I consider the savage and senseless destruction of the lovely Alvarado.

We explore the history of the Zachary clan, heirs to a great turquoise dynasty.

We travel the Santa Fe Trail and discover the great New Mexican jewelry dynasties.

How the late, great Gertrude Zachary built a castle in downtown Albuquerque, NM.

We meet the Château...and the fabulous Gertrude Zachary.

We visit with our friends Connie and Katie, consider my late parents, and get ready for the Big Turquoise Day.

We finish with El Pinto’s, and then, the next day, visit the wonderful jewelry shop, Turquoise World, which is (alas) closing.

We dine at El Pinto...and I consider forgiveness in marriage. Including my own.

In my newest blog post, we have a bit o’bleedin’. But then we head to El Pinto’s restaurant and everything is truly fine.

I get an attack of altitude sickness (and turn green as a lizard). Then we get singed at the Slow Burn.

We arrive in Albuquerque and things are good...except...except...I fear for America.

We begin a new adventure, this time in Albuquerque, New Mexico. And, more, we seek the Turquoise Palace.

We finish up our trip, and I decided, By Golly, we could move back to New Mexico...someday.

We have an excellent lunch at Santa Fe’s Plaza Cafe, and a poor excuse for a breakfast somewhere else.

We travel to Museum Hill, learn that we’re not nearly classy enough for the Museum Hill Cafe, but meet the wonderful Alebrijes.

I think a bit about why the politics of Country and Western Music worry me.

We finally get to hear James McMurtry in Santa Fe.

On why we went 700 miles to see James McMurtry, who lives forty minutes away from us.

I introduce us all to James McMurtry, he of Choctaw Bingo fame.

We head to the Guadalupe Inn, and consider the exotic-ification of Santa Fe.