September 2016

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Serving the Com munities of North Central New Mexico

IN THIS ISSUE:

From The Editor Feature - History of Wine and Chile in New Mexico Community Spotlight-Quilts, Biodynamics, Qigong The Trowel - Late Summer Gardening Upcoming Events in September Art & Culture - A Cascade of Artists’ Studio Tours

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Blinded with Science - Flipping Crystals Tales of the Trails - Picuris Pueblo Side Trips - An overnight adventure in Ruidoso Bits & Bites - The Compound Restaurant in Santa Fe Acorn’s Corner - Communities in Schools, Fun days in September, other surprises

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A Chile Story:

The origins of chile production and use in northern New Mexico (Excerpted from http://newmexicohistory.org/people/chile-roasting-in-newmexico - a publication of the New Mexico Office of the State Historian) When driving around New Mexico in the fall, perhaps one of the most welcome sights is the big roasters spinning green chile. New Mexicans relish the smoky chile scent in the air and look forward to their enchiladas smothered in red or green chile. Moreover, many New Mexicans and tourists often stop to buy the bright red chile ristras hanging on the road side. Although many know that chile is currently one of New Mexico’s most lucrative crops, they may not realize that chile has a long history in the state. In examining Chimayó chile, for example, one can trace the history of the Spaniards’ arrival to New Mexico, how the Pueblo people adopted it as their own, and how it became an integral part of life in northern New Mexico.

When the Spaniards arrived in the New World, they encountered new agricultural wonders grown by the Native Americans. Chief among these wonders was maize. Other foodstuffs included American beans, tomatoes, and squashes. But it was ají, also known as chile, that became such an important crop to the future inhabitants of Chimayó. Spaniards quickly adopted the fiery chile into their diet and when they left the Valley of Mexico and began to explore the vast continent, they brought chile seeds with them.

The conquistador Don Juan de Oñate, who came to New Mexico in 1598, hoped to strike silver and to develop a major mining and smelting industry. But until that occurred, he knew that survival depended on the ability of his colony to produce foodstuffs. He therefore included seeds and livestock in his inventory. The Spaniards introduced crops, traídas de Castilla (brought from Castile), such as wheat, barley, cabbage, onions, lettuce, radishes, cantaloupes, and watermelons. They also brought crops native to Mexico which had not been grown before on the upper Rio Grande: Mexican varieties of beans, tomatoes, cultivated tobacco, a new variety of corn, and chile.

Since Oñate and his men never did find the sought-after metals, agriculture and livestock raising became the mainstays of the colonial New Mexican economy. Over the course of the century, the Pueblo people adopted these new crops making them an essential part of their diet.

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The Chili Line - Circa 1921 - Taos Junction, NM www.taosnews.com

The “Chile Line” railroad D&RG founder General William Palmer’s dream had been for his Denver & Rio Grande to grow into a narrow-gauge system stretching from Denver to Mexico City. The line south from Alamosa to Santa Fe was a stepping stone on the way to realizing that dream—but after the loss of Raton Pass to and the conflict at Royal Gorge with the Santa Fe, and the subsequent “Treaty of Boston” which effectively ceded northern New Mexico to the ATSF, the Rio Grande turned its attention to the rich mining territory in western Colorado, with the intended line to Santa Fe terminated at Espanola.

It took a third party to step in and complete the line the DRG had originally planned. After several financial reversals, the Texas, Santa Fe & Northern railroad company completed the line from Santa Fe to Espanola in January 1887. After a few more years the Denver & Rio Grande obtained control and the completed line officially became the Santa Fe Branch. Unofficially, though—well, with the sparse freight traffic on the line, one cargo that was worthy of notice and consistent enough to be depended upon was the chili peppers which were grown by the farmers along the line. Hence the Santa Fe Branch is better known to history as the “Chili Line” (or Chile Line).

The Chili Line was never a great revenue producer, and while it was more direct (by 79 miles) than the Santa Fe’s roundabout route via Lamy and La Junta, it suffered under the speed and capacity limitations imposed by its narrow gauge right-of-way.

By 1941, a prospective passenger seeking to travel from the capital of New Mexico to the capital of Colorado could choose to embark upon the all-day and all-night odyssey shown above. Or, he could spend a full working day followed by time for dinner in Santa Fe, ride to Lamy in a new air-conditioned bus, board the eastbound California Limited at 7:40 p.m., spend the night, whether in coach or sleeper, in air-conditioned comfort—and arrive in Denver at about the same time as the traveler who had embarked on the Chili Line the previous morning. Not surprisingly, only the most rabid narrow-gauge fans sought out the Chili Line—and there weren’t enough of them to keep it in business. The Chili Line closed for good in September of 1941. http://www.streamlinerschedules.com/ concourse/track12/chililine194106.html

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Some of the new colonists settled in Chimayó in 1695 near the villa of Santa Cruz de la Cañada, also established in 1695.

These settlers found themselves in almost the same situation as the Spanish settlers of one hundred years earlier. Establishing irrigation and crops took time, and until that time came, the settlers depended on their neighbors for survival. The desperate straits of the people did not last long and the people of Chimayó successfully established an agricultural economy. By 1776, the Chimayosos grew their own chile and no longer relied on their neighbors.

Over two hundred years later, out of all the crops grown in Chimayó, the most important crop was chile, with fully one-third of the land under cultivation given over to its production. Everyone who owned irrigable land grew chile. The chile from Chimayó was and is special. It is small and crooked with a very thin skin. It has a sweet flavor and ranges from mild to hot. It owes its singularity to the unique growing conditions of the region: rugged terrain, unpredictable weather patterns, and the short growing season. Chimayosos did not only serve it up with their meals, but used it for medicinal purposes. For treating colds and sore throats, they crushed the chile and ate it alone without any other food.

In the fall, Chimayosos needed to prepare the chile for market. Making ristras involved tying the chile onto a long string. In most cases, this task was a communal event, a time when the residents came together to work and to exchange stories and news.

At the turn of the twentieth century, Chimayó’s economy remained dependant on small-scale agriculture. Due to the importance of chile in the Chimayosos’ diet and of its value to people in neighboring villages and cities, farmers continued to till their huertas (chile fields). During the Great Depression, Chimayosos used chile as a means of obtaining goods from local merchants. In the 1930s local retailers, such as the Bond and Nohl’s store in Española, traded about 60,000 ristras. Using the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Bond and Nohl’s shipped the chile out to destinations throughout the West.

Chimayosos, with cash and/or chile in hand, went to local stores such as Bond and Nohl’s to buy food, clothing, shoes, cooking pots, and farm equipment. If Bond and Nohl’s rejected some of the chile ristras, the farmers took the rejects and other produce to trade in other communities. They traded the chile in Mora, Peñasco, Truchas, Taos, Chacón, and Chamisal. In Mora, for example, in exchange for the chile, Chimayosos received queso de cabra (goat cheese), potatoes, and mutton.

The people of Truchas and Peñasco received chile in exchange for wheat and potatoes.

Since World War II (WWII), fewer and fewer people produce chile in Chimayó.

Nevertheless, the old strain of Chimayó chile remains a vibrant reminder of the shared agricultural history of the original Spanish settlers and the Native Americans.

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GRAPES OF NECESSITY - WINE IN NEW MEXICO THEN AND NOW Excerpted from the book “Four Corners Vineyards and Wineries” Copyright 2009 by Starley Talbot - used by permission. Book available on Amazon.com

New Mexico is said to be the oldest grape growing region in the United States. Spanish missionaries planted vineyards with Mission grapes and made wine to fill their need for sacramental wine. In 1598, Don Juan de Onate led a small band of Spanish colonists from New Spain (modern Mexico) northward, up the trail that became known as El Camino Real (the Royal Road).

These colonists settled the fertile valley of the Rio Grande, in what is now New Mexico, where they established their farms.

Franciscan monks accompanied the settlers to minister their spiritual needs and to bring the “Holy Faith” to the Indians.

These monks celebrated mass every day, where it was necessary to serve wine, representing the blood of Christ. The wine had to be shipped from Spain to Mexico, then carted a thousand miles by ox-cart to the new settlements. Spanish government officials, concerned about protecting revenues from the wine trade with the colonists, prohibited the raising of grapes and making wine in the New World. This ban was in effect for more than 150 years. However, in the remote regions of the Spanish Empire, including New Mexico and Arizona, the Catholic church chose to ignore the ban.

The first grapevines planted in what is now New Mexico were brought in 1629 to Senecu, an Indian pueblo, south of the present day town of Socorro. The cuttings that were brought by the missionaries were a variety of Vitis vinifera, commonly called Mission grape. Historians think it is a European variety from Spain, called Monica.

Vineyards and wineries grew and continued to prosper in New Mexico until the late 1800’s. By the early 1900’s the weather, including frequent floods on the Rio Grande, and the proliferation of California wineries, contributed to New Mexico’s wine industry. When prohibition was enacted in 1919, making the production of wine illegal, most wineries ceased production; although a few vineyards and wineries continued to operate despite the ban.

By the time Prohibition was repealed in 1934 these wineries found that they could not compete with wine from California. In 1943 the greatest Rio Grande floods of the century destroyed vineyards throughout New Mexico wine country, basically ending the wine business in New Mexico.

Wine production did not revive in New Mexico until 1977, when New Mexico’s oldest contemporary winery, La Vina, was founded. In the 1980s European investors, attracted by low-cost land, planted thousands of grapes in southern New Mexico. Many of these vineyards failed, due to weather, disease and marketing problems. By 1990 other vineyards were planted, and wineries opened throughout New Mexico. Wine festivals were established to aid in marketing and the new wine industry in New Mexico began to blossom.

New Mexico has three areas that have been designated as an “appellation”.

These are Mesilla Valley, Middle Rio Grande Valley and Mimbres Valley. An appellation is a wine-growing region with officially recognized boundaries. Appellation designations are required on wine labels to identify the origin of the grapes used in making the wine.

In North America there are three classes of appellations: states/provinces and counties, as well as more specifically defined actual growing conditions, known as American Viticultural Areas (AVAs). However, New Mexico has divided the state into designated “wine trails” for tourism purposes – these are the Northern Wine Trail., Central Wine Trail, Southeast Wine Trail and the Southern Wine Trail.

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FROM THE EDITOR This cool, rainy August seems to have us all a bit out of sorts, but maybe in a good way. Our monsoons this year came a month late, which threw off all of the usual growing cycles. In spite of this, year to year New Mexicans have learned to adapt and provide for themselves in our normally arid climate in some remarkable ways.

Our feature this month looks at the history of wine and chile growing in New Mexico. It may be surprising to some to learn that the cultivation of wine grapes in New Mexico dates back to the late 16th century, when Spanish missionaries planted grape vines from Spain in order to grow the grapes that they needed for their sacramental wines. Concurrent to this undertaking, chiles, which are native to Mexico but not to New Mexico, became an important crop for the Spanish and Native Americans in New Mexico, with the first plantings in northern New Mexico, specifically in the region of Chimayo. See pages 2 and 3 for more about this historical perspective on New Mexican agriculture.

This month we present information about a number of events, including a Quilt Fiesta, an upcoming conference on Biodynamics, and a new addition to the Galisteo area; the Center for Wisdom Healing Qigong Center.

September also begins the cascade of Fall artists’ studio tours in New Mexico, with no less than 11 different artists’ studio tours taking place between labor Day weekend and the first weekend in October, with 2 weekends devoted to the High Road artists’ studio tour.

We have made a departure this month by introducing an overnight “Side Trip” getaway. This month we look at a weekend away to Ruidoso and Lincoln County, New Mexico, home to Ruidoso Downs horse racing, Smokey Bear and the infamous Lincoln County War of “Billy the Kid” fame.

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Wine & Chile in New Mexico

Photo by Marc-Paul LaRouche Wine courtesy of Black Mesa Vineyards - Velarde, NM

IN THIS ISSUE - SEPTEMBER, 2016 - VOLUME 2 NUMBER 8 FRONT PAGE 2 Wine & Chile in New Mexico - a brief history 3 Wine & Chile in New Mexico - a brief history 4 From the Editor - Focus on Fall, Art Events, Back to school 5 Spotlights - Quilt Fiesta, Biodynamics in Santa Fe, Qigong in Galisteo 6 The Hammer & The Trowel - Late Summer gardening 7 Health & Wellness - Avoiding the Monday Blues 8 - 9 September calendar of events 10 Art and Culture - A cascade of Artists’ Studio Tours 11 Tales of the Trails - Picuris Pueblo 12 Blinded With Science - “Flipping Crystals” 13 Side Trips - An overnight escape to Ruidoso, New Mexico 14 Bits & Bites - Anna visits “The Compound” in Santa Fe 15 Acorn’s Corner - Communities in schools 16 The Corridor Back Page Editor/Publisher- Marc-Paul LaRouche Assistant Editor- Deborah A. LaRouche Graphics and Website Editor- Jefferson Pierre LaRouche Associate Editor: Tish Morgan Contributors: Milicent McFarland, Anna Soeiro

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Featured on our September cover is wine from Black Mesa Winery in Velarde, NM. The winery is located in scenic Northern New Mexico’s Velarde Valley on Highway 68 between Santa Fe and Taos.

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Karl Johnsen - Winemaker Karl learned about wine as an exchange student in Europe three decades ago, visiting vineyards and wineries in Austria, Italy, Germany and France. He grew up in a brewery town (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), and to this day recalls the aromas wafting from the Red Star Yeast factory. He also lived and worked in the Napa Valley before moving to New Mexico, and has taken wine chemistry and viticulture classes at Napa Valley College and UC Davis. He is one of fewer than 150 people internationally to pass the Advanced Wine Sensory Exam at UCD, qualifying him to judge wine at the California State Fair, one of the longest-running and most prestigious wine competitions in the Western US.

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Biodynamic Association hosts 2016 North American Biodynamic Conference Tierra Viva: Farming the Living Earth November 16-20, Santa Fe, N.M.

Hundreds of farmers, gardeners, educators, activists, and stewards of the earth from across the continent and beyond will gather November 16-20 for the Biodynamic Association’s 2016 North American Biodynamic Conference at the Santa Fe Convention Center on 201 W. Marcy St. in Santa Fe, NM. This year’s theme, Tierra Viva: Farming the Living Earth, illustrates how a living approach to agriculture allows humanity to collaborate with the planet to create healthy, living, vibrant landscapes and nourishing food. The

conference is grounded both in the local culture of New Mexico and in the global culture of biodynamics, which has been practiced around the world for nearly a century.

Biodynamics is a holistic, ecological, and ethical approach to farming, gardening, food, and nutrition. First developed in the early 1920s by Austrian writer, educator, and social activist Rudolf Steiner, the biodynamic movement has grown to encompass thousands of successful gardens, farms, vineyards, and agricultural operations of all kinds and sizes, on all continents, and in a wide variety of ecological and economic settings.

The Biodynamic Conference is held in a different region of North America every two years and of-

fers an unparalleled opportunity to delve into biodynamic and regenerative agriculture. Ten inspiring keynote speakers from within and beyond the biodynamic community will share their groundbreaking work from all over the globe. More than 50 workshops will explore topics like Biodynamic Permaculture, Collaborative Farming, Holistic Landscape Ecology, The Spirit of Healing Plants, and Water Resilience on the Farm. The conference programming also features a field day at two local farms; hands-on learning opportunities; a celebratory food, wine, and cider tasting; film screenings; a seed exchange; mixers and meetups; exhibits; artistic performances; festive music and dancing; and local, Biodynamic®, and organic foods.

Newcomers to biodynamics will find plenty of sessions to learn the fundamentals of biodynamic

farming and gardening, and there will be many opportunities to learn about other regenerative approaches including permaculture, traditional Native American and Aztec farming, holistic management, and more. Many workshops will also address the community, economic and social justice aspects of growing a healthy food system. Families and children are welcome: there is a full schedule of workshops for children ages five to fifteen, including nature awareness, music, and art.

Interested participants can join the Biodynamic Conference this November at the Santa Fe Convention Center on 201 W. Marcy St. in Santa Fe. Registration began June 15, 2016.

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The Center for Wisdom Healing Qigong Opening in Galisteo, N.M.

by Debra Rosenman

Internationally recognized qigong teacher and healer Master Mingtong Gu is opening the Center for Wisdom Healing Qigong in Galisteo, New Mexico on October 1. A manifestation of Master Gu’s longheld dream, this qigong retreat center will be a place where people from around the world gather to awaken and heal their body, mind, and heart through the daily practices and teachings of Wisdom Healing Qigong. This is a continuation and expansion of the world’s largest medicine-less qigong center, the venerable Huaxia Zhineng Qigong Training and Recovery Center in China.

Situated on seventy-nine acres carpeted with ancient cottonwood trees, a fishpond, labyrinths, and a striking circular building set into the earth—reminiscent of sacred underground ceremonial kivas— this site invokes both heaven and

earth with its beauty, quality of light, and potential gateway to health.

Inaugural festivities begin with An Evening of Wisdom Healing Qigong with Master Gu on Friday, September 30, at the Santa Fe Community College. The Grand Opening Ceremony takes place the next day, Saturday, October 1, followed by a community potluck, world kirtan music, and Dances of Universal Peace. Completing the weekend on Sunday, October 2, Master Gu will be teaching an all-day qigong workshop at the new center.

Information about the Grand Opening weekend festivities: www.ChiCenter.com.

Questions: admin@chicenter.com or 707-347-6489.

Debra Rosenman is a writer, media consultant, Certified Rubenfeld Synergist, Somatic Archaeologist, and a Wisdom Healing Qigong teacher. Her first book, The Chimpanzee Chronicles, will be published in 2017.

The art of quilting will be on colorful display at Quilt Fiesta Santa Fe, the biennial show produced by the Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild (NNMQG), October 7 to 9, at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy Street, Santa Fe.

Quilting has changed significantly since the art form’s revival in the mid-1970s. Today’s quilters have access to an array of contemporary fabrics, new tools and techniques, including digital options, and are as likely to be creating artworks for the wall as modern bed quilts. Quilt Fiesta Santa Fe will give visitors an opportunity to see a full range of today’s finest quilts. In addition, 36 vendors will offer products from fabrics, patterns and books to sewing machines and quilting frames. A special Quilt Fiesta gift shop will showcase one-of-a-kind items made by guild members — the perfect opportunity to get a jump

on holiday gift buying.

In September, the Guild presented 96 twin-sized quilts to the New Mexico School for the Deaf — enough to cover every bed in the school. Students were able to choose their own quilts, which they take with them upon graduation as a personal gift from NNMQG. Later this year, 128 Quilts of Valor will be presented to NM National Guard members returning from deployment overseas, bringing the total of quilts presented by NNMQG to military veterans to 350.

Quilt Fiesta Santa Fe will be open Friday, October 7, 12 noon to 7 pm; Saturday, October 8, 10 am to 7 pm, and Sunday, October 9, 10 am to 4 pm.

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The Trowel Late Summer Gardening

August is in full swing and plants are going gangbusters! Our late rains and cooler temps have stimulated growth.

Suyo cucumbers for pickling

After worrying whether or not we would get any cucumbers, since something was munching on the plants, we now have more cukes than we can eat. We may end up doing some pickles--although we probably have about 24 jars of Bread and Butter Pickles (our favorite) in backstock. We grow Suyo, a variety that produces long cukes with a clean, crisp taste, no bitterness. And they slice nicely via a food processor if you are making pickles.

We peel ours before eating them raw--though some folks don’t. Right now we are eating multiple cukes every day as well as making jars of refrigerator pickles.

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We have been enjoying our cabbages. They are so beautiful and unbelievably crisp and crunchy. One problem we have after the recent rains is splitting. The ripe heads sometimes split open, which requires immediate harvesting as bugs or disease can enter. We grow a mix of early round cabbages and later-developing, pointy-headed ones. All of these cabbages have their unique flavors.

Millie’s Late Summer Garden in Eldorado The tomatoes are setting on and only beginning to ripen. The small cherry varieties are ripening first with their intense flavor—perfect for salads. The larger varieties are still green, but hopefully we will be enjoying them soon.

This is our second year for growing Poblanos, those dark green, almost black, oblong semi-hot peppers, which when dried are called Ancho. We have a few dried ones from last season that we still plan to grind into powder. http://culinaryarts.about.com/od/ glossary/g/Poblano.htm

Dividing Irises: Away from the veggie garden, other chores await, including dividing Iris rhizomes. The goal is both to share favorite varieties with friends and give more breathing room to the plants, so they will not get so overcrowded that they stop blooming.

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Here are 11 ways to beat (or avoid) the dreaded Monday Blues: 1. Identify the problem. If you have the Monday Blues most weeks, then this is not something you should laugh off or just live with. It’s a significant sign that you are unhappy at work and you need to fix it or move on and find another job.

Sara Sutton Fell, CEO and founder of FlexJobs, suggests making a list of the things that are bringing you down in your job ...clarifying what is bothering you can help you try to be active in finding solutions.

It’s a way of empowering you to take charge and try to improve the situation.”

Kjerulf says if you only suffer the occasional bout of mild Monday Blues, then you can do some things to successfully cheer yourself and others up on an otherwise dreary Monday.

2. Prepare for Monday on Friday. “Mondays can be extra stressful from work that has potentially piled up from the previous week and, for many, can be challenging to jump right back in,” Kahn says. To help combat that Monday morning anxiety, be sure to leave yourself as few dreadful tasks as possible on Friday afternoon, Friedman says. “By taking care of the things you least want to handle at the end of one work week, you’re making the start of the next that much better.”

If you do have any unpleasant tasks awaiting your attention Monday morning, get them done as early as possible so that you don’t spend the rest of the day “feeling as if there’s a black cloud hanging over your head,” she says. “Make that uncomfortable phone call, resolve that outstanding issue, or clean up that mess that’s waiting for you.

You’ll feel a lot better once it’s over.”

3. Make a list of the things you’re excited about. “We often look at the week ahead of us and think of all the tough stuff we have to do and the difficult tasks ahead of us,” Kjerulf says. “Turn that

around. Sunday evening, make a list of three things you look forward to at work that week. This might put you in a more positive mood. If you can’t think of three things you look forward to, that might be an indication that you need to make some changes.”

4. Unplug for the weekend. If possible, try to avoid checking work e-mail or voicemail over the weekend, especially if you’re not going to respond until Monday anyway, Friedman says. “It can be tempting to know what’s waiting for you, but drawing clearly defined boundaries between work and personal time can help keep things in check. When you leave the office on Friday, leave your office problems there and focus on enjoying your time off. Sometimes going back to work on Monday feels especially frustrating because you let it creep into your off-time, and so it never even feels like you had a weekend at all.”

5. Get enough sleep and wake up early. “Go to bed a little early on Sunday night and be sure to get enough sleep so that you wake up feeling well-rested,” Friedman says. Moreover, although it might seem counter-intuitive, waking up an extra 15 to 30 minutes early on Monday morning can actually make going back to the office easier. “Having a little more ‘me time’ instead of feeling like you’re trapped in a time crunch can make that transition a little easier,” she says. “Taking the time to enjoy a healthy breakfast, do some exercises, or take the dog for a walk can help you feel more centered for the rest of the day, and can help you remember that you’re not a robot who just sleeps and works.”

6. Dress for success. “Dress up, perk up and show up ready to be positive and help others be positive,” Shane says. “Be the light and energy that makes others have a better day. Show and share your spirit, charisma and vibe and make yourself magnetic.” Kahn agrees, suggesting you use Monday as the day to wear your favorite new out-

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fit. This can help build your confi- 9. Keep your Monday schedule dence around the office and might light. Knowing that Mondays are get you a few compliments from traditionally busy days at the ofco-workers, he says. Sutton Fell fice, a good strategy is keep you also says when you look good, you Monday schedule as clear as posfeel good. “Feeling good about sible, Kahn says. “When you’re yourself is half of the battle on planning meetings ahead, try to Monday mornings, because rather schedule them for Tuesdays and than being deflated by work you Wednesdays. This will help you to want to face it with confidence.” come into Monday with more ease 7. Be positive. Start the week out from the weekend.” Furthermore, with an “attitude of gratitude,” instead of tackling the biggest and Kahn says. “Take time to recog- most complicated tasks early on nize and appreciate the things that Monday, take some time for easiyou enjoy about work.” This starts er, more routine stuff, Kjerulf says. before you even get to work. To “This might get you up and runpump yourself up on your way ning and give you the energy for in to work, try listening to your the hairier tasks.” favorite songs, Friedman says. But beware: If you have too much “Think about the type of playlist free time—you’ll sit around “feelyou would create for a workout, ing blue,” Shane says. and incorporate that same up- 10. Have fun at work! Take it beat, high-energy music into your upon yourself to do things that morning preparation or commute.” you enjoy in the office on Mon‘When you get to the office, do day, Kahn says. “Maybe bring doyour best not to be a complainer– nuts for your colleagues or take a and keep your Monday morning quick break to catch up with friend grumpiness to yourself,” Fried- in the office. Sharing stories about man adds. “In the same vein, don’t the weekend with co-workers can listen to other people’s Monday be fun and also is a great way to gripes. Creating or contributing to strengthen your interoffice neta culture of complaining is no way work.” Sutton Fell also says to to improve your attitude.” Start schedule a weekly Monday coffee with Friday and make sure your break or lunch with a friend. “Credesk is organized, and your work ate an event that you will look forto-do list is ready to go for the ward to on Mondays as a way to following week. “Take Sunday to break up the day with some known rest, review and reward, but plan positivity. At the very least, it for and get ready to leap into Mon- gives you a chance to take a deep day,” Shane adds. breath, talk with a friend, and reIf you’re able to be a source of group for the rest of the day.” positivity in the workplace, not 11. Have a post-work plan. Your only will you make your day more day shouldn’t just be about trudgenjoyable, but you’ll also make the ing through Monday to get it over work environment better for those with, but about looking forward to around you, Kahn concludes. something. “By making Monday 8. Make someone else happy. a special day where you get to go Make a vow to do something nice out with friends, make your favorfor someone else as soon as you ite dinner, or eat a bowl of popcorn get to work on Monday, Sutton and catch up on a TV show you reFell suggests. Kjerulf agrees. He corded, the day doesn’t have to be says we know from research in all about getting up to go into the positive psychology that one of the office,” Friedman says. best ways to cheer yourself up is to make someone else happy. “You might compliment a co-worker, do Edited from Smith, Jacquelyn. “11 something nice for a customer, Ways to Beat the Monday Blues.” help out a stranger on the street or find some other way to make Originally published Feb. 25th, 2013 http://bit.ly/2bruNlc someone else’s day a little better.”

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FIND OUT MORE online at http://thecorridornm.com/calendar/ Albuquerque, Bernalillo, Corrales, Los Ranchos, Placitas Sunday - 10am-2pm – The Rail Yards Market Historic Blacksmith Shop, 777 1st St SW, Albuquerque. A community organized market celebrating all things local and at the heart of New Mexican culture including food, produce, arts, music and more.

Sunday - 11am-2pm – Mile-Hi Farmers’ Market Alvarado Park, 2000 Alvarado Dr NE, Albuquerque.

Sunday - 4-6pm – Corrales Growers’ Market -

500 Jones Rd. & Corrales Rd, Corrales.

Tuesday - 7am-12pm – ABQ Uptown Growers

Market Presbyterian Administration Building, 9521 San Mateo Blvd NE, Albuquerque.

Tuesday - 3-6pm – Albuquerque Northeast Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market Albuquerque Academy, 6400 Wyoming Blvd NE, Albuquerque.

Wednesday - 4-7pm – Gateway Growers Market - Gateway Park, 100 Isleta Blvd SW, Albuquerque.

Wednesday - 4-6pm – Corrales Growers’ Market - 500 Jones Rd. & Corrales Rd, Corrales.

Thursday - 3-6:30pm – Nob Hill Growers Market - 3-6:30pm - Morningside Park, 3916 Lead Ave SE, Albuquerque.

Thursday - 3-6pm – Santo Domingo Farmers’ Market - Exit 259 I25, Highway 22W, Kewa Pueblo. Next to the Early Childhood Learning Center.

Friday - 4-7pm – Bernalillo Farmers’ Market - Rotary Park, 300 Rotary Park Rd, Bernalillo.

Saturday - 7am-12pm – ABQ Uptown Growers’ Market ABQ Uptown, East Parking Lot, 2200 Louisiana Blvd NE, Albuquerque.

Saturday - 7am-12pm – Los Ranchos Growers Market - Village Hall, 6718 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Los Ranchos.

Saturday - 8am-12pm – Albuquerque Downtown Growers’ Market Robinson Park (8th & Central), 810 Copper Ave NW, Albuquerque.

Saturday - 8am-12pm – South Valley Growers Market Cristo del Valle Presbyterian Church, 3907 Isleta Blvd SW, Albuquerque.

Saturday - 8am-12pm – Armijo Village Growers’ Market - 1635 Isleta Blvd SW, Albuquerque.

Ongoing until Sept 30 – Placitas Community Library Art Exhibit Placitas Community Library, 453 Highway 165, Placitas. Exhibit “Oh, Sheet! ...

Paperworks!” Artists’ Reception September 9 from 5-7pm.

Saturday Sept 3 & Sunday Sept 4 – New Mexico True Fest - Expo New Mexico, 300 San Pedro Dr. NE, Abq. Saturday Sept 3 & Sunday Sept 4 – 2016 New Mexico Wine & Jazz Festival - Villa Hispana, Expo New Mexico, 300 San Pedro Dr. NE, Abq. Saturday Sept 3 & Sunday Sept 4 – Mt West Brew Fest - Bernalillo Wednesday Sept 8 to Sunday Sept 18 – All Day – New Mexico State Fair – 300 San Pedro Dr. NE, Abq. Saturday Sept 10 - 12-7pm – 12th Annual Historic Old Town Salsa Fiesta - 303 Romero NW, Abq. Spice up your day where you get to choose who has the best salsa in the City. Watch as contestants make their homemade salsa on site. Enjoy live entertainment, free kids’ activities, food, shopping and more!

Saturday Sept 10 - 6-9pm – Indian Pueblo Cultural Center 7th Annual Gala - 2401 12th St NW, Abq. An extraordinary evening with Live and Silent Auctions featuring handcrafted Native American art, a Native fusion dinner and a traditional Native American dance.

Wednesday Sept 14 - 7:30-11:30pm – Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas Concert - Isleta Amphitheater, 5601 University Blvd SE, Abq. Former Disney stars headline this concert.

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Saturday Sept 17 - 2-6pm – 35¢ Chicken Dinner - Monte Vista Christian Church, 3501 Campus Blvd NE, Abq. In the 1930s, the ladies of the church held 35¢ Chicken Dinners to raise money for their first building. Join us for this throwback event.

Sunday Sept 18 - 1-4pm – Sandia Mountain Bear Fair - Anasazi Fields Winery 26 Camino de los Pueblitos, Placitas. Join us for our annual bear fair.

Speakers, live music, booths, and kids’ activities focused on bears & sample some wine.

Saturday Sept 23 - 10:30am-4pm – Global Fiesta - National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW, Abq. A fun-filled day packed with educational workshops, activities and performances and more. Free.

Saturday Sept 23 & Sunday Sept 24 4-11:40pm – Globalquerque World Music Festival National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW, Abq. Entertainment, food and more.

Saturday Sept 24 – National Public Lands Day Free Admission to all National Parks and Monuments Saturday Oct 1 - Sunday Oct 9 – All Day – Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta - 5000 Balloon Fiesta Pkwy NE, Abq. Taos & North Saturday - 8am-12:30pm – Taos Farmers’ Market, Taos Plaza, Taos Thursday Sept 15 - Sunday Sept 18 – 4th Annual Red River Bluegrass Festival – The Community House, 116 E Main, Red River. Musical extravaganza for all that attend! Free Thursday Sept 22 - Saturday Sept 24 – 2nd Annual Red River Folk Festival – Multiple locations, Red River. Our lineup includes well-known Americana, Country, Bluegrass and Folk musicians, performing in a beautiful alpine setting where the autumn gold of the aspens will just be hitting its peak.

Friday Sept 23 - Sunday Sept 25 – 12pm-12am - Aspencade Arts & Crafts Fair - Multiple locations, Red River. Browse through booths of hand-crafted items, jewelry, home furnishings, food, art, pottery, and specialty goods while you enjoy delicious food, live entertainment, and the crisp air and changing colors of fall in Red River.

Monday Sept 26 - Saturday Oct 1 – Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center Churro Week - Multiple locations, Espanola. Churro Week is being organized together with the Navajo-Churro Sheep Association Saturday Oct 1-Sunday Oct 2 - 9am-5pm – 33rd Taos Wool Festival - Kit Carson Park, 211 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos. An Outstanding regional wool market featuring juried vendors displaying their wool, fiber, yarns, and artistic creations. Free.

Las Vegas Wednesday - 8am-1pm or until sell out Tri-County Farmers Market – 6th & University, Las Vegas.

Friday - 3-6:30pm – Mora Farmers’ Market 3-6:30pm - Hwy 518 Main Street, Mora.

Saturday - 8am-1pm or until sell out – Tri-County Farmers Market - 6th & University, Las Vegas.

Pojoaque, Los Alamos and Espanola Monday - 10am-5pm – Española Farmers’ Market - 1005 N Railroad Ave, Española Wednesday - 11am-5pm – Pueblo of Pojoaque Farmers’ & Crafts Market - Poeh Cultural Center, 78 Cities of Gold, Pojoaque.

Wednesday - 3:30-6:30pm – Dixon Farmers’ Market - 215 Hwy 75, Dixon.

Thursday - 7am-12:30pm – Los Alamos Farmers Market Mesa Public Library, 2400 Central Ave, Los Alamos

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Friday – 2-6pm - Española Farmers’ Market -1005 N Railroad Ave, Española.

Saturday – 9am-1pm - Eight Northern Pueblos Art & Farmers’ Market - 327 Eagle Dr, Ohkay Owingeh (behind Ohkay Owingeh Casino) Saturday Sept 17-Monday Sept 19 - Pojoaque River Art Tour Saturday Sept 17-Sunday Sept 18 & Saturday Sept 24-Sunday Sept 25 - High Road to Taos Art Tour Saturday Sept 24 – National Public Lands Day Free Admission to all National Parks and Monuments Saturday Sept 24 – 4-8pm - Í Zarzuela ! Bandelier Opera On the Rocks – Juniper Amphitheater, Bandelier NM, 15 Entrance Road, Los Alamos.

Professionally-done excerpts of popular Spanish operas, presented outdoors at Bandelier. Vendors including wineries, a brewery, and food will be available, and a youth activity.

Sunday Sept 25 – 4-6pm – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet – Duane Smith Auditorium, 1300 Diamond Dr, Los Alamos. Grammy winners in 2005, the quartet has a distinguished reputation for a wide-ranging repertoire featuring works from the classical, contemporary and world music realms.

Saturday Oct 8 – 11am-3pm – Bandelier’s Fall Fiesta – Bandelier NM, 15 Entrance Road, Los Alamos. Fall Fiesta includes craft booths with assorted Pueblo arts, live raptors from the Santa Fe Raptor Center, and Pueblo dances.

Eldorado Area Friday – 3:30-6:30pm - Eldorado Farmers Market - La Tienda at Eldorado, 7 Caliente Rd, Santa Fe. Ongoing Sept 1-29 – Dawn Dark Mountain Art Exhibition – Vista Grande Public Library, 14 Avenida Torreon, Santa Fe Ongoing Sept 5-17 – 5th Annual Food Drive Benefits the Food Depot. Drop off nonperishable food items at ECIA Office, Vista Grande Public Library or Eldorado Country Pet. Friday Sept 9 – 7-9pm – Family Movie Night – Vista Grande Public Library –14 Avenida Torreon, Santa Fe. Free with free popcorn Saturday Sept 10 – 9-11:30am – Donation Day – Vista Grande Public Library, 14 Avenida Torreon, Santa Fe. We would love to have DVDs, audiobooks on CDs, books that are ©2009 or newer, and any children’s materials in good condition.

Wednesday Sept 14 – Reel New Mexico Movie “Salt of the Earth” – La Tienda Performance Space Saturday Sept 17 - 8am-2pm - The Flea at La Tienda - La Tienda at Eldorado, 7 Caliente Rd, Santa Fe. Treasure hunters, avid garage sale buyers, and people looking for something to do on a Saturday morning will all enjoy this flea market.

Sunday Sept 18 – 12-4pm – El Dorado Fire & Rescue Annual Open House and Barbeque – EDIA Community Center, 1 Hacienda Loop, Santa Fe Saturday Sept 24 – 7am-12pm – 23rd Annual Eldorado Flea Market– ECIA Community Center Parking Lot, 1 Hacienda Loop, Santa Fe. Benefits the Boy Scouts Saturday Sept 24 – 10am-1pm – Eldorado Stables Open House – Visit our stable area, learn about horses and free pony rides offered by Listening Horse Therapeutic Riding.

Friday Sept 30 – During the School day - 22nd Annual El Dorado Community School Fun Run An Olympic Fun Run-a-thon! Students will run, walk, skip, or jog to some of their favorite songs!

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Be sure to check out all the events online at http://thecorridornm.com/calendar/ Santa Fe Sunday – 12-2pm – Santa Fe Community Farm Stand - 1829 San Ysidro Crossing, Santa Fe. Tuesday – 7am-1pm – Santa Fe Farmers Market Santa Fe Farmers Market Building, 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe. Tuesday – 3-6pm – Santa Fe Farmers Market Southside - Santa Fe Place Mall NW Parking Lot, 4250 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe Wednesday – 4-8pm – Santa Fe Wednesday Evening Farmers’ Market – Santa Fe Farmers Market Building, 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe. Saturday - 7am-1pm – Santa Fe Farmers Market Santa Fe Farmers Market Building, 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe

Summer”. Labor Day Weekend joins us for fun, food, music & disc golf at the mountain! Our “Golden Days of Summer” kicks off on September 3rd – 5th and continues weekends throughout September. Additionally we will be open October 1st -10th daily. Chairlift hours are 10AM-3:00PM.

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Saturday Sept 3 & Sunday Sept 4 – 10am-5pm - Cleveland Millfest

Saturday Sept 17 & Sunday Sept 18 – Santa Fe Renaissance Fair El Rancho de las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Road, Santa FeSunday Sept 18 7:30am – Santa Fe Thunder Half Marathon, 5K & 1 Mile Walk – Half Marathon starts at Fort Marcy in Santa Fe, 5K and 1 Mile Walk start at Buffalo Thunder Resort

Sept 24 – All Day - Moriarty Pinto Bean Fiesta

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Sept 10 - 3pm – Castaneda Concerts http:// lasvegasartscouncil.org/wp-content/ uploads/2016/08/CaptureCC.jpg Saturday Sept 10 - Sunday Sept 11 – Camp of Instruction - Fort Union National Monument, Watrous

Sunday Sept 18-Sunday Sept 25 – Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta - Various Locations, Santa Fe. With 90 participating wineries serving their best wines and many local restaurants serving up their best tastes.

Saturday Sept 17 – First Fort and Arsenal Tour Fort Union National Monument, Watrous.

Sept 24-25 – Northern New Mexico Fine Arts & Crafts Guild Show. Cathedral Park Saturday Sept 25 – Museum Hill Day. 704 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe

Sunday Sept 18 – Jason Younis y Delgado Tinwork Demonstration - Pecos NHP Visitor Center A fine craftsman of New Mexico tin work, Mr. Delgado will demonstrate and interpret traditional techniques.

Saturday Oct 1 & Sunday Oct 2 – SF Harvest Festival El Rancho de las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Road, Santa Fe

Saturday Sept 24 – National Public Lands Day - Free Admission to all National Parks and Monuments.

Saturday - 7am-1pm – Santa Fe Farmers Market

Daily – Oct 1-10 – Scenic Chairlift Rides – Ski Santa Fe, New Mexico State Highway 475, Santa Fe.

Sept 30 - Oct 2 – Las Vegas Studio Tour

Saturday - 8am-1pm – Santa Fe Artists Market The Railyard Park Ramada, Cerrillos & Guadalupe, Santa Fe. The artists are local, from northern New Mexico, and talented in many artistic mediums.

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Weekends - 9am-5pm – Santa Fe Society of Artists Show - 1st Nat’l Bank Parking lot, 122 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe. Enjoy fine painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture and to meet the artists. (except weekends of Indian Market and Fiesta events) Free.

Tuesday - 7am-1pm – Santa Fe Farmers Market Tuesday - 3-6pm – Southside SF Farmers Market Wednesday - 4-8pm – Santa Fe Wednesday Evening Farmers Market

Weekends - Sept 3-30 – Golden Days of Summer – Ski Santa Fe, New Mexico State Highway 475, Santa Fe. Scenic Chairlift rides 10am-3pm, Disc Golf, Live Music & More Thursday Aug 25 to Sunday Sept 11 7:30pm, Sundays 2pm – 2016 Fiesta Melodrama: The Bridges of Santa Fe County. No performance on Sept 2. Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E. De Vargas St., Santa Fe Thursday, Sept 1 - 5:00 PM – Sunset. After Hours in the Garden. Santa Fe Botanical Garden, Museum Hill, 715 Camino Lejo Santa Fe

Wednesday - 3-6pm – Cedar Crest Farmers’ Market - Mountain View Christian Church Parking Lot, 12242 N. Hwy. 14, Cedar Crest.

Saturday Sept 3 - 9am-11pm – Special Event at Quarai Salinas Pueblo Missions NM – Family activities, tours, photography, Owling in the evening and star gazing.

Saturday Sept 3 - 5:30-9pm – Chuckwagon BBQ Supper & Western Swing Music - Wildlife West Nature Park, 87 W Frontage Rd, Edgewood.

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Thursday Sept 1 - 6pm – Candlelight Vigil – Fort Marcy Park - The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe, in partnership with the Santa Fe Jewish Center - Chabad, invites you to join a Candlelight Vigil to pay tribute to the millions of people who lost their lives during the Holocaust and to honor the survivors.

Saturday Sept 3 - Sunday Sept 4 – 10am-6pm - Harvest Festival Wildlife West - Wildlife West Nature Park, 87 W Frontage Rd, Edgewood The weekend event celebrates the area’s culture, traditions and agricultural heritage.

Friday Sept 2 - 3pm-11pm – Burning of Zozobra.

Fort Marcy Park

Saturday Sept 17 - 9-4 – Cerrillos Fiesta. Cerrillos Hills State Park

Saturday Sept 3–Monday Sept 5 – Santa Fe Fiestas Fine Art & Crafts Market – Santa Fe Plaza

Saturday Sept 17 - Sunday Sept 18 – Sandia MX Series Round 4. Sandia MX, 38 Martin Rd, Moriarty.

Motocross racing.

Sept 3-11 Fiestas de Santa Fe – Various locations in Santa Fe. Parades Saturday Sept 10 & Sunday Sept 11in downtown Santa Fe. Saturday Sept 10 – 1st Annual Santa Fe Ultra Run – Ski Santa Fe, New Mexico State Highway 475, Santa Fe. Experience world-class ultra trail running in the Santa Fe National Forest. Ultra Santa Fe’s four runs include: 50 mile, 50 kilometer, 13 mile, and an uphill mile.

Sunday Sept 11 – Disc Golf Tournament – Ski Santa Fe, New Mexico State Highway 475, Santa Fe. Scenic Chairlift, Disc Golf, Live Music & More.

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Saturday Sept 17 & Sunday Sept 18 – Pecos Studio Tour

Friday Sept 9 - 7:30pm – Cerrillos Hills State Park Star Party

Saturday Sept 24 – National Public Lands Day. Free Admission to all National Parks and Monuments Saturday Sept 24 - 3pm – Tarantula Hike – Cerrillos Hills State Park Saturday Sept 24 - 8-10am – T-Wolf Trail Run/ Walk - Vista Grande Community Center, 15 La Madera Rd, Sandia Park.

Sept 24 - 25 – Harvest Festival at Old Windmill Dairy in Estancia, Pumpkin painting, hay rides, treasure hunt, harvest treats, arts and crafts. For

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San Lorenzo de Picuris

On the western slope of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains 18 miles south of Taos is the secluded Picuris Pueblo. With an elevation over 7,000 feet above sea level, the smallest of New Mexico’s 19 Pueblo tribes is home to the recently restored Mission San Lorenzo Church.

Franciscan priests built a mission there in 1629, in order to bring the Picuris into Catholicism and the Spanish ways of life. While active, the mission was rebuilt several times following Pueblo uprisings and Comanche raids.

The church building of San Lorenzo de Picuris has been restored by the Picuris community and is maintained as an important element of the Picuris Pueblo’s fascinating history that spans centuries. Today, Picuris Pueblo is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Between the mountains and the plains. The people from Picuris Pueblo have many cultural practices similar to other Puebloan groups in the region, but the pueblo’s geographical isolation and proximity to the Plains made Picuris distinct. The ancestors of Picuris had been in the region a long time, living in a settlement near Pot Creek. Around A.D. 1250, a group moved to the site of Picuris Pueblo and built multi-story buildings of stone and adobe. There they continued practicing dry-land agriculture growing maize. The high elevation meant a shorter, more precarious growing season, and one result was that Picuris never over-relied on one kind of food.

Their subsistence pattern included gathering wild plants, fishing, trading, and hunting a variety of animals including deer and rabbit. In the 19th century people from Picuris began hunting buffalo, working for wages, and raising livestock in addition to traditional farming and hunting.

Picuris Pueblo maintained close relationships with Plains groups that included trade and social ties, but the other consequence of those relationships was involvement in Plains wars and conflict, which made them a target for raiding.

Missionaries at Picuris

The Franciscan missionary Francisco de Zamora arrived with Oñate’s 1598 expedition to settle what would become northern New Mexico. He was assigned generally to Taos and Picuris pueblos. Although he likely went and ministered at Picuris, the pueblo was not given a designated mission until 1621. In that year Fray Martín de Arvide arrived at the pueblo which already had a reputation of being resistant to conversion. By 1629, a church and convento were reported to have been built and in use.

During the 1600s, tensions remained high between the Spanish and native peoples throughout the Southwest. The conflicts grew out of the Pueblo people’s experiences of religious suppression and economic hardships as well as Spanish internal conflicts between Church and secular authorities. In 1680, many villages, including Picuris, took part in the large Pueblo Revolt of 1680, a coordinated uprising of many pueblos throughout the region. At the time, an estimated 3,000 people were reportedly living at Picuris, and in support of the revolt, Picuris sent several hundred men to reinforce their Taos and Apache allies in the siege of Santa Fe. The rebellion resulted in the death of several hundred Franciscans, the destruction of many churches, and the death or banishment from pueblo towns of many Spanish residents. The Spanish did not successfully return until 1692, when the Spanish and allies from other pueblos regained a precarious control of Taos and Picuris. The people of Picuris rose up again in 1696 with other northern pueblos. The bid was unsuccessful, and fearing retribution from the Spanish and their allies, the people of Picuris fled their pueblo. Some went to other pueblos nearby. Many sought refuge among their connections on the High Plains, reportedly going to El Cuartelejo, located in what is today east-central Kansas. Over the next few years the Picuris slowly returned, and some were

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http://bit.ly/2buBcLh In the 20th century the church ransomed by Juan de Ulibarrí, was briefly “modernized” when the Spanish chief official of the someone put a pitched tin roof Pecos district who traveled to on the old adobe building. In the Cuartelejo to bring back Picuris 1960s, there was a resurgence of Indians. Many never came back, interest in the colonial history and the pueblo that had once of the pueblo and major efforts been home to several thousand began to understand and reconwas now home to around 400. struct the mission with respect to its history. The mission was What you can see today. excavated in the 1960s, and usIn the 1700s, a new challenge for ing archeological and historical the Spanish, Picuris, and Apache information, the church was reappeared as Comanche groups constructed and its original promoved into northern New Mexfile restored to appear much as it ico, shifting the power dynamics did in 1778. The mission was rein the region. In 1769, a large built with deference to traditionComanche party attacked Misal methods, thanks to volunteers sion San Lorenzo and sacked the who molded thousands of adobe mission, which was located outbricks by hand. side the pueblo and was relatively unprotected. Afterward, the Today, Picuris Pueblo welmission was moved much closer comes visitors and is home to to the pueblo, and when Father a variety of artisans. In particVisitor Domínguez visited in ular, the pueblo is known for its 1776 the building was still under sparkling unornamented pottery, construction. The Pueblo Indiwhose unique, subtle glitter is a ans built the missions throughout product of the local clays mixed New Mexico, but construction with flakes of mica. The major often took years because it generfeast day of the pueblo is the ally took place during the periods Feast of St. Lawrence on August between harvesting and planting.

10th when the community holds The result was a small, three its Sunset Dances. In addition to room convento and a church with exploring the old mission church a choir loft and transept. visitors can enjoy the Picuris Pueblo Museum, a self-guided In the 19th century New Mextour of the archeological sites, ico came under the control of and trout fishing at Pu-na Lake.

Mexico, and later the United States. Throughout these changes, the people of Picuris kept the church in working order.

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I’m really excited to hear about how far Los Alamos has come on its research to develop better and cheaper solar panels.

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A Bunch of Fl*pp*ng Crystals Deliver Better Solar than Silicon Photovoltaic research conducted at Los Alamos National Labs Photo: http://huff.to/2c2IlEd

To understand what’s so exciting about it, you need to understand how silicon circuits work.

A regular DC circuit, like one that powers a flashlight, flows from the negative end of the battery to the lightbulb component, through a switch, into the positive end. The battery supplies the chemical energy that converts to electrical current when you turn the switch “on”.

Transistors make it possible to essentially make a flowchart of where electrical current goes, depending on the value (YES or NO) of the input signal.

ponents at the atomic scale, entire computers (that actually work) can be written on a semiconductor chip the size of a quarter.

Because of this, Los Alamos is researching more cost effective materials to print circuits onto.

Silicon factories cause a great deal of pollution, because the chemical processes of treating silicon to become semiconductors are highly toxic. This is a counter-intuitive way to make solar panels, which are designed to make a more eco-friendly power solution.

They are currently using a semiconductor called a perovskite, which the video showcasing their research describes as a “Flipping crystal” which can be produced with greater efficency and lower cost.

Transistors are simply two chemicals treating different areas of a plate of a semiconductor (which is usually silicon). When the value is 1 (or the input is YES), the electrical current flows through one chemical (that corresponds to the output of 1). when it’s 0 (or an input of NO), it does not (corresponding to 0).

Millions of these paired together create microprocessors, which, paired with stored instructions (from hard disks and flash media), change the values of trillions of 1’s and 0’s to correspond with the programs the processors are told to run.

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Overnight Side Trip to Ruidoso by Debbie LaRouche

Sometimes an overnight adventure is the perfect answer for a great side trip!! Our journey this month coincided with our 24th wedding anniversary. We picked Ruidoso, NM for a quick getaway as we had never been there (another stop on our bucket list).

A 3 hour drive from Santa Fe makes this a longer side trip than usual. We booked a Friday and Saturday night at MCM Elegante Resort in Ruidoso, right on the Links at Sierra Blanca Golf Course. Great location, wonderful service and well maintained rooms and public spaces, plus a free breakfast buffet. When we asked about a nearby dinner spot, the front desk sent us to Rio Grande Grill and Tap Room. The restaurant is tied with Sierra Blanca/Rio Grande Brewing in Moriarty. I was excited to be able to have my favorite green chile beer. The restaurant features burgers, sandwiches and more in a casual atmosphere, with casual prices to match.

From here head West to the historic town of Lincoln and the Lincoln Historic Site. This is the actual town of Lincoln, New Mexico, home to Billy the Kid and the site of the famous “Lincoln County War”. For a small fee visitors can tour multiple historic buildings and walk the street where the likes of Billy the Kid, Sherriff Pat Garrett, Kit Carson, John Chisum and Lew Wallace once lived (and some died).

Visit their website at http://nmhistoricsites.org/lincoln.

From the town of Lincoln continue East toward Capitan, the site of the Smokey Bear Historical Park. This beautiful 2 acre park, with adjoining museum, is the actual burial place of the original “Smokey Bear”, a national icon who was rescued from a fire in the Capitan Gap fire in 1950.

After his rescue he lived in comfort in the National Zoo in Washington D.C. until his death in 1976. The original “Smokey Bear” is buried in this park.

Visit their website at http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SFD/SmokeyBear/SmokeyBearPark.html

Starting fom Ruidoso there is a small “loop” that visitors can take to see a number of sights in one day. Depending on the direction you wish to take, you can start by heading South to Ruidoso Downs, home of the All-American Futurity, the world’s richest quarter horse race, with a purse of $3 million! Racing begins in late May and continues through the Labor Day weekend,

Nearby is Fort Stanton Historic Site, one of the most complete historic American forts still in existence. Fort Stanton was originally built as an Army outpost in 1855. Since that time it has served as a TB hospital, an internment camp, plus a few other short-term assignments. Because the primary buildings on this site were built with stone, vs. the majority of adobe forts that were built in New Mexico, this site features more than a dozen functional existing buildings and offers a true glimpse into the history of the region dating back to military life before the civil war.

Visit their website at http://fortstanton.org/.

Also located in Ruidoso Downs is the Hubbard Museum of the American Horse. This unique museum features 8 larger-than-life bronze sculptures by New Mexico artist Dave McGary, depicting the Thoroughbred, Appaloosa, Arabian, American Quarter horse, Standardbred, Morgan horse as well as an American Paint and her foal. The musuem exhibits art and artifacts from the American West.

Visit their website at http://www.hubbardmuseum.org/.

Closing the loop on the way back to Ruidoso, be sure to visit the Spencer Theater. This amazing modern structure is considered to be an acoustical marvel, with regular national and regional entertainment. The buidling features a large glass facade and sports several colorful glass sculptures by world-reknowned blown-glass artist Dale Chihuly. Visit their website at http://www.spencertheater.com/.

Our next stop took us East to Hondo to visit the Hondo Iris Farm.

This iris farm is open during the growing season and features dozens of beautiful irises, set in a plush little valley farm, plus a nice gift shop.

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Back in Ruidoso after a long day of sightseeing and adventuring you will find a variety of options for lunch and dinner. From barbecue to steaks, from Mexican cuisine to Italian, you are sure to find something for everone in your getaway party.

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An evening at The Compound in Santa Fe

by Anna Soeiro The New York Times knows it, Forbes does too and we Santa Feans call upon The Compound Restaurant at 653 Canyon Road, when wanting to honor, impress or spend $20 on a salad.

As the rain stopped and the quickly approaching cooler nights ushered me in to this historic compound the conundrum began.

What to drink when seasons are just changing? I wanted a margarita , but it no longer felt like summer, so what’s a girl to do? Since I had already planned on indulging in bread and butter I chose a straight up gin martini with olives to usher in Fall. Try as I might, I did not succeed in assuring our attentive waiter that the olives were enough vegetable for me and he convinced me to start off with a simple classic Caesar salad which did not disappoint this Caesar-connoisseur.

The big-kid in me really wanted a meal of sides: Truffled Mac n’ Cheese ($10) and Crispy Buttermilk Onion Rings ($9.00), but I opted for the Organic Scottish Salmon with Bok Choy, Leeks, Gribiche, Fried Tomatillo and Salmon Caviar served with Old Bay Butter Sauce ($34.00). Having just returned from a trip to Florida and Georgia I have recently fallen in love with Old Bay. Given the chance to find out about Gribiche, I was too tempted not to order it.

Also, I have always wanted to like Bok Choy and assumed if anyone could get me to embrace this Asian standby, Mark Kiffin’s kitchen was the one to do it.

The meal was on point and I now know that I do enjoy Bok Choy if prepared properly and dripping in Old Bay Butter Sauce. Gribiche is a mayonnaise cold-egg sauce. It is usually made with pickles and capers, which add a creaminess to the butter sauce that alone might have been too thin. Happily, my friends ordered the onion rings for the table. They were presented in the popular “sophisticated” tower-form and lit by candlelight.

I do think that serving Gribiche alongside the onion rings may be the next greatest thing, though chef Mark Kiffin doesn’t need any pointers from me. I was surprised that the famous chef was milling around during the busy dinner hour until I noticed that Josh Brolin was dining with two male companions and assumed he wanted to make sure that his celebrity guest was as happy as we were. Mr. Brolin is in town filming Granite Mountain, a movie based on the true story of the hotshot firefighters who fought the Prescott, Arizona wildfires of 2013. The paparazzi didn’t come out this night for Mr. Brolin. However, Mr. Kiffin was all smiles when several lovely ladies wanted their picture taken with the chef!

Two of my companions ordered the Alaskan Halibut with Portuguese Chorizo, Potato, Garlic & Pimento, Almond Romesco, Saffron Aioli & Hen Glaze ($36.00). Neither of them left a flake of sweet white fish for me to try and I am not sure I could have picked out the hen glaze to save my life. My sweet tooth being long and needing, I was surprised none of the desserts tempted me and though I passed for simple coffee and sugar, the Baked Brown Butter Custard ($9.00) that our “birthday boy” ate was much prettier than any store-bought birthday cake. I will have to come back, maybe this time for lunch, when a working stiff like me can enjoy the raved-about Chicken Schnitzel ($17.00) and of course I will save enough room for dessert.

Santa Fe Wine and Chile week is just around the corner! From September 15-25th diners and wine fans will be able to enjoy wine and food specials at select establishments throughout Santa Fe. The Compound will be hosting Spottswood Winery. Seating is $300 per person and limited so please email: jane@compoundrestaurant.com. For private dining, reservations or to order a gift certificate for your favorite food writer, call: (505) 982-4353. For detailed information regarding Santa Fe Wine and Chile Fiesta please see: santafewineandchile. org.

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