This is an odd question for New Mexicans: did you realize that Billy the Kid made you some money this last year? I mean how could he since he died a hundred forty years ago? Well, my friends Billy the Kid, the Old West outlaw did make people in...

We in New Mexico live completely differently than in the 1880s though there is a similarity that I want to talk about today. We travel without much effort all over the state and if we need to travel to Albuquerque from anywhere in the state it ...

We all enjoy gold, yes, real gold. In New Mexico there are several ways to get yourself some gold. Buy it – costs money, trade something for it or, find it. Yes, in New Mexico you can find it either by prospecting in a stream with a pan, cold w...

When March comes around, well we have March Madness with the wind but the other March Madness of basketball - those of us in New Mexico who enjoy College Basketball are thankful for a 2015 member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fa...

When people look at Elephant Butte Dam in southern New Mexico it looks like it has been there forever. Not so. It is a little more than a hundred years old but it took thousands of people a very long time to complete the dam. And I look at it a...

Many things have changed over the years, especially in our kitchens. Many years ago, there were absolute vegetable and fruit seasons. In the 1960s citrus was a treat at Christmas usually sold in boxes by the local High School band as a fundrais...

New Mexico is the land of enchantment. Oh, yes, I don’t to tell you that, we all know about the very enchanting New Mexico. But what I find enchanting is some of the place names that are in New Mexico and here are a couple: Bug Scuffle, one of ...

When the planet Pluto is mentioned, it isn’t often that someone says, oh yes, New Mexico’s Clyde Tombaugh found it 95 years ago February 18th. Is Pluto a planet? It is with me. Not that I spend time looking in the night sky for Pluto. Nope, Plu...

Let’s talk about the red, of the red or green question. The official New Mexico question is, red or green? The 1996 New Mexico Legislature passed that Red or Green was officially the state question. It put a spotlight on the New Mexico chile pe...

When talking about the great state of New Mexico, green and red chile are central in its identity. Where are you from? I’m from New Mexico. Oh, I love the Green and Red chile. You hear that often. But Green and Red chile in the preparation of f...

Tourists come to New Mexico for many reasons. Some destinations are New Mexico unique such as the Taos Hum, the Roswell Space Aliens museum and festival, the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, the White Sands that cling to visitors and the Carlsb...

Since New Mexico is a big part of the Old West, there are questions about New Mexico gunfighters. Truth be known the people in New Mexico and the Old West didn’t spend their time in bars and getting in gunfights. But there were a few unusual gu...

When it comes to commercially grown chile peppers, there is a special label Hatch Chile. Some people think Hatch Chile is a specific variety of chile peppers like Big Jim or Sandia chile. It is not. Rather, Hatch chile reflects the place in Sou...

Today, January 6, 2025, is the 113th anniversary of New Mexico becoming a state. It was a Saturday at 11:30 a.m. in Washington, D. C. when President William Howard Taft signed the statehood bill officially making New Mexico the 47th state in th...

New Mexico is so big that you could make at least four other states out of our size. And we are in the unique touching three other states at the Four Corners spot. Tourist love to put one foot in one state, one hand in another, their other foot...

Wherever you live some of the streets and some of the areas of New Mexico are named after real people. They are called Place names since the place, be it a New Mexico county, town, street or some other descriptor is tied to a real person’s name...

New Mexico chile peppers always get lots of attention for the hot that they have and not appropriately for the more important outstandingly wonderful taste. The first thought most people have looking at just harvested green chile peppers is the...

There are websites that show people having a difficulty like falling off a ladder amid a Hollywood laugh track. The New Mexico version is when I ask people about their first bite of New Mexico chile peppers. Usually, it involves some discomfort...

When visitors come to New Mexico, one topic of discussion is our delicious chile peppers in foods like enchiladas. Our chile is a treat as long as to the visitor it is not too hot. It is always uniquely flavorful. That is chile with an e, not c...

In 1985 there was a poster on the wall of a restaurant in Las Cruces that caused me to smile. “On this spot 100 years ago, nothing happened.” Actually, in the then New Mexico territory in Las Cruces, a lot was happening for everyone. What was a...

Today is 2024 Veteran’s Day, a national holiday celebrating the men and women who have or are serving in the military. Don’t confuse Veteran’s Day with Memorial Day which honors American service members who died in the service of their country....

When I go outside in Las Cruces I look up and see airplanes. Little ones, big ones, those with propellors or jet engines along with helicopters. In 1916, airplanes came suddenly to New Mexico. They didn’t fly here, they took a train from San An...

Over the years many creatures have walked over New Mexico lands. Buffalo, Elk, Antelopes, Deer, Bighorn Sheep, Cattle, Horses, Mules, Goats, but there was an animal that caused locals to wonder if they were dreaming. In the 1850s the U. S. Army...

New Mexico and Arizona have an entwined history. They started as one entity, the U. S. Territory of New Mexico in 1850. In that entity from Hobbs to Yuma and northward was all New Mexico. New Mexico and Arizona became separate territories in 18...

New Mexico is known worldwide as the Land of Enchantment. It has a magnificent daytime and nighttime captivating countryside with beautiful vistas day or night. Half the great views you can see by - looking up. The sky above New Mexico is wonde...