505) 476-1200 Yokai: Ghosts and Demons of Japan. #mask: Creative Responses to the Global Pandemic. Música Buena: Hispano Folk Music of New Mexico. Multiple Visions: A Common Bond.

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NEW MEXICO MILITARY MUSEUM 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 474-1670 New Mexico’s Civil War. 10 am-3 pm, Mon-Fri, free (but donations requested) POEH CULTURAL CENTER 78 Cities of Gold Road (505) 455-5041 Di Wae Powa: A Partnership With the Smithsonian.

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n her lyric essay collection On Looking, Lia Purpura ponders—in the wake of witnessing an autopsy—the way in which the practice of looking might be the essence of prayer. I recalled Purpura’s words as I sat watching the glowing and foggy reflections cast by one of artist Helen Pashgian’s large scale sculptures—“the peach one”—at SITE Santa Fe. I also thought, fleetingly, of philosopher David Hume’s contention that all perceptions are either impressions or ideas.

But mostly I recalled—less with thoughts and more with sensation—the beach.

Not just any beach. Last June, when COVID cases appeared to be declining, I undertook my first out-of-town foray and spent three days in Southern California, wanting nothing other than to walk the beach path from Santa Monica to Venice in the morning and at dusk to look at the ocean and experience the very specific hazy glow California delivers as daylight commences and fades.

Critic Lawrence Weschler investigated the quality of that light in his 1998 New Yorker story, “LA Glows,” quoting artist Robert Irwin, a progenitor of the 1960s Light and Space movement, who describes one of Los Angeles light’s defining characteristics as “the haze that fractures the light, scattering it in such a way that on many days the world almost has no shadows,” creating an almost dreamlike quality.

Pashgian, a Pasadena native, also is a pioneer of the Light and Space movement, which originated in California and brought forth work—generally speaking—focused on optical art, geometric abstractions and minimalism. In writing of the movement in 2014, Artspace magazine notes that Light and Space artists place an “emphasis on transcendentalist levity,” and “boundary-dissolving luminescence,” through the use of “cutting-edge space-age fabrication methods.”

A new book on her work from Radius Books, Helen Pashgian: Spheres and Lenses, notes, in its chronology, one of Pashgian’s earliest influences: becoming “mesmerized by the

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movement of the water and the reflection of light” while playing in tide pools.

At SITE Santa Fe, Pashgian’s newly opened exhibit, Presences (through March 27, 2022), takes the measure of her six-decade career with both new and older pieces, some quite large, all untitled, all remarkable.

The works include spheres and lenses constructed varyingly with epoxies, plastics and resins; three wall-hangings; and a central large-scale sculptural installation of 12 columns that first premiered at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2014.

The seven smaller spheres, mounted on clear pedestals, brim with colors—reds, greens, blues—that catch the light and transform. “There’s a dance and a dialogue that happens between the viewer and the piece,” curator Brandee Caoba noted during the show’s press preview.

The three large lenses—the peach, lemon

and blue—sit in rooms in which the light dims in five-and-a-half minute cycles, creating the sense one is viewing a projection versus an object. Indeed, in the Radius Books’ survey, John Yau writes that in her work, Pashgian “reinvents optical art by breaking its bond with the physical.” Instead, “light becomes an object we experience in myriad ways, all of which cause viewers to see themselves seeing, to become at once awed and introspective.”

The peach lens, in my view, particularly so. Visitors don foot coverings to enter the room, where the floor and walls have been painted in such a way to create, with the lights slowly fading, a fully atmospheric experience, best experienced while sitting in the darkening room, immersed. The LACMA columns, on the other hand, invite the viewer to walk around them, viewing their effects at different angles to discover their inner mysteries in a similarly mes-

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During his Nov. 20 public discussion with Pashgian at SITE about her work, Michael Govan, the CEO and Wallis Annenberg director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, referenced this phenomenon, describing it as a type of dematerialization.

While the experience may feel organic, the process by which Pashgian creates these works is highly technical. She attended a twoyear residency in 1970 at Caltech that was part of the school’s engineering department, during which she began the work of heating resin and pouring it into a mold with solid acrylic pieces placed inside, described in the Radius Books’ chronology as a “sensitive process that requires specific temperature and environmental conditions because of the high sensitivity of the catalyzed resins.”

During her talk with Govan, Pashgian relayed a funny story about explaining her process to a group of scientists, one of whom left the talk in a huff after it became clear her experiments had inadvertently demolished his doctoral thesis. “That was the difference between a theoretical scientist and an artist,” she noted.

If technical in nature, the pieces evoke any number of responses. During the press tour, Pashgian recalled one curator beginning to cry while watching a transformation.

Weschler’s Nov. 20 talk referenced the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, whom Pashgian studied; French philosopher René Descartes; poet Rainer Maria Rilke and the Book of Genesis (“Let there be light”), among others.

As it happened, Pashgian’s Santa Fe exhibit (which coincides with other shows featuring her work at Copenhagen Contemporary and Lehmann Maupin in New York) opened shortly after the historic lunar eclipse and as a full luminescent moon hung over the city. I asked SITE Phillips Executive Director Louis Grachos if the timing had been intentional. It had not, he said, although he recognized its resonance with Pashgian’s work. Of course, as he noted, “light and space is something that’s always relevant in New Mexico.”

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A Big Ol’ Nose for Whiskey

BY RILEY GARDNER r i l e y @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m

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he mega-rich homes and fine dining establishments throughout historic Santa Fe make it easy to forget about the classic Western characters, gunslingers and prostitutes alike who called it home. And oh, how they drank. Like any proper Western tale and story from which only a man appears on the highly detailed Wikipedia page, there was a woman who might be considered the brains behind the operation.

Enter Mary Katherine Cummings, a Hungarian immigrant known in impolite company as Big Nose Kate. Her life was scattered around the late-1800s Southwest with legendary figures like Wyatt Earp and her beau Doc Holliday. Thankfully, Kate kept detailed diary entries throughout her adventures, writing about a dance hall in Santa Fe she operated to make a living for her and Holliday as a part of her many adventures.

As a whiskey, Big Nose Kate hosts an earthy tone and a sweet aroma, finishing with a light spice that very much lingers.

There’s an air of the old West in its notes— sort of like you’ve dropped into one of the early episodes of Westworld and you’re taking a whiff of Thandiwe Newton’s perfume, which we know has just got to be good.

SFR spoke with Portland-based distiller Mel Heim to discuss the Santa Fe roots for

Kate and the whiskey (distilled locally at Altar Spirits, which opens this winter at 545 Camino de la Familia in the Railyard), as well as women in the spirits industry.

SFR: Who exactly was Big Nose Kate, and what are her Santa Fe connections?

Mel Heim: Kate was a person who experienced everything. She was called Big Nose Kate not because of her features—it was because she supposedly stuck her nose in everyone’s business, whether in Santa Fe or beyond. I love that nickname, too, because of how it relates to whiskey and the senses.

She wasn’t a major tour de force.

Hollywood has romanticized her role being involved with famous gunslingers—the arm candy to Doc Holliday, her longtime lover. Instincts in survival led her into extraordinary events [of the West], like the gunfight at OK Corral. She was clever, resourceful and an entrepreneur. In Santa Fe she ran a dance hall, allowing her to survive in an era where there weren’t many options for women in the West, though historians are still trying to figure out just where this dance hall was.

She could’ve married Holliday or could’ve been a maid, but she really enjoyed her independence. I love so much about her. She was the product of randomness, just like us. I developed this whiskey in my kitchen. There were so many iterations of it. I didn’t want to do Katherine Cummings was nicknamed Big Nose because another bourbon—bourbon didn’t feel she liked to get all up in other folks’ business. like it fit with Kate’s journey.

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New locally-distilled spirit takes inspiration from a Santa Fe legend

In your publicity campaigns you’ve talked about the whiskey’s flavor profile being directly inspired by the Southwest and the lands in which Kate roamed, namely New Mexico and Arizona. What are the details on that, and how does it differentiate this whiskey from others?

When we’re talking about the Southwest, we’re talking about barley malt, especially up in Colorado. So I wanted to use malt as my base, playing to the fact she was a European immigrant, and then venture into rye, sort of as if you were hitting the Southwest plains.

Rye brings a nice little spice, that was definitely her personality, and I wanted it to have a ‘big nose,’ so to speak; when you’re smelling it, you want people to really ask what’s going on in the glass.

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Distilling whiskey is great, but blending it is another story. A machine can’t do it, it’s a hands-on art form. So I knew we’d need a great base spirit and some kind of seasoning.

I was really surprised with how well it turned out. Honing in on this was quite the process— it wasn’t exactly enjoyable. A Western whiskey is not really a defined thing. For me, the West means there’s no rules. It’s whatever you make of it, very much like Kate’s life.

Maybe it’s obvious, but what are the feminist bents to this whiskey?

This isn’t a gendered whiskey, merely a female protagonist to the 40 men I could name off [on other brands]. When I started, I didn’t know any other women in this industry at all. I knew there were women out there, but I couldn’t find them. At the trade show and events it was just a sea of men. This whiskey is part of a mission of mine to highlight women in the space. Women are there, but they aren’t shown. There are hundreds and hundreds of female distillers now compared to when I started. It’s empowering to just own it.

So we’ve got this new Santa Fethemed whiskey being distilled locally. Where can local whiskey fans find this drink, either now or in the future?

Wholesales begin in early December.

Altar Spirits will have active sales down there and we’re aiming to be at all the great little bar spaces. Right now we’ve got an e-commerce partner that ships to New Mexico, so you can order online too (bignosekate.co).

You know, it’s important to have balance and equity in these products.

We’re going to immerse ourselves in Kate’s world for this, and it’s kind of amazing. Hers is a real story, with Santa Fe being a big part of it. It deserves to be told even if it’s through whiskey.

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We can call it now that a good chunk of the audience won’t go for Belfast. Kenneth Branagh’s newest is far too wholesome for those who like their cinema dark, an insufferably long monologue about universal life truths. For those very reasons, however, it will surely be adored in other circles.

As The Troubles take off in Northern Ireland in 1969, young Buddy (Jude Hill) is far more interested in his school crush than he is in the increasinglyfrequent riots which, from the film’s get-go, go down in his neighborhood. The religious lines are drawn, and Buddy’s parents (a powerful Caitríona Balfe and a strong Jamie Dornan) debate whether to travel abroad to protect their family from the chaos, or to keep them in the world they know.

Belfast comes with a number of irks. Its visual language isn’t coherent, there’s entirely too much reliance on late-1960s tunes to set the mood and the melodrama feels bloated. It scores in the deeper questions it raises, though, namely, how to raise a morally upright family when everyone else is willing to blow someone’s head off—or at least considering that. Seeing civil unrest from a child’s perspective brings a different kind of richness to the experience, especially as Buddy relates to the violence through his only known source of the stuff—American Westerns.

Sadly, that also means certain complexities get lost in the shuffle.

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BOOM!’s. It’ll be a film with legs in the years to come, particularly with the drama kids, but chances are it will struggle in its initial release, even with someone like Lin-Manual Miranda (who created a little show called Hamilton) in his directorial debut.

In this biopic-lite/musical, we meet a pre-Rent Jonathan Larson (Andrew Garfield) who hasn’t yet crafted the 1994 Broadway smash hit. Larson is living in Manhattan squalor trying to put together a rock-opera retelling of 1984, and his inner-circle consists of 1980s NYC underground communities rather than posh Broadway elites. By the time we catch up with him, Larson’s determination to reinvent musical theater has become a dangerous obsession.

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becomes an insufferable tribute to the archetypical starving artist that seems aimed solely at white boy coastal types. The romanticization of suffering is tiresome, and the celebratory manner in which the film showcases Larson’s very real obsessive behaviors feels wrong. We don’t—or shouldn’t—want to be like him, but the film wants us to admire his dedication even as it ruins lives.

But hey, the music is banging, and Miranda’s directorial style translates well to film, even if his inspirations are familiar. The frenetic energy is fantastic and he knows what to capture within the frame; the rough edges reflect a rough world, and anyone familiar with movie musicals—looking at you, drama geeks—will note the repetitive staging decisions and

far more a memoir from Branagh’s own childhood experiences as a Belfast native. This can make the storytelling feel a bit too dependent on Branagh’s recollections to fully dedicate itself to deeper concepts, thus Belfast lingers in a confused and confusing state between the sweet romanticism of the past and the realities of the historic epoch in which it’s embedded.

No, Branagh’s opus might not rank amongst the cinema greats or contempo-classics, but it’s a shoo-in as the year’s tearjerking awards-contender and the kind of film that could unfurl more meaning upon further viewings. Still, the imperfect introduction gets the job done. (RG) Violet Crown, NR, 97 min.

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Director Rebecca Hall’s first feature film is one told primarily through glances: Ruth Negga’s (Loving) quivering face and Tessa Thompson’s (Westworld) inability to keep her eyes steady. It would be hard to note anything lacking purpose here, honestly, which highlights the rarity of a first-time filmmaker entering the industry with plenty of confidence—and rightly so.

Based on Nella Larson’s 1929 novel of the same name, Irene (Thompson) and her husband Brian (André Holland) are content in the Black upper-middle class of Harlem. They pretend to be, anyway, and Irene goes “passing” every now again, a phenomenon whereby a Black person’s skin is perceived as white and they briefly glimpse a life without discrimination.

During one such experience, Irene stumbles across an old friend, Clare (Negga), who’s passing full-time. But

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numbers lifted from big hitters like Chicago and Hedwig and the Angry Itch. tick tick… BOOM!’s anchor is Garfield, who is here at the height of his prowess and an actor who can take on the most obscure, bizarre projects and bring such life to them that it’s hard not to recall the likes of Marlon Brando or Montgomery Clift. Even so, the general public will likely find the film a little too insider baseball. Those who’ve not been lulled

by Broadway and musical culture will find Larson’s short life fascinating if frustrating.

DIRECTED BY MIRANDA With Garfield, Alexandra Shipp and Robin de Jesús

Clare misses her old world, and as she returns and infiltrates her family, Irene grows paranoid.

In its more unique aspects, Passing contrasts escapism with a desire for inclusion. Negga’s Clare leans on the uncertainty of her choices, her total disdain for—and yet dependence on—her secret identity.

Irene, the psychological counterpoint to Clare, is more conventional in her choices, reflecting the unspecial middle-class life and a longing for something more; Thompson’s firm delivery questions whether one should hide from the world or embrace its pains. Who are we to tell her she’s wrong?

Here, crisp black and white cinematography feels purposeful, and Passing represents its most effective use in recent memory. Shot in high contrast with only a slight exposure, a sharp yet murky picture emerges, both intoxicating and clear in its old world charms yet repulsive and fake in its sterility. If we saw the story in color, we’d lose the point entirely.

At Passing’s heart are tough questions about human agency. Much of it feels overt, but the film’s true heart beats just beneath the surface. Hall’s film requires focus as well as knowledge on race and identity—but it’s up to the viewer to do the homework beforehand if they want the most out of the film.

Passing wasn’t crafted to educate. It was crafted so we don’t forget. (RG) Netflix, NR, 99 min

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Any cat fan worth their salt surely knows all about Victorian-era British artist Louis Wain and his work in normalizing felines as house pets. What they

Netflix, PG-13, 121 min

might not know, however, is that an entirely too-precious biopic has arrived from Amazon Studios.

Benedict Cumberbatch plays the titular Wain, the only man in a family of women who, in late 1800-something, is trapped within the social constructs of the day: Men do the work, women get married—nobody’s allowed to love anyone they actually love because of, like, society, man. In his youth, Wain illustrated for some prestigious London newspaper. He also met one Emily Richardson (here played by Claire Foy), a governess hired for his sisters for whom Wain fell hard and married.

This was apparently unheard of at the time because Richardson was poor and 10 years Wain’s senior.

Still, they fell in love, got married and spent a bunch of happy years hanging out with their cat Peter. Sad stuff happens later, but we don’t need to spoil it.

Where writer and director Will Sharpe (Giri/ Haji) succeeds in style, ambiance and tone, he falters in Electrical Life’s almost unbearable levels of quirk. Cumberbatch’s turn as the eccentric Wain particularly stupefies and succeeds only in consistently reminding us we’re watching an actor act.

This guy’s a champ at playing dicks but, as Wain, he feels like an actor who read about weirdos and did a little fidgeting. Against Foy, who perhaps represents the only real charm in the film, the performance feels exhausting.

Oh, but it’s not all bad. Wain’s art was truly bizarre and hysterical, and one could hardly hate a film that so prominently casts such handsome cats. Still, Electrical Life is niche and tedious and ultimately becomes another funny-lite British period piece for anglophiles and any captive people in their lives. Shoutout to Utopia’s Adeel Akhtar and his small role, though. He rules. (Alex De Vore) Amazon, PG-13, 118 min.

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Week of November 24th

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries author Chris Brogan says, “Don’t settle. Don’t finish crappy books. If you don’t like the menu, leave the restaurant. If you’re not on the right path, get off it.” That’s the best possible counsel for you to hear, in my astrological opinion. As an Aries, you’re already inclined to live by that philosophy. But now and then, like now, you need a forceful nudge in that direction. So please, Aries, go in pursuit of what you want, not what you partially want. Associate with the very best, most invigorating influences, not the mediocre kind.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There’s a Grateful Dead song, with lyrics written by John Perry Barlow, that says, “You ain’t gonna learn what you don’t want to know.” I propose you make that your featured advice for the next two weeks. I hope you will be inspired by it to figure out what truths you might be trying hard not to know. In so doing, you will make yourself available to learn those truths. As a result, you’ll be led on a healing journey you didn’t know you needed to take. The process might sound uncomfortable, but I suspect it will ultimately be pleasurable.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio author and philosopher Albert Camus was a good thinker. At age 44, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature—the second-youngest recipient ever. And yet he made this curious statement: “Thoughts are never honest. Emotions are.” He regarded thoughts as “refined and muddy”—the result of people continually tinkering with their inner dialog so as to come up with partially true statements designed to serve their self-image rather than reflect authentic ideas.

Emotions, on the other hand, emerge spontaneously and are hard to hide, according to Camus. They come straight from the depths. In accordance with astrological potentials, Scorpio, I urge you to keep these meditations GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “I’ll walk forever with stories at the forefront of your awareness in the coming weeks. inside me that the people I love the most can never See if you can be more skeptical about your thoughts hear.” So says the main character in Gemini author and more trusting in your emotions.

Michelle Hodkin’s novel The Evolution of Mara Dyer. If SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Poet Renée Ashley that heart-rending statement has resonance with your own personal experience, I have good news: The coming describes what she’s attracted to: “I’m drawn to what flutters nebulously at the edges, at the corner of my weeks will be a favorable time to transform the situaeye—just outside my certain sight. I want to share in tion. I believe you can figure out how to share key stowhat I am routinely denied or only suspect exists. I long ries and feelings that have been hard to reveal before for a glimpse of what is beginning to occur.” Although I now. Be alert for unexpected opportunities and not-atdon’t think that’s a suitable perspective for you to cultiall-obvious breakthroughs. vate all the time, Sagittarius, I suspect it might be appealing and useful for you in the coming weeks. Fresh CANCER (June 21-July 22): A study of people in 24 possibilities will be coalescing. New storylines will be countries concluded that during the pandemic, over 80 incubating. Be alert for the oncoming delights of percent of the population have taken action to improve the unknown. their health. Are you in that group? Whether or not you are, the coming weeks will be a favorable time to go fur- CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): What could you do to ther in establishing robust self-care. The astrological diminish your suffering? Your next assignment is to take omens suggest you’ll find it easier than usual to commit two specific steps to begin that process. You’re in a to good new habits. Rather than trying to do too much, I phase of your astrological cycle when you’re more likely suggest you take no more than three steps. Even starting than usual to see what’s necessary to salve your wounds with just one might be wise. Top three: eating excellent and fix what’s broken. Take maximum advantage of this food, having fun while exercising right, and getting all the opportunity! I proclaim this next chapter of your life to deep sleep you need. be titled “In Quest of the Maximum Cure.” Have fun with this project, dear Capricorn. Treat it as a mandate LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Leo-born scholar Edith Hamilton to be imaginative and explore interesting possibilities. loved to study ancient Greek civilization. She wrote, “To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful and delightful to AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “It is a fault to wish to be live in, was a mark of the Greek spirit which distinunderstood before we have made ourselves clear to ourguished it from all that had gone before.” One sign of selves,” wrote my favorite Aquarian philosopher, Simone Greece’s devotion to joie de vivre was its love of play.

Weil. I agree. It’s advice I regularly use myself. If you “The Greeks were the first people in the world to play,” want to be seen and appreciated for who you really are, Hamilton exulted, “and they played on a great scale. All you should make it your priority to see and appreciate over Greece, there were games”—for athletes, dancers, yourself for who you really are. The coming weeks will musicians, and other performers. Spirited competition be a favorable time to make progress in this noble projwas an essential element of their celebration of play, as ect. Start this way: Write a list of the five qualities about was the pursuit of fun for its own sake. In resonance with yourself that you love best. your astrological omens, Leo, I propose you regard ancient Greece as your spiritual home for the next PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Nigerian author Ben Okri, five weeks. born under the sign of Pisces, praises our heroic instinct TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author Kurt Vonnegut wrote wistfully, “I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.” If similar things are running wild in your head, dear Taurus, the coming weeks will be a favorable time to banish them. You will have extra power to purge outdated emotions and reclaim at least some of the wild innocence that is your birthright. PS: There’s nothing wrong with feeling sad. In fact, feeling sad can be healthy. But it’s important to feel sad for the right reasons. Getting clear about that is your second assignment.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo singer-songwriter Florence Welch of the band Florence and the Machine told an interviewer why she wrote “Hunger.” She said, “I looked for love in things that were not love.” What were those things? According to her song, they included taking drugs and performing on stage. Earlier in Florence’s life, as a teenager, “love was a kind of emptiness” she experienced through her eating disorder. What about you, Virgo? Have you looked for love in things that weren’t love? Are you doing that right now? The coming weeks will be a good time to get straight with yourself about this issue. I suggest you ask for help from your higher self.

Formulate a strong intention that in the future, you will look for love in things that can genuinely offer you love.

to rise above the forces of chaos. He writes, “The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love, and to be greater than our suffering.” You’ve been doing a lot of that excellent work throughout 2021, dear Pisces. And I expect that you’ll be climaxing this chapter of your life story sometime soon. Thanks for being such a resourceful and resilient champion. You have bravely faced but also risen above the sometimes-messy challenges of plain old everyday life. You have inspired many of us to stay devoted to our heart’s desires.

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