Driving Impressions – September 2012
2012 Toyota 4Runner Trail Edition: Sticking with what works . . . works By Greg Cavanaugh As a traditional body-on-frame SUV, the Toyota 4Runner, having been around for two decades, has kind of fallen...
View ArticleLit Crit Lite – September 2012
Olive Kitteridge By Kari Heil Olive Kitteridge (2008) by Elizabeth Strout is the best book I read this summer. I picked it up from my mom’s shelf, guessing from the cover art (garden scene, blurred at...
View Article8 Questions – September 2012
Eight Questions with Angelo Di Paolo Charity Invitational 17 Chairperson Q. Angelo, what got you interested in working with Charity Invitational? A. I was first asked to serve on the board of RMCHCS....
View ArticleWork in Beauty Murals – September 2012
Gallup High School Solar Hogan Left Panel, Work of Strength By Be Sargent Top left panel, Work of Strength, north side of the Gallup McKinley County Detention Center. Entire Gallup High School class at...
View ArticleAdventures in Parenting – September 2012
Weekend Fun By Patricia Darak It was a bright and sunny Saturday morning (about 7 a.m.), and I was doing the laundry while my son played in the dining room. After about twenty minutes of racing his toy...
View ArticleRaising Sons for Fun and Profit, Part 2
By Jeannette Gartner When we left off last time, Harriet was tied to the railroad tracks with a train coming, the orphans were left alone, and our hero, Cuthbert was lost in the woods – oops, wrong...
View ArticleWest by Southwest – September 2012
Celebrate and Protect: Mary-Russell Colton & The Museum of Northern Arizona By Ernie Bulow For those of us who love the Southwest – specifically the Colorado Plateau – there are many familiar and...
View ArticleHi, I’m Bera. I’m an Addict.
By Dr. Bera Dordoni, N.D. I’ve never attended AA or NA. Does anyone know where an SA group meets? If not, I’m thinking I might have to create my own group for sugar addicts who want to give up their...
View ArticleRounding the Four Corners – October 2012
Gypsum By Larry Larason New Mexico has an unusual geo-site in the south-center of the state: White Sands National Monument, where the visitor is treated to views of sand dunes almost pure white in...
View ArticleMemories of Gallup – September 2012
Joseph, how did they do it? Part 1 of 2 By Bob Rosebrough The thick grove of cottonwoods and elms just south of the interstate is one of the few visible signs of Joseph Esparza’s childhood. His home...
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