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02-07-2006, 06:06 AM
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There's much to read and contemplate in the February, 2006 issue of New Mexico Magazine, including a fabulous cover story on the big cats of New Mexico, and a pair of stories on the new commuter train that is scheduled to start service soon between Belen and Bernalillo.
The train story has appeal because it covers the great attractions between the two cities on the north and south sides of the Albuquerque metro area, with photos and text on the Harvey House Museum at Belen, the historic Luna Mansion at Los Lunas and Coronado State Monument at Bernalillo.
It also goes into a little detail on the birding opportunities in the Belen area and the new railroad that runs between the Albuquerque zoo and the biological gardens, under Central Ave.
The train stories were written by Ben Moffett, a San Antonio native and a regular contributor to our pages of late. He says the new train, the "Rail Runner," is a metaphor for the state bird, the Roadrunner.
The photos supporting the train story were taken by New Mexico Magazine associate editor and photo editor Steve Larese.
Ben will also have a story in the next issue of El Palacio, the Museum of New Mexico's magazine, which will appear in March, on the 75th anniversary.
The February issue of New Mexico Magazine is entertaining from the front cover, a photo of a baby bobcat by Tim Fitzharris, to high quality and stark black and white photos by Butch Phillips, a photo essay called Belen Vision. Among the Phillips' photos is one of the abandoned Crown Mill in Socorro, which was busy from 1892 to 1933, and still stands in southeast Socorro, hardly changed from those early days.
There's also a wonderful story on "Rediscovering Roswell" by Johnny D. Botts. The "Artscapes" feature notes there is much more to Roswell than UFOs. "Roswell is an art mecca and it has been for years," says Boggs, an award-winning western writer based in Santa Fe . Besides, as far as we know, no extraterrestrials have returned since 1947, but artists and art lovers continue to discover and rediscover Roswell."
Featured is the Roswell Museum and Art Center at 100 West llth Street, which opened 10 years before the UFO crash and the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, 409 E. College, established in 1994 as a venue to exhibit the works by participants of Roswell's Artist-In-Residence (RAIR) program.
Another story, called Grave Matters, by Johnny D. Boggs, goes into famous and interesting New Mexico graves, including a headstone from the Clayton area of Thomas Edward (Black Jack) Ketchum by Magdalena photographer Kelly D. Gatlin and one of Smokey Bear from his grave under a ponderosa in Capitan.
The big cat story which is featured on the cover is entitled "Ghostly felines” is written by Mark N. Flair and the opening is set on the Armendariz Ranch in Socorro and Sierra Counties. The story not only features bobcats (or lynx) and cougars but "El Tigre," the jaguar that once roamed into New Mexico from the south as far as Deming.
New Mexico Magazine's website: http://www.nmmagazine.com/
There's much to read and contemplate in the February, 2006 issue of New Mexico Magazine, including a fabulous cover story on the big cats of New Mexico, and a pair of stories on the new commuter train that is scheduled to start service soon between Belen and Bernalillo.
The train story has appeal because it covers the great attractions between the two cities on the north and south sides of the Albuquerque metro area, with photos and text on the Harvey House Museum at Belen, the historic Luna Mansion at Los Lunas and Coronado State Monument at Bernalillo.
It also goes into a little detail on the birding opportunities in the Belen area and the new railroad that runs between the Albuquerque zoo and the biological gardens, under Central Ave.
The train stories were written by Ben Moffett, a San Antonio native and a regular contributor to our pages of late. He says the new train, the "Rail Runner," is a metaphor for the state bird, the Roadrunner.
The photos supporting the train story were taken by New Mexico Magazine associate editor and photo editor Steve Larese.
Ben will also have a story in the next issue of El Palacio, the Museum of New Mexico's magazine, which will appear in March, on the 75th anniversary.
The February issue of New Mexico Magazine is entertaining from the front cover, a photo of a baby bobcat by Tim Fitzharris, to high quality and stark black and white photos by Butch Phillips, a photo essay called Belen Vision. Among the Phillips' photos is one of the abandoned Crown Mill in Socorro, which was busy from 1892 to 1933, and still stands in southeast Socorro, hardly changed from those early days.
There's also a wonderful story on "Rediscovering Roswell" by Johnny D. Botts. The "Artscapes" feature notes there is much more to Roswell than UFOs. "Roswell is an art mecca and it has been for years," says Boggs, an award-winning western writer based in Santa Fe . Besides, as far as we know, no extraterrestrials have returned since 1947, but artists and art lovers continue to discover and rediscover Roswell."
Featured is the Roswell Museum and Art Center at 100 West llth Street, which opened 10 years before the UFO crash and the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, 409 E. College, established in 1994 as a venue to exhibit the works by participants of Roswell's Artist-In-Residence (RAIR) program.
Another story, called Grave Matters, by Johnny D. Boggs, goes into famous and interesting New Mexico graves, including a headstone from the Clayton area of Thomas Edward (Black Jack) Ketchum by Magdalena photographer Kelly D. Gatlin and one of Smokey Bear from his grave under a ponderosa in Capitan.
The big cat story which is featured on the cover is entitled "Ghostly felines” is written by Mark N. Flair and the opening is set on the Armendariz Ranch in Socorro and Sierra Counties. The story not only features bobcats (or lynx) and cougars but "El Tigre," the jaguar that once roamed into New Mexico from the south as far as Deming.
New Mexico Magazine's website: http://www.nmmagazine.com/