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September 6, 2024
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Únashay Spaces and Grief SanctuaryÚnashay is a 501(c)3 grief sanctuary and listening space, for artists, grievers, and travelers of all kinds. It sits on the red earth of the Tewa people in Abiquiu, New Mexico, and recognizes with honor all that came before it. It includes 2 guest homes, an outdoor kitchen with dining area and horno (clay oven), hand-carved yurt, private tiny dwellings, and dreamy plans to build a recording studio and art/ performance space for its guests.
In a culture where presence and support for the grieving is painfully out of reach⎯ we want to explore this abandoned territory by building sanctuary for the grieving, where the gesture we hold is to court rather than “fix” what hurts; to listen, and travel with the Rio Abaja Rio “river beneath the river”. This vibrancy running from below, when not tended, begins to erode and turn into a thousand different arrows upon itself and the ‘other’; and when tended, flowers into a thousand different petals. We want to tend this deeper river, and build a culture from the flowers rather than the arrows. How does it work? Únashay funnels resources made from its LLC (space rental and curated art events) into its 501(c)3 grief sanctuary, which offers reachable community care to the under-resourced grieving, through the arts, companionship, land-based and mobile offerings. Visit HERE if you wish to stay on the land for your own 'grief respite', artists/ writing retreat, solo or group retreat, and much more. Visit here for all the ways to GIVE or write to us at inquries@unashayhome.com to make a tax-deductible donation. Thank you Contributors and Paid SubscribersCindy G
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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, because it spares me coming up with an original thought: I was an English major for a reason, and that reason is power tools.
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Also Known as: Ipomopsis longiflora, Phlox Family (Polemoniaceae)
Found in open, sandy areas Seen blooming in late August near Hwy 554 Read More
As I noted last month, historically, stock markets tend to be volatile in September and October, which is to say they can be fairly negative. Then in November/ December there is often a year end rally. No idea if that will happen this year. It’s been pretty positive so far in 2024 so maybe we will defy history. Read More
If you're like most folks you probably don't spend a lot of time thinking about what will happen after you pass away.
After all, that isn't the most pleasant of topics. Read More Previous Features
These days, smartphones come with powerful cameras. The more expensive ones come with up to 50 megapixels, separate zoom, wide-angle, and main cameras, and one phone even has a Leica lens. Plus, the built-in software does a lot of adjustments on the fly, so you’ll get a decent photo quite easily. Maybe that’s why the opinion persists that it doesn’t take much to come up with a great photo – I bet, even Ansel Adams heard this.
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If the land is sold without any safeguards, our new-town square would be lost.
Any money obtained from the sale, no matter how large a sum, would be trivial. Read More
We come together as a community to address you in your capacity as members of the board of Tres Semillas. We write to express our thoughts about the impact of your decisions on the Abiquiú community. We call upon you to reverse the sale of 4 County Road 187, to appoint new board members to Tres Semillas and to step down as board members.
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“Don’t believe half of what you see and none of what you hear.”
Those lyrics come near the end of the sixth song, Last Great American Whale, on Lou Reed’s 1989 classic album, New York. Read More
Every now and again, you get the calming reassurance you need that, in this big ol’ world of ours, filled with billions of people, I really DO have main character energy.
Or, as I’ve decided those of us in the opera business will now call it, title role energy. Read More
Also known as: Sphaeralcea fendleri, Mallow family (Malvaceae)
Found in dry areas, woodlands, roadsides Seen blooming in August by Hwy 554 Read More
Over the past few years we have been travelling quite a bit, by car. As we go through various states, we sometimes go through tollways. It used to be that you’d have to stop and pay a toll, but eventually, you could get a small device in your window and pay the tolls electronically. That was cool except for if you went through different states, then you’d need each states device. We had an Illinois ‘I-Pass’, but not one for Kansas.
Read More Every year, more than fifty New Mexico farmers markets help farmers and producers sell their agricultural bounty to their neighbors. In the north-central region, the Abiquiú Farmers Market is one of them.
Read More on Edible Come Celebrate 25 Years on the Rocks with Us!Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project invites you to attend our Symposium at Northern New Mexico College at the Center for Fine Arts on September 13-14, 2024. Over the last 25 years our mission has focused on the protection and preservation of the cultural landscape of the Mesa Prieta region of the northern Rio Grande Valley. We welcome summer youth alumni, recorders, docents, scholars, tribal and community members who have been connected to the project over the last 25 years to share in a two-day symposium. The Symposium is free to registered participants with a suggested donation of $25/day to support our continued mission.
Our featured speakers include Katherine Wells, Founder of the Project and Author of Life on the Rocks, Dr. Richard Ford, Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan, and Poet Kamella Cruz from Ohkay Owingeh. A detailed agenda with speakers and panels will be posted on our website. The Symposium will be from 8:30am-5:00pm both days and include light morning refreshments and lunch from La Fonda Del Sol and the Feasting Place. In addition, invited youth dance groups will take part in the 25th Symposium. The Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project is a project to protect a place. MPPP is exclusively organized for charitable and educational purposes, including the protection and preservation of archaeological features and the environment and cultural landscape of the Mesa Prieta region of the northern Rio Grande Valley through documentation, education, outreach and promotion of heritage stewardship. If you have a story to tell, send it in. If you want, interview your friend, relative, teacher, co-worker. If you think it would be interesting, I bet other people would too. Give it a try and send something in to us.
Carol Bondy Abiquiu Lake: Fishing for walleye was fair when using jig heads tipped with worms. Contact the Abiquiu Lake Main Office at 505-685-4371 for updated lake conditions and closure information
Rio Chama: Streamflow below El Vado Lake Monday morning was 455 cfs; streamflow below Abiquiu Lake Tuesday morning was 353 cfs. Fishing for trout was good when using San Juan worms, white Sparkle Minnow flies, emerger flies, and egg-pattern flies near Chama. Please remember, from the river-crossing bridge on U.S. Highway 84 at Abiquiu upstream 7 miles to the base of Abiquiu Dam is special trout waters with a bag limit of only two trout. Scene Around TownSend us your local images. Send to AbiquiuNewsImages@gmail.com Please send images under 1mb. My inbox will thank you. ~Carol
Art, Music, Film and BooksAbiquiu News Photography ExhibitCome see the photography that has been featured in the Abiquiu News. Meet the photographers and join us for a reception at the shop at Abiquiu Inn, Saturday September 7 from 4 - 6. A portion of each image will support the Abiquiu News. Support the News and our photographers. Read Jessica Rath's article "The Art of Photography" about our photographers in last week's News
~Carol Thinking Like WaterBy Cristina McCandless
The season after that beavers had returned. The Series features restoration projects in the Valle Caldera; Rio de Medio; Hubbell Trading Post, AZ; Fort Union Ranch; Las Vegas, NM and the eastern NM prairie land; Valle Vidal, NM; Gunison, CO; Hubbell Trading Post, AZ; and Tucson, AZ
Given the recent destruction of fires and floods, now is the time to implement Bill’s conservation and restoration solutions on a broad scale. Thinking Like Water: A DocuSeries Part biography part how-to, “water wizard” Bill Zeedyk and his proteges and allies illustrate a proven toolbox of simple low-tech, low-cost methods to restore degraded lands. They work with Nature, rather than against her, to gird against the extremes of drought and flood while fostering climate resiliency. We will be doing an episode run in partnership with the Violet Crown in Santa Fe starting Sept. 11— Thinking Like Water Wednesdays at the Violet Crown — with 1 screening every Wednesday at 6:30pm, with potential to add more screenings on Wednesday (and/or following Sunday?) if they start to book up. The theaters there have about a 60 seat capacity. The trailer will be running in their pre-shows and I’ll be sending out a more official wider email/posts starting later this week and early next. (All tix come with validated 4 hour parking at nearby lot). Wed Sept 11 Episode 1: "Willing to Try Things" Lays the foundation of Zeedyk’s pioneering contribution of induced meandering to the field of nature-based restoration and how it began to take off. Wed Sept 18 Episode 2: "All About a Bird: 1000 Acts of Restoration" Highlights the endangered Gunnison Sage Grouse and how a host of partnerships and private landowners’ pull together to save this unique bird. Wed Sept 25 Episode 3: "Fire & Flood" Illustrates restoration in the age of increasing catastrophic wildfires and their post-fire impacts and how hybridizing treatments comes with the terrain. Wed Oct 2 Episode 4: "Country Roads, City Roads" Explores the biggest impact on watersheds and how practical approaches make win-win-win scenarios possible. Wed Oct 9 Episode 5: "Watershed Wide" Brings it all together in Zeedyk’s hometown watersheds: A rural town’s river re-winding, pushing the boundaries of induced meandering on a national wildlife refuge and the implementation of most of Zeedyk’s techniques on a large family ranch. Continuing
August 20, 2024 to September 30, 2024 🎉 Exciting News! 🎉 The annual Art Basket Raffle is here, and it's bigger than ever! Thanks to the incredible generosity of our community and artist members, we're offering three stunning baskets filled with artwork, jewelry, and a luxurious local lodging stay! Each basket is valued at over $1,400! 🎨✨ Every ticket you purchase supports the Abiquiú Arts Council 501(c)(3) and our iconic Abiquiú Studio Tour event. 🙏 Don't miss your chance to win big and give back. Get your tickets online or at local businesses like the Abiquiu Inn, Café Sierra Negra, and Abiquiú Dome. 🎟️ Click to Order Online
The Locals’ Picks Book List
Zach Hively Casa Urraca Press has created a place for locals in our area to recommend books to each other, and a place to find book suggestions with a personal touch.
Have a book to recommend? Send it to Zach at casaurracaltd@gmail.com – title, author, and the reason you suggest it.
The full Locals’ Picks list is available to view here on Bookshop. A purchase from Casa Urraca's link helps support independent bookstores. Abiquiu’s Casa Urraca Press earns a commission from every shopping trip that starts with the above Bookshop link—you can shop the entire Bookshop site in addition to the locals' picks. Plus, a percentage of every book (at least 10%) goes straight to independent bookstores. This is an opportunity to support small businesses with the same convenience as large online retailers. Abiquiu Book Club
EventsPlease remember, events will go in for a maximum of three Fridays before the event. Send text, word or publisher file and a separate image, please keep images below 1 mb and send to info@abiquiunews.com. Vertical PDFs or JPGs will be edited for space. Send by Wednesday Noon for inclusion in that Friday's News.
Announcements and ClassesNEW Fall offerings at Soulfire Yoga!
Radiant Core and Back Clinic Unlock the power of your core and back through a yogic lens. This clinic delves into strengthening your core physically and supporting back health, while also exploring the subtle energies of your inner radiance and deep stability. Expect a holistic approach that not only enhances your practice but also supports your well-being beyond the mat. Saturday, Sept 21 9:30-11 or Sunday, Sept 22 9:30-11 $20 (Studio or Zoom) ✨✨✨✨✨✨ Intro to Ayurveda - Explore the Ritual of Daily Self Care Discover the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda in this fun, interactive class—complete with a hot cup of chai! You’ll dive into the basics of this holistic system, exploring the doshas, the role of yoga, and the impact of diet and lifestyle choices. Learn the rituals of intentional self-care and seasonal alignment. To complete the experience, enjoy a grounding yoga practice and a soothing warm oil self foot massage before settling into a restorative savasana. Friday, Sept 27 9-11 or Saturday, Sept 28 9:30-11:30 $35 (Studio Only) To register or to get more information, please contact, Joy 802-855-3003 or Joyousom@gmail.com September
Thursday 12 at 6 pm: Harvesting the Bounty; Preserving the Harvest; Canning, Dehydration, Freeze Drying; On Farm Processing; Marketing Food Safety Saturday 28 at 9 am: Woodland Management & Forest Fire Safety; Thinning Ecology; Firewood & Stove Safety October Thursday 3 at 6 pm: High Value Crops & Medicinal Ghost Ranch Workshops September
Photo Fundamentals with Sandy Kaplan | September 22-28 Portrait Photography Amid Nature’s Beauty with David Rider | September 22-28 Splash of Chaos: Painting Ghost Ranch with Antonio Darden | September 22-28 Fundamentals of Chimayo Weaving with Lisa Trujillo | September 22-28 Contemporary Southwest Silver with Bill Derrevere | September 22-28 Hike the ‘Ologies with Connie B Burkhart | September 22-28 Pastels: Finding Form for Inspiration with Maureen O’Neill | September 22-28 Printed, Stitched and Bound with Alanna Austin | September 22-28 High Desert Course with Sean Hudson | September 28-30 Women in Welding with Connie B Burkhart | September 29 - October 5 October Healing Grief with the Sacred Wheel with Cheryl Downey | October 1-6 Healing Colonial Legacies: Developing Empathy for Personal, Historical and Land Based Trauma with Deanna Dartt | October 6-11 Native Americans and Museums with Deanna Dartt | October 10 Southwest Native Traditions in Metalsmithing with Steve and Cree LaRance | October 6-11 Paper from Place: Handmade Paper from Local Plants with Leah Mata Fragua | October 6-11 Discovering Healing Herbs in Northern New Mexico with Dr. Denise Gabaldion-Thronas | October 6-11 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants with Robin Wall Kimmerer | October 11-13 Celebrating Women with Susan Weber and Lynn Motley | October 13-18 Practically Painting with O’Keeffe with Anna Koster | October 13-18 Making Poems, Making Books with Anita Skeen and Cindy Hunter Morgan | October 13-18 Writing and Healing: Beginner’s Mind, Deep Play with Joan Logge | October 13-18 Fly Fishing around Ghost Ranch with Davud Kadlec and Tom Nichols | October 13-18 Connecting with Eyes, Heart, Hand: Plein Air with Natasha Isenhower | October 28-Nov 3 November Navigating Paths if Change on Life’s Journey with Jeannie Bowman | November 18-23 Christian Perspectives on Dementia Diagnoses and Care with Dr. Carl Greiner | November 22-24 |
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Jubilant Jenny is a bright & bouncy ball of beauty and brilliance! This goofy grinnin’ girl is energetic and exuberant, snuggly sweet, and in addition to knowing how to play fetch, she has some basic training already too! Come in to adopt this spunky 2yo 75lb gal - she goes home spayed, vaccinated, microchipped and with six months of heartworm prevention. Monday-Saturday 11am-4:30pm. www.espanolahumane.org 505-753-8662 Gabe
Gabe is a slinky, sweet survivor. Panleukopenia is highly contagious and nearly always fatal in kittens, and it has a survival rate of just 50% in adults. Gabe is a ‘tweener at six-months-old, and although his chances were slim of making it out the other side of this vaccine-preventable disease, this muffin-making, nose-booping, purring pile of perfection made it. Thanks to his medical fosters and to our veterinary team, he has a second chance at a new beginning -we are all head over heels smitten with this kitten! Gabe is available for adoption at the shelter, and he goes home neutered, vaccinated and microchipped. www.espanolahumane.org 505-753-8662 Missing Cat from Santa California area. Her name is Bean! Female calico cat, she has a purple flea and tick collar, a pink car collar with a silver bell and apple air tag along with a qr to scan and when scanned more info will come up. She is overall friendly but is scared easily when approached quickly. Please call me at (505)-615-5504 or (505)-614-7484 thank you!
This sweet 7 yr young female lab mix can no longer be cared for by Abiquiu Lake non-resident owner. She is spayed, up to date on all shots, and very playful. Friendly with other dogs. Eager to please a new owner and family.
Call Trant 505-358-6688 |