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Allan Houser - “Homeward Bound”, 1989 Bronze edition of 6
Phillip Haozous - “Allan Houser Haozous”
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Adjacent to the Museum Hill Cafe in Santa Fe, NM Corridor Staff Photo © 2016 by Marc-Paul LaRouche exhibition loan to MIAC by Allan Houser Inc. © Chiinde LLC
CELEBRATING THE ARTWORK OF ALLAN HOUSER A photo gallery of artworks in public spaces in and around Santa Fe, NM
FEATURING BRAND NEW SECTIONS:
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Tales Trails of the
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GARDENING TIPS & TRICKS
Volume 2 - Number 1
IN THIS ISSUE
A Gallery of photos featuring the artwork of famed Santa Fe artist Allan Houser Out & About in the corridor The Trowel - Gardening Tips & Tricks Health & Wellness for the New Year Upcoming Events for January and February The Visual Corridor Blinded with Science - A look at 3D printing Tales from the Trails - Old Route 66 in New Mexico and Cerrillos Hills history Side Trips - Wagon Mound and Cimarron Bits & Bites - Food thoughts, restaurant suggestions and a bit about book genres Acorn’s Corner - Contests, comics, and more!
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FROM THE EDITOR
Greetings and Happy New Year from the small band of renegades who make up The Corridor staff - friends, family and fans. For several reasons we decided to combine January and February into one issue this year. It being our first year “around the horn” (with our inaugural issue coming out last March) we are still finding out what seems to work for our advertisers and readers. We have learned a few things about our plans and aspirations in bringing a community-oriented publication to the people (residents as well as visitors) of North-Central New Mexico. When we started this journey we called The Corridor a “newspaper”. These days, everyone seems to refer to The Corridor as a “magazine”. Semantics, perhaps, but the subtlety does not go unnoticed. We recognize that we are not bringing “news” in the traditional sense, but we do strive to bring you events, information and inspiration from and for the people who live and work in our readership area. All in all I would consider our first year to be a success. We didn’t lose money, which is always good, Debbie and I have truly enjoyed reaching out and meeting the folks who are the readers and advertisers for whom we create this publication. And Jefferson, our budding graphics man, is helping us more and more to build and craft the magazine. We are now logging close to 1,000 miles each month to get the paper out - The Corridor can now be found in select locations throughout North Central New Mexico - from the Albuquerque Sunport to the Raton visitor Center, and over 100 locations in between. This month, in search of a fitting cover for our Jan-Feb issue, we visited Museum Hill in Santa Fe. This single destination is a true state treasure for residents as well as visitors. Museum Hill, conveniently located in Santa Fe close to the convergence of the Old Pecos Trail and Santa Fe Trail, is home to four world-class museums: The Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, the Museum of International Folk Art, and the Wheelright Museum of the American Indian. This very special place is also home to the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, a fairly recent addition to Museum Hill, as well as the Museum Hill cafe, which features light lunch fare and serves as a great music venue throughout the Summer months. On this visit, (in between snow storms), we found the perfect image for our cover - a life-size bronze sculpture of world-renowned Native American artist Allan Houser (the sculpture was created by Allan’s son, Phillip Haozous) with one of Allan’s signature bronze pieces “Homeward Bound” in the background - in the sculpture garden adjacent to the Museum Hill Cafe - on loan to the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture by Allan Houser, Inc. Be sure to visit page 3, where we have included a full page gallery of many of Allan Houser’s sculptures that anyone can visit and enjoy in public spaces in and around Santa Fe, including the New Mexico State Capitol (the “Roundhouse”) on Paseo de Peralta in downtown Santa Fe. We have also added some new sections to keep things interesting. Please enjoy!
ON THE COVER (foreground) Phillip Hauzous - “Allan Houser Hauzous” (background) Allan Houser -“Homeward Bound” , 1989 bronze edition of 6 exhibition loan to MIAC by Allan Houser Inc. © Chiinde LLC Corridor staff photo © 2016 by Marc-Paul LaRouche Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Adjacent to the Museum Hill Cafe in Santa Fe, NM
In This Issue - January/February, 2016 - Volume 2, Number 1 FRONT PAGE 2 - From the Editor - Welcome to the New Year and changes 3 - Photo gallery celebrating the artworks of Allan Houser 4 - Community Connections 5 - Community Connections 6 - The Trowel - Gardening Tips and Tricks 7 - Health and Wellness - Some insight from area healthcare providers 8 - Upcoming events in January / February 2016 9 - The Visual Corridor - Images from our readers and staff 10- Blinded with Science - Jefferson talks about 3D printing 11 - Tales from the Trails - Old Route 66 in New Mexico, Cerrillos Hills history 12 - Side Trips - Wagon Mound to Cimarron 13 - Side Trips - Wagon Mound to Cimarron 14 - Bits & Bites - Food thoughts, restaurant ideas and books 15 - Acorn’s Corner(Kids’ Page) - Santa Fe Trail photo contest 16 - The Corridor Back Page - Corridor Sponsor Display Advertising (Call us at 505-438-9600 to get your ad on the Corridor Back Page)
As always, we welcome your comments and your submissions. Send us your feedback to editor@thecorridornm.com, or by snail mail at The Corridor, 7 Avenida Vista Grande #252, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87508. You can also call our office at 505-438-9600. Best regards, Marc-Paul LaRouche Editor and Publisher The Corridor Community News, Views & More
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Editor/Publisher: Marc-Paul LaRouche Assistant Editor: Deborah A. LaRouche Designer: Jefferson Pierre LaRouche Contributors: Milicent McFarland, Emily Aguero, Marty Gerber, Dr. Jeffrey Meyer, Julie Andresen, M.S., Dr. Kelly D. Heyman, AuD., Chartlotte Cooke, ND LMT, Paul Cyre The Corridor is a publication of Streamlynx, LLC dba Streamlynx Communications 7 Avenida Vista Grande #252, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508 SALES 505-438-9600 MOBILE 505-913-9652 Please remit all hard copy to the above address Send all electronic remittances to: editor@thecorridornm.com
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COMMUNITY NEWS, VIEWS, AND MORE Presenting A Photo Gallery Celebrating the Artwork of Santa Fe Artist Allan C. Haozous Born on June 30, 1914, Allan C. Haozous was to become known as Allan Houser, one of the 20th Century’s most important artists. Allan’s parents, Sam and Blossom Haozous were members of the Chiricahua Apache tribe who were held as prisoners of war for 27 years. Allan’s father was with the small band of Warm Springs Chiricahuas when their leader, Geronimo, surrendered to the U.S. Army in 1886 in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. Allan Houser’s father, Sam Haozous, and Geronimo were first cousins.
For more information about Allan Houser’s life and works we invite you to visit www.allanhouser.com.
David Rettig, Curator of Collections for Allan Houser, Inc. shared these images of some of the many art works by Allan Houser that can be seen and enjoyed in the Santa Fe area. The Allan Houser Gallery is located at 125 Lincoln Ave., Suite 112, Santa Fe, NM. The gallery is open daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Saturday. (505) 982-4705. THE ALLAN HOUSER STUDIO AND SCULPTURE GARDENS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BY APPOINTMENT. Call (505) 471-1528 to schedule your tour, or email your request to toursandevents@allanhouser.com
Santa Fe Community Convention Center - 201 West Marcy Street
Allan at the entrance to his sculpture gardens
Museum of New Mexico Foundation 201 West Marcy Street
“Dawn”
“This Was Our Home”
“Rio Grande Maiden”
“Lament”
“Reverence”
Museum of Contemporary Native Arts - 108 Cathedral Place
“New Horizon”
“Dance of the Eagle”
“Singing Heart”
New Mexico State Capitol - Old Santa Fe Trail and Paseo de Peralta
“Migration”
Santa Fe Botanical Garden 725 Camino Lejo
“When Friends Meet”
“Raindrops”
Wheelright Museum of the American Indian - 704 Camino Lejo
“Forever”
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“Dineh”
“Heading Home”
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OUT AND ABOUT IN THE CORRIDOR
RTD Mountain Trail Route - Shuttle Bus to Ski Santa Fe, Hyde Memorial State Park and Ten Thousand Waves The RTD Mountain Trail route provides service from the South Capitol Rail Runner Station, through Downtown Santa Fe to Fort Marcy Park and then up Hyde Park Rd. to recreational areas and businesses along NM 475 (Ten Thousand Waves) into the Santa Fe National Forest and concluding at Ski Santa Fe. Free park and ride options for local residents will be available at the South Capitol station and on the north side of Fort Marcy Park in two parking lots north and south of the bus stop located on Murales between Old Taos Highway and Bishop’s Lodge Rd. In granting the use permit, the Santa Fe National Forest has restricted the transport of bicycles into the National Forest, therefore, bicycles will not be permitted. Service will begin during the route’s Non-Winter schedule to take advantage of the fall leaf-viewing season. The non-winter season runs from September 26 through November 25 (or upon the opening of the Ski Santa Fe season) and throughout July and August, 2016. During the non-winter season, service will be provided on two roundtrips on weekdays and three roundtrips weekends. FIND OUT MORE http://www.ncrtd.org/rtd-mountain-trail.aspx
Los Alamos
Pajarito Environmental Education Center Each month, the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) runs a photo contest at the Los Alamos County Nature Center. Five photos will be continuously displayed in the Nature Center, where visitors can view them and then vote for their favorite photo by putting money into one (or more) of five labeled canisters below the display. The canister with the largest amount of money wins the contest for that month. Submit your photos for our February photo contest by emailing them to photos@ peecnature.org. For February, the theme will be “winter wonderland.” We are looking for great shots of our beautiful, Northern New Mexico landscapes covered with snow. Your photo of nature in the Pajarito Plateau could be displayed in the Nature Center. What better excuse to go outside and explore our natural world! http://peecnature.org/peec-photo-contest/ Pajarito Environmental Education Center Los Alamos Nature Center 2600 Canyon Road, Los Alamos
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Springer Electric Cooperative installation north of Springer, NM
This fall we visited Springer, New Mexico and learned of a new photovoltaic solar power installation just north of the town of Springer. Funding for this one megawatt $3.4 million project came from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development along with an additional $10.6 million for other infrastructure improvements to the Springer Electric Coop system. The new system will provide power for about 400 customers of the cooperative.
Springer Electric Cooperative in Springer, NM
During a recent visit to Los Alamos, NM, we stopped in at the Fuller Lodge Art Center which is located in the historic Fuller Lodge, once a part of the Los Alamos Ranch School and now a full-time art center. We met up with Paul Cyre, a local Los Alamos Artist who is recycling old wood golf drivers into ducks. Paul uses basswood to create the duck heads, then fastens them to the wooden drivers to create a whimsical piece of recycled art. Paul Cyre is a recent resident of Los Alamos, having relocated there from the Washington, DC area. Paul has a passion for wood carving, especially waterfowl. Paul was concerned with the disappearance of antique wood drivers. He is now recycling them into “GOLF DUCKS” claiming all who have one get a guaranteed birdie. You can purchase a one-of-a-kind “golf duck” at the Fuller Lodge Art Center in Los Alamos, NM for only $65. The Fuller Lodge Art Center is located at 2132 Central Ave., Los Alamos, NM and is open 10 am - 4 pm Monday through Friday. (505) 662-1635.
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“ A—rriv—e-der—ci Roma”, it’s time for us to part...
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—I sing to my tomatoes as I de-stem, wash and dice them, sliding them all into a pot to cook down to paste. The robust, pear shaped Romas are perfect for slicing and sauces, low in seeds and high in sweet flesh. They also dry well. It has been a long journey for them: from the seeds we planted in pots back in March, to a newly built tomato bed in our backyard this June, to being picked green in October and ripening over several weeks in a spare room. Their verdant aroma fills the house—somewhat green and over sweet, even a bit cloying. Timing is unusual, as most sauce making is done in the summer and fall. Much like the harvest we had a few years back: we had such a monstrous crop of tomatoes that we pulled the plants up from the base and hung them in the official dining room from wooden frames. We had heard of others doing the same, often in their garages. That year we ate lovely tomatoes, from pear-shaped, to round heritage, to cherries of all sizes, well into the New Year. Tomatoes are not the only vegetables hanging on—literally. We have Poblano and other hot peppers drying in the hallway near the kitchen, attached by strings to the three-tier wire hanging fruit basket. The Poblanos were new to us this year, our goal to dry and grind them into the dried powder that is called Ancho Chili. (same pepper, two names.) For more information, see What are Poblano Peppers? from http://culinaryarts.about.com/od/glossary/g/Poblano.htm
So far, the originally deep blue-green, freshly picked peppers have ripened to a deep burgundy with a leathery texture. We will see if they blacken and desiccate enough to be ground into powder. One challenge is to see if the peppers survive our cat—who sees them as marvelous twirling toys to be chewed on and hockeypucked. It was the same way with the ripening tomatoes. If we left containers of them out on the counter, we would awaken to find tomatoes on the kitchen floor and, if lucky, pick them up before we crushed them under a sleepy foot into juice and seeds. The 2016 garden catalogs have already started to arrive, along with Christmas cards from friends and relatives. “The Tomato Growers” is my favorite, replete with gorgeous photos of vine-ripened tomatoes bursting with juice and colorful peppers of all Scoville heat units. The June catalog is more diverse in its seed varieties, including an entire menagerie from radishes to rutabagas to spaghetti squash, as well as tools, fertilizers and insecticides. And there will be more catalogs, as well as the usual reminders in our e-mail from other growers. As a veteran gardener, I am inspired to start planning for next year, even while shoveling snow and putting away holiday decorations. Adieu 2015. And Bienvenido 2016!
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS Julie Andresen, M.S.
Julie Andresen, M.S. is the owner and director of Santa Fe Sports Med and Rehab, Inc., located in El Gancho Fitness, Swim and Racquet Club at 104 Old Las Vegas Highway in Santa Fe, NM. (505) 9924995 Since 1988 Julie Endreson has traveled throughout the world with Olympic athletes, as a sports medicine specialist. The Olympic Softball athletes used her skills in pre-Olympic play in 2000. She has worked with the USA Track & Field athletes most notably at Olympic trials, World Championships and the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Her clinical approach combines manual techniques to optimize soft tissue and joint function, and specific exercises so the patient learns to care for him or herself. Her recent studies are in foot biomechanics and how they effect the knee, hip, and back. Her clinic is her passion.
Flat Feet Can Be A Problem
“You know the old adage the ankle bone’s connected to the knee bone. Well, think for a minute what happens if you have flat feet. There is an automatic internal rotation of the weight bearing bone (tibia) of the lower leg because of the fallen arch in the foot. The tibia is also the weight bearing bone at the knee joint. This obligatory rotation of the tibia can pull on ligaments of the knee, thus resulting in a preloading stress to the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) during weight bearing. So, a person with flat feet may be predisposed to ACL injury especially if they are active. This doesn’t mean quit being active, it means take care of your alignment with arch supports and exercise. In physical therapy we can give you exercises that can strengthen the arch and the muscles that will deteriorate the tibia. Don’t ignore your alignment! It has everything to do with how the rest of your body feels and moves.”
With the advent of the New Year, we often find ourselves looking for ways to improve our health and well-being. So, we asked some Santa Fe area health practicioners to talk a little about their practices and how patients might benefit from their services.
Dr. Kelly Heyman, AuD. is one of the premier audiologists in Santa Fe, NM. Her practice is located at 5 Caliente Road, Suite #5 in Eldorado at Santa Fe, NM (505) 466-7526. Dr. Kelly D. Heyman, AuD. Audiologist
“As an audiologist, I find it interesting what hearing aids can do for you!
Recent research demonstrates that hearing aids clearly are associated with impressive improvements in the social, emotional, psychological, and physical well-being of people with hearing loss in all hearing loss categories from mild to severe. Specifically, hearing aid usage is positively related to the following quality of life issues. Hearing loss treatment was shown to improve: - Earning power - Communication in relationships - Intimacy and warmth in family relationships - Ease in communication - Emotional stability - Sense of control over life events - Perception of mental functioning - Physical health”
Charlotte Cooke, ND LMT
“The potential benefits of massage for elders are many: it may lower
blood pressure, improve circulation, and relieve joint pain. Massage can improve flexibility, relax tight muscles and release endorphins.
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Charlotte Cooke, ND LMT has been a massage therapist since 1986. Thirty years later her focus is on massage for elders and massage for people living with cancer. These specialties are the fruits of caregiving for elders and working as a naturopath in a holistic medical clinic. Charlotte practices message therapy in the Eldorado area of Santa Fe, NM. (505) 466- 3227. General relaxation and overall well-being may be the most important results of massage for people living with cancer. In addition, manual lymph drainage can help redirect lymph flow in many conditions ranging from fibromyalgia to post-surgical edema.”
Dr. Jeffrey Meyer, D.O.M.
Jeffrey Meyer is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine specializing in Kototama Inochi Medicine. His holistic family-care practice focuses on treating you… the entire you, physically and emotionally. Dr. Meyer has been a New Mexico health care provider since 1992 and is credentialed with Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His office is located at 3 North Chamisa Drive, Suite #3 in the Eldorado area of Santa Fe, NM. (505) 466-2766.
Dr. Meyer spoke with us recently about his specific type of medical practice, Kototama Life Medicine. “What I am trying to do is not only promote this type of medicine, as something different than traditional Chinese medicine, but also teach younger students to take the responsibility of a life study, with no books, no anything, except treating people, using your intuition, understanding spirit, understanding this type of medicine, in an energetic way. True, life, energetic medicine. Through this process; through the reading of pulses, through the energetics of that individual person, (I can determine) what type of body work is good for that person; not for everybody, but for that person. If you come to me with a headache, energetically, I can determine whether that headache is psychological or physiological, or both. Is it from a past intestinal problem? Or is it psychological – is it stress, or anxiety? So when we treat – it is seriously one-onone. Every patient is their own individual, and they have their own reasons for being in the conditions that they are in – even if it is acute trauma – even if it is PTSD. That way, energetically, you are telling me what you want me to do to help you.”
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Upcoming events for January - February Los Alamos
Angel Fire Ski Area
February 6
January 30
January 21 at 7pm
3rd In Music Ski Santa Fe
Transworld TransAm Snowboarding Tour
Backcountry Film Festival
New to Angel Fire Resort, Transworld Snowboarding TransAm competition brings its 14th Annual Tour to New Mexico. This tour brings amateur riders from all over to progress the sport and continue to build the community’s comradery. Sweet prizes awarded, great exposure for up-and-coming riders, amazing unique features to ride, music and more are packed into this one-day of snowboarding.
The Reel Deal Theater
JJ and the Hooligans will entertain as the third in our winter concert series. The fun begins at Noon on the deck at Totemoff’s, our mid-mountain bar and grill. Your season pass or daily lift ticket will get you on the deck for the fun.
February 5-9
January 15-18
Mardi Gras Angel Fire
Winter Carnival
Celebrate Mardi Gras in Angel Fire with live music, parades, daily special activities and a masquerade ball.
Events include snowmobile races, snowman building, kid-friendly games and events, live music, shopping strolls, torchlight parades, fireworks, and more.
Feb 6
February 4-9
4th Brewski/In Music Ski Santa Fe
World Shovel Race Championships
Mardi Gras in the Mountains
Skiing and snowboarding not your thing? Join us for a fun-filled weekend of high-speed shovel racing and Mardi Gras celebrations.
Make no mistake: Red River knows how to celebrate Mardi Gras! Nothing is left out. The week is filled with costume balls, bead tossing, singing and dancing, Cajun and Creole gourmet delights, parades, kids costume contest, cajun cook-off, burning of the Loupgaru, crawfish boils, downhill gator race, and more! Start planning your costumes - the 2016 Mardi Gras theme will be “The Roaring 20’s.”
Join us for live music on the deck at Totemoff’s, our mid-mountain bar and grill. Soulfoundation will have you up and moving in your boots. Sip a special creation from a local breweries at our Brewski while enjoying the music.
Cerrillos Hills State Park January 23 at 11am
Winter Hike at Cerrillos Hills State Park Suffering from cabin fever? This hike will cure what ails you. Stretch your legs and learn the natural and cultural history of the Cerrillos Hills on this guided hike. The winter season is one of the best times of year to experience the Cerrillos Hills. Program starts promptly at 11am. Meet in the main parking lot, ½ mile north of Cerrillos village on County Road 59. $5 exact change cash or check per vehicle or free with a valid New Mexico State Parks pass. February 6
Bats at Cerrillos Hills State Park With more than 1,000 species spanning the globe, bats comprise 1/4 of the world’s mammal population. The only mammal that flies, these creatures have more in common with us than the mice they resemble. Program starts promptly at 2pm.
2551 Central Avenue, Los Alamos, NM
You will not want to miss this! The Backcountry Film Festival is back in Los Alamos again this year, and it promises to be an evening of entertainment, prizes, inspiration and fun. Red River Ski Area
Santa Fe January 23 from 12-3pm
2nd In Music Ski Santa Fe The second concert in our Winter Music Series is Mystic Vic Blues Band. Join them live on the deck at Totemoff’s, our mid-mountain bar and grill. Your daily lift ticket or season pass is your entry to the music. Also enjoy our first of three Brewskis with a local micro brew serving up a special brew.
Feb 6 at 7:45am
Santa Fe Fireball Rando Race A backcountry hiking/climbing ski event where racers challenge each other to hike and ski the most challenging terrain at Ski Santa Fe. The course will offer single track kick turns, groomer skinning and downhill, challenging downhill tree skiing, and a stunning technical bootpack up Big Rocks. February 20
March 5th
5th In Music Ski Santa Fe Our mid-mountain bar and grill, Totemoff’s is the place to enjoy live music on the mountain. Controlled Burn will play for the 5th concert in our Winter Music Series. Your Season Pass or daily lift ticket is your entry to the fun. Taos Ski Valley January 27-31
Taos Winter Wine Festival
February 4 at 7pm
The Taos Winter Wine Festival, occurring the last weekend in January, is a four day celebration of food and wine with participating local restaurants and over 40 national wineries.
Paula Poundstone at the Lensic
Visit www.taoswinterwinefest.com for more.
February 13
Valentine’s Hike For humans Valentine’s Day means flowers, chocolates and romantic candle lit dinners. In the animal kingdom most anything goes! On this guided hike we will learn about mating and reproductive behaviors of local wildlife - a new twist on the old birds and bees! Program starts promptly at 11 am. Meet in the main parking lot, ½ mile north of Cerrillos village on County Road 59. $5 exact change cash or check per vehicle or free with a valid New Mexico State Parks pass.
Photo from Angel Fire Ski Resort Website http://www.angelfireresort.com/event/2016-world-championship-shovel-races/
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Hi there. My name is Jefferson LaRouche, I’m 21, from Eldorado living in Albuquerque, and I’ve been a lifelong enthusiast for finding things out in the realms of physical science, astronomy, design, engineering, and technology surrounding these areas. And I mean lifelong. Growing up, my interests were space and building (or taking apart) things. When I was 7 I was a “tiger cub” of the Eldorado Elementary cub scouts (briefly) and we went to a radio station in Santa Fe, where they asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone else said something fairly rational for a seven or eight-year-old, but when it was my turn, I told them I wanted to be a rocket scientist or an engineer. While plans change, I’m still fascinated by the same topics to the point where it becomes tedious to listen to, so here’s my soapbox.
These days, there are too many radically amazing scientific discoveries and new innovations using those technologies in every field for the average person to consume, especially if they aren’t “plugged in” to technology every second of every day. Improvements to technology are definitely worth looking at, though most people don’t care enough to go searching. Essentially, instead of having to do research, I want to keep you up to date with some amazing things in the world now that make life easier for so many, and why you (or your offspring) should be interested. For this January / February issue, we’re talking about a fairly new technology that we’ve wanted for a long time and is finally here: 3D printing.
3D Printing?
Anything made in the last couple years has, somewhere in the process, been influenced by 3D printing. This has led to the creation of plastic sculptures all the way to preciselydesigned auto bodies, houses, whole human organs, computer chips, spacecraft parts, and even pizza.
3DPhotoWorks.com: An employee of 3D PhotoWorks shows an image of a 3D Mona Lisa
3D printing is an additive fabrication process, meaning after creating a model in a computer-aided-drafting software, a cube-shaped 3D printer takes some raw material, which can be anything from plastic to cell tissue, and prints the object layer by layer, just like an inkjet printer (but 3D). Older techniques involved shaping a block of material, then using a CNC machine and similar processes to subtract from the original substance, and were usually only done by companies who could afford heavy and expensive technology. Not only is this new way of making things ridiculously flexible in terms of the finished product, it’s very cheap compared to other manufacturing methods. 3D printer systems start in the $300 range, making it especially useful for students and tech startups. If you only need to print one part, many companies (like Sketchfab, www.sketchfab.com) allow you to upload a CAD model, then they print the model, and then ship it to you. Due to the accessibility of this technology, many people are creating tech startups with ideas that couldn’t have otherwise been manifested. Recently, a company called 3D PhotoWorks made a set of 3D prints of famous paintings contoured like an elevation map, so blind people can for the first time experience a huge part of human culture that we take for granted. It’s definitely a project worth visiting (online at www.3dphotoworks.com).
Find Out More
If you’re interested in the 3D printing technology, and want to learn more, or eve n be a part of the impeding industrial revolution that this technology is creating, check the Blinded with Science page online at http://thecorridornm.com/ blinded-with-science.I’ll be posting a lot of resources on how to get started with this fascinating technology, and some 3D models to look at (and print, if you’re so inclined).
3DPhotoWorks.com: “George Washington Crossing The Delaware as a 3D Tactile Fine Art Print”
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Cerrillos Hills State Park A Cultural-Historical Overview http://www.cerrilloshills.org/ history/a-cultural-historical-overview/
The early days of US Route 66 in New Mexico
As it moves across the State of New Mexico, U.S. Highway 66 generally follows the region’s traditional eastwest transportation corridor through the center of the State along the 35th Parallel. The topography of this route had always presented special challenges to New Mexican road builders even before the coming of Route 66 in 1926. New Mexico’s elevation along this path varies from a low of 3,800 feet at the Texas border to over 7,200 feet at the Continental Divide near Thoreau, creating a roadbed characterized by climbs, descents, switchbacks and cuts. These topographical conditions were especially daunting considering that until the 1930s, much of the road construction was done by human and animal muscle. The Big Cut north of Albuquerque and the La Bajada Hill switchbacks south of Santa Fe are testaments to these challenges--and achievements--of early road building in New Mexico. Despite considerable progress after achieving statehood in 1912, New Mexico could boast of only 28 miles of hardened pavement. The rest of the roads had surfaces of gravel, rock or unimproved dirt. In addition, many of the bridges along New Mexico’s roads at this time were constructed of untreated timber or creosote coated timber. These less than modern conditions did not stem the increasing traffic flow across the State during the first years of Route 66. The mid-1920s witnessed the convergence of powerful social and economic trends that set the nation in motion as never before. The creation of Route 66 and a Federal highway system in 1926 coincided with the beginning of widespread automobile ownership and the rise of automobile tourism. Aided by private and civic booster organizations alert to these trends, the sparsely populated but visually stunning New Mexico became a major beneficiary of these developments. New Mexico Route 66 became fully modernized during the Great Depression, as the Federal Government undertook massive public spending programs, many of which concentrated on road building. Between 1933 and 1941, New Mexico was a major recipient of these funds. Starting with the National Recovery Act of 1933, which allotted the State nearly six million dollars for road work, New Mexico received millions of Federal dollars throughout the 1930s and early 1940s for road con-
Glenrico to San Jon 1920s timber bridge National Park Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program struction and modernization projects that included new bridges, paving, grade crossing elimination, and roadway straightening. In the midst of these New Deal efforts, the year 1937 stands out as a milestone in the history of Route 66 in New Mexico. In that year, New Mexico’s section of the highway was significantly shortened and straightened by eliminating the major exception to the State’s east-west course: a giant S shaped detour in the center of the State that ran northwest from the eastern town of Santa Rosa to Romeroville and Santa Fe, and then south (through Albuquerque) to Los Lunas. At that point, the road turned once again in a northwesterly direction toward Laguna Pueblo, where it finally resumed its western direction. The new alignment shortened the road, reducing Route 66’s total New Mexican mileage from 506 to 399 miles, and routed the highway directly on an east-west axis through Albuquerque and its famous Central Avenue. By the end of 1937, the paving of Route 66 throughout the entire State was complete, making Route 66 New Mexico’s first fully paved highway.
Pottery shards found in the Cerrillos Hills Over the last thousand years the Cerrillos Hills, with its tricultural history, have held an unusually important place in the history of the American Southwest. The Cerrillos Hills turquoise and lead deposits played a central role in the commerce and economy of the prehistoric Indians of the greater Rio Grande Valley, and it is probable that these mineral deposits influenced the early Spanish explorations and settlement of New Mexico. Pottery sherds found in the Cerrillos Hills date the use of the mineral resources from about AD 900, and the Hills are the source of much of the lead that was used for glaze paint by Rio Grande Pueblo potters between AD 1300 and 1700. Analysis of the sherds in the Cerrillos Hills indicated a large portion of them came from the nearby San Marcos Pueblo, which between the middle 1300s and the middle 1400s was the major center of pottery-making in the upper Middle Rio Grande Valley. Archaeological sites present today and associated with the Puebloan mining activities in the Hills include turquoise pits, quarries, lead or galena mines, refining areas, workshops, hearths, campsites, and sherd areas. The Mina del Tiro, on private property adjacent to the CHSP lands, is perhaps one of the most ancient and longest-worked galena lode mines in the New World. There are numerous sites on the Park lands that are registered with the Museum of New Mexico’s Laboratory of Anthropology, including three prehistoric stone rings and a petroglyph at the summit of Grand Central Mountain.
The spending priorities and civilian travel restrictions of the Second World War cut short the economic upswing that emerged in the wake of the New Deal improvements. The postwar explosion in travel and transport, which launched Route 66 into its golden age, proved a double-edged sword. Despite heroic attempts to keep abreast of the surging traffic flow of the 1950s through road widening and new alignments, the Mother Road’s days as a national highway were numbered.
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Santa Fe Trail National Scenic Byway sign in Wagon Mound, New Mexico
Wagon Mound to Cimarron While heading north or south on I-25 between Colorado and Santa Fe, take this historic side trip to explore the Santa Fe Trail and the Maxwell Land Grant. This trip will start from the south, working north, but it’s easy to flip the trip to be southbound. Beginning in Wagon Mound, the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail is visible around town. The trail stopped outside of what was to become Wagon Mound at the Santa Clara Spring Campsite, located 2 miles NW of Wagon Mound. The town itself was officially founded when the railroad came through in 1881.
The old Mills Mansion Springer, New Mexico
The next town along our route (north on I-25) is Springer. Springer is located along the Santa Fe Trail and was officially founded in 1879 when the railroad came through. The Old County Courthouse houses the Santa Fe Trail Museum and historic society. Check for current hours (575) 483-2682. The town of Springer has a number of small antique shops, a local grocery store, and a few restaurants and lodging options. Near town is the Mills Mansion, built by Melvin Mills, a local lawyer and politician who owned a large fruit ranch. This 3 story adobe territorial style mansion had 20 rooms and a wrap-around porch. It is currently closed and for sale. Just north of Springer is Russells Truck Stop, a must stop place on the drive along I-25. They always have a number of collectible cars inside as well as everything from drinks to snacks to souvenirs.
Santa Fe Trail Museum Springer, New Mexico
Russell’s Travel Center - North of Springer, New Mexico at the Cimarron exit on I-25
Signs in Springer, NM a crossroads along the Santa Fe Trail
The historic Brown Hotel - Springer, New Mexico
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From Russells take I-25 exit 140 along NM 58 about 19 miles toward Cimarron, NM. About one mile north of the town of Cimarron traces of the Santa Fe Trail can be seen from the highway. Cimarron NM has 14 historical sites, close to Cimarron Canyon SP, Philmont Scout Ranch and has a number of art galleries/studios. Visit the Santa Fe Trail Byway Interpretive Center and the Cimarron Visitor Center in town
for more information on the area. Nearby Philmont Scout Ranch has museums and historic sites, as well as portions of the SF Trail and some ancestral puebloan archaeological sites. In the summer months Philmont hosts thousands of Boy Scouts for adventure based treks and camping trips.
Scenes in and around Cimarron, New Mexico
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FOOD Tea Rant – by Emily Aguero OH. MY. GOD!!! I have just tasted heaven. Who knew??? Celestial Seasonings has a tea called "Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride" and you would have thought it was filled with artificial junk and sugar, right? Wrong! It is from: milk thistle, roasted barley, orange peel, natural flavors and vanilla bean!! And it is sooooo good!!! Really does taste like a sugar cookie...and some of your favorite sweetener (Stevia for me) and you've got it! Delightfulness in a cup. Okay, tea rant over.
Restaurants to check out: Pho Kim Santa Fe Great Pho and Vietnamese cuisine. Take out Pho came with broth and meat/veggies packaged separately to heat up at home. 919 W Alameda St, Santa Fe (505) 820-677 Bourbon Grill Santa Fe Steakhouse dinner menu, $19.95 14 oz Prime Rib dinner is the best and tasty bar items include Teriyaki Steak Skewers, Spinach & Cheese Balls and burgers. They have added a daily Happy Hour from 4-6 and a Sunday Champagne Brunch http://m.mainstreethub.com/bourbongrill https://www.facebook.com/Bourbon-Grill-918593688234018
104B Old Las Vegas Highway, Santa Fe (505) 984-8000 The Gorge Bar and Grill Taos On the Historic Taos Plaza Awesome Spicy Green Chile Sirloin Stew, Hawaiian Ono Tacos and Green Chile Cheese Melt. Sit at the bar if there is a wait for the main dining room. http://thegorgebarandgrill.com 103 East Plaza, Taos 575-758-8866
BOOKS What’s “Creative”? ‘What’s “Nonfiction”? What’s in a Name? Take your choice... by Marty Gerber Marty Gerber is the editor and co-owner of Terra Nova Books. Once upon a time in the world of writing, a work could be “fact” (e.g., Gibbon’s History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”) or “fiction” (Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar). But over time, suspects came along for whom life was somewhat fuzzier than this (Truman Capote and Tom Wolfe to name a couple of esteemed practitioners). So what’s in the middle? It’s this thing called “creative nonfiction.” And the definition? The parameters? Well, that shifts back into this sphere of fuzziness referred to above.
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Rule No. 1 is that you can’t make things up. So that’s what you start with: facts. This earns you the freedom to fancy up those facts with “the techniques of fiction.” The antithesis is the encyclopedia; the model is the novel, or at least the short story. Build your tale around scenes (which is the basis of “show, don’t tell” anyway). Dialogue, description, detail all become bricks that add the “creative” to your structure. But what’s become the essential element is point of view—the writer’s individual “voice,” unique and unlike the way anyone else would tell the same story. Done right, what results is vivid, compelling, a work as enthralling as the best fiction. But as we sit hunched over the keyboard—immersed in information, struggling to shape it—that first step we take on the slippery slope can be mighty hard to notice. Of course, there’s no license to lie. But how seductive the little white kind can be! (I’m only changing the quote a bit to make the point he intended. I’m simply clarifying what she must have been thinking.) It’s been a long time now since quantum physics taught us that data can’t be gathered independent of the person doing the gathering. But if I, the writer, need to be some part of what I’m writing, what part is the right part? Just because the fellow I interviewed is a sleaze and an asshole, I don’t get a permit to flatly say that. Instead, I need to subtly guide my reader to the same conclusion through selective inclusion, exclusion, editing (manipulation? distortion?) of his words. That’s being “creative,” right? Recent years have been generous with sad examples of writers convinced by hubris that all it took to make their fictions “fact” was to label it that. But for each one of those unmasked, how many still fool us?
when the newspaper business was giving me paychecks, its Bible was “objectivity.” Eventually folks realized humans were as capable of achieving this as reaching the moon by flapping their arms. Then the mantra became “fairness”: We lay out all the relevant facts and opinions, and readers will magically assemble from them the realworld knowledge they need. It sounds like a wonderful idea— simply do an easy values-otomy on the disseminators of those facts and opinions, a careful surgical incision to remove all personal attitudes toward the information as well as all desire and power to make judgments. Sure gets my vote! So where does this all leave us when we start a book of nonfiction, creative or otherwise? As readers, I’d hope it’s in the armchair of the skeptic while we turn those pages (physically or electronically), knowing the writer did her or his best in the doomed effort to transcend bias and imperfection. And as writers, we’re in exactly the same place as the people we see pushing the rock up that Sisyphean hill to give the world the gifts of peace, justice, and compassion: Likely to succeed or not, we’re all just doing what we have to. This, I guess, is the inherent advantage fiction has over nonfiction: Fact doesn’t have to get in the way of truth. I’ve seen creative nonfiction called “the literature of reality,” and I like the phrase. Nevertheless, the idea of an absolute reality equally perceivable to everyone on Planet Earth seems pretty fictitious to me. But your reality and my reality and his reality and her reality and those other folks’ reality just might add up to a semblance of the way things actually are that’s as close as we can humanly come—if each of us is alert and aware enough to see it. Given the limits the metaphorical God built into our species, it’s probably the best we can do.
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Santa Fe Trail Association Student Photo Contest The education committee of the Santa Fe Trail Association is sponsoring a photography contest for students. The digital pictures must be related to the Santa Fe Trail. Awards will be presented at the Santa Fe Trail Rendezvous September 24, 2016, at Larned, Kansas.
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The History of the Santa Fe Trail Between 1821 and 1880, the Santa Fe Trail was primarily a commercial highway connecting Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico. From 1821 until 1846, it was an international commercial highway used by Mexican and American traders. In 1846, the MexicanAmerican War began. The Army of the West followed the Santa Fe Trail to invade New Mexico. When the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war in 1848, the Santa Fe Trail became a national road connecting the United States to the new southwest territories. Commercial freighting along the trail continued, including considerable military freight hauling to supply the southwestern forts. The trail was also used by stagecoach lines, thousands of gold seekers heading to the California and Colorado gold fields, adventurers, fur trappers, and emigrants. In 1880 the railroad reached Santa Fe and the trail faded into history. From NPS http://www.nps.gov/safe/learn/historyculture
There are two age-level divisions for the contest, fifth through eighth grades and ninth through twelfth grades. Photos will need to fit the following categories of the Santa Fe Trail: landscape of sites, building sites, Trail-related museums, geocache sites, and special events along the Trail; for example re-enactors, wagons, and mule or oxen teams. Send your digital photo to Chris Day, dosdays2@gmail.com. Along with thephoto, include a paragraph with your name, phone number, location, and description of the site, plus a few sentences about your interaction with the site. The entrance deadline is September 1, 2016 Visit http://www.santafetrail.org for more information
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December’s Coloring Contest Winner is Megan Torivio. Way to go, Megan!
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