Tuesday, November 15, 2022 2:00 PM
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 1:51 PM
Native American artists made the original Southwestern Native Earrings with turquoise and shell beads that were often two or three inches long or more. The beads were strung on a cotton string put through a hole in the ear lobe. Both men and women wore these earrings, which are very similar to the works of current Santo Domingo artist Ray Lovato, except they hang by silver wires!
Read MoreSaturday, November 5, 2022 8:58 AM
The San Juan Mountains are holding their first big winter snow where we live. For people who love the winter landscape and relish the chill of the air as the season arrives, it is a special time of year.
No one loves playing in the snow more than children (and the young at heart!)
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Wednesday, October 26, 2022 12:58 PM
One day, back in the late ’50s or early ’60s, my father was on the Navajo Reservation. He had the good luck to run into Tom and Fran Bayless, two lovely young people from Ohio who had discovered the Southwest on vacation in 1952 and kept coming back year after year.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2022 12:28 PM
Last year I had the opportunity to meet an extraordinary woman whose father had a unique manner of collecting Native American art. He lived in Albuquerque and never missed the Navajo Nation Fair, the New Mexico State Fair, the Arizona State Fair, or the Gallup Ceremonial.
Read MoreMonday, October 3, 2022 12:04 PM
Most people interested in Navajo weaving know that the different styles evolved around the trading posts on the reservation. Two GreyHills, Ganado, Teec Nos Pos, and about a dozen other posts have weaving styles named after them.
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