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I am a writer, editor, artist, bibliophile, and world traveler. I graduated from the University of New Mexico with degrees in English and French and am always willing to learn new things. I'm interested in writing about everything. From books and music, to travel and current events, there is always a story to tell. I am always looking to expand my creative opportunities.
"This is my first car bomb!" I say excitedly to the young, blond boy standing to my left. His cornflower blue eyes widen and he replies, "This is my first any kind of bomb!" We smile at each other-big, giddy, childish grins of the sort that can only come from blowing something up.
Honesty may be the best policy but being deeply, brutally veracious when standing face to face with your own reflection is the hardest thing anyone—fictional or real—can do.
In the heart of the Brick Light District lies Mazaya Cafe--shiny, clean and filled with light.
It all started in the '50s and '60s with experimentation by Dr. John C. Lilly. He was interested in what would happen to the body if you took away all its exterior senses.
The Interior Circuit: A Mexico City Chronicle mirrors the atlas of avenidas in the author's beloved city--winding and twisting, leading where you don't expect to go.
She reached a hand into the navy blue pocketbook that matched her dress, pulled out her cigarette case and settled in to wait.
As soon as I walk into Gallo Negro Tattoo Studio (203 Rio Grande NW), the smallest bones in my body begin rattling with the buzz of a tattoo machine.
The changes to PNM's energy portfolio will include more nuclear energy and continue New Mexico's reliance on coal.
“Every relationship has a rose and a gardener. She's the rose. I'm the gardener, but I don't have a green thumb.
According to the US Department of Agriculture's Jan. 1, 2016 cattle inventory, there are 92 million head of cattle in the United States. Sounds like enough steak to go around, right? Wrong. These cows are being threatened by a vicious predator.
You've probably heard stories or seen YouTube videos of people whose pets have accidentally gotten into their pot stash. The dogs will be falling over, wide-eyed and tongue lolling. Sometimes the pet-owners just laugh at their furry friends as though they were a college buddy who had drunk too much Jäger; others freak out, take their "family member" to the vet and sheepishly admit that the dog ate weed.
That buzzing quiet before a show is almost meditative—feeling the space and the people around you in stasis before crashing waves of sound sweep them all up into a hurricane of musical energy.
It only makes sense that these fuzzy friends receive the same compassion and help that is given to their human counterparts.
An ancient explorer's journal full of fascinating details of primitive nomadic life. The fibers of the text were made fragile by time and BBQ chip-stained fingers.
You've been handed your assignment. You have a deadline. Now what? Do NOT read any other reviews. They will poison your thoughts and put words in your mouth. Commit time to read, listen, view, etc. The depth of thought involved in reviewing takes time and effort and should not be done last minute.