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January in Datil's Swingle Canyon - an exercise in cold

no@spam.com (Anne Sullivan) — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:19:18 PDT

January, the start of a new year, a new century, a new millennium. A year, a blank slate in which the furnace hasn’t yet broken, the road hasn’t mudded out, the chimney hasn’t caught fire, the pump hasn’t quit. All these joys of winter life in Datil’s Swingle Canyon are yet to come.

Magdalena's Salome Store - doorway to the past

no@spam.com (Anne Sullivan) — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 05:36:43 PST

The often rocky path that leads from yesterday to today runs smooth and little changed at the Salome Store in Magdalena, New Mexico. Located on Route 60, 25 miles west of Socorro, the family-run General Merchandise store opened its doors in 1910 and hasn't closed them since.

March-a month of motion in Southwest New Mexico

no@spam.com (Anne Sullivan) — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 04:46:27 PST

March, whether lionish or lambish, is a month of motion in upper Southwest New Mexico. Snowbirds from Minnesota and Michigan crowd U.S. 60 with their fat motorhomes, heading back north from the sun-burnt winter in the deserts of Arizona and California. The highway is further clogged by residents of southwest Catron County departing during school�s spring break for exotic destinations like Alamogordo or Las Cruces.

Magdalena-watched over by Mary Magdalene

no@spam.com (Anne Sullivan) — Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:03:11 PST

Magdalena has seen it all. From the days of lead, zinc and silver mining in the 1880s and cattle shipping when the railroad spur from Socorro reached the town in 1884 to test missies flying overhead, Magdalena has grown and shrunk and grown again.

Datil, Pie Town, and Quemado-remote and beautiful

no@spam.com (Anne Sullivan) — Mon, 30 Dec 2002 02:58:32 PST

Along U.S. 60 in the northern part of Catron County, the largest county in New Mexico, three towns interrupt the remote mountain landscape. Datil, Pie Town and Quemado are a day's horseback ride from each other. Pickups have replaced the horses, but ranching remains the main occupation in the area although real estate development is gaining a toehold.

The Other UFO Crash - Something Happened

no@spam.com (Anne Sullivan) — Sat, 21 Dec 2002 01:50:00 PST

Around the 4th of July every year, Roswell, New Mexico hosts a UFO festival built around the Roswell Incident. Months before, the motels in and around Roswell can be sold out. The hoopla included a parade, film festival, rock concert, costume contest, bicycle run and a glow-in-the-dark golf tournament. Any spare time the visitor had could be spent at the two UFO museums. Any spare money could be spent for T-shirts, toys, gimmicks and statues that only the outer limits of the imagination can curb. But what about the other UFO crash in 1947, the one on the San Agustin Plains?