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Nature & Wellness
Nourishing Santa Fe
Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico are a confluence of different landscapes. Nestled at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, you’ll find hot springs, aspen groves and desert rock against the backdrop of a clear blue sky. Replenish yourself through nature and self-care.
It was the series of cascading twenty-to-thirty-foot waterfalls that first drew my attention to a particular backcountry creek in the wilderness, but when I learned that this same creek was one of the...
I often marvel that when I’ve got an itch to hike in wide-open spaces, I can scratch it at the Galisteo Basin Preserve, a short twenty-minute drive from Santa Fe. The last time my husband, Paul, and...
When I was growing up in the community of Nambé, my family had a private well that would occasionally go dry for a day. We’d drive to my grandma’s house nearby to fill up jugs of water while my dad...
Need a midday break, one that involves an al fresco lunch and a walk, all right here in Santa Fe? First, pick up a delicious picnic lunch from Doctor Field Goods’ Kitchen, Butcher and Bakery on Cerrillos...
bout thirteen million years ago, the Jemez Mountains underwent a long period of tremendous volcanic activity. One million years ago, a violent collapse at the center of a volcano there spewed a staggering...
A colorful, textured garden is a pleasure for humans, but it also provides a vital habitat for our local pollinators. As you are planning your Santa Fe garden, keep native fauna in mind. In New Mexico...
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