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NM’s Opiate problem is a ghost story

I have no doubt that the story of opiate addiction in Northern New Mexico is a ghost story. The ghosts of our ancestors and the ghosts of lost land haunt the region and cast shadows that I believe we either… Continue Reading →

Is there hope for Santa Fe?

Santa Fe is not completely dead, yet. I believe that there’s still hope. Please understand that I do. But, it’s becoming increasingly depressing to live in Santa Fe. I’m worried that as personal agendas and vendettas continue to seep into… Continue Reading →

The truth is, the City of Santa Fe is better for “the change”

The main reason why things don’t change in any given situation is that people might want payoffs associated with a change, but they don’t actually want to work to earn the payoffs. Generally, we can see problems and we can… Continue Reading →

Weeds suck but are they Santa Fe’s biggest problem?

I get it: Weeds suck. But are they Santa Fe’s biggest problems (as some of local elected officials suggest). Now, weeds among my sworn enemies because I am intensely allergic to them. But, the thing about weeds is that, we… Continue Reading →

Santa Fe NEEDS to support the South-Side Teen Center….

Mayor Webber and Councilor Roman Abeyta are championing a South-Side Teen Center in Santa Fe. To me, this is a visionary project that will positively impact a marginalized sector of my historic city. This teen center is something that all… Continue Reading →

Atrisco’s Cafe & Bar really delivers!

New Mexican food is best when it’s home-cooked. Enchiladas, posole, chicos, and other standard dishes are my region’s basic comfort food and both my mom and my wife are experts in dishing out these favorite foods. But even experts need… Continue Reading →

Santa Fe, confused though it may be, is home

The gods must have been twiddling their thumbs when they allowed me to emerge into a circumstance that should have killed me, as it has so many of my homeboys. At least those bored gods in the universe armed me… Continue Reading →

Santa Fe is becoming more and more unhealthy as it struggles to figure out who it really is

The very place in which I live and work and breathe is, like many places, a town with wide extremes between its inhabitants.  But even in all it shares with other places, Santa Fe is one of those joints that… Continue Reading →

Clafoutis Restaurant: An egg bomb and no one to clean it up

What started out as a romantic and happy anniversary morning turned into one of the biggest culinary disappointments of my entire life. And really, it didn’t have to be that way; things happen that are often out of our control…. Continue Reading →

Cool pics along the Santa Fe River

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