The bow of the aluminum boat cut into the flat, gray water like a thick butter knife. I reached my hand down to touch the wake, feeling the resistance of the water. It felt surprisingly temperate, no shock of cold or bathwater warmth.
This week could feel like a movie, but whether it’s a drama, slapstick comedy, or summer romance with a meet-cute when a car breaks down, is up to us.
An experience last year was a reminder of how important it can be for people to meet artists, not just view their art.
It’s a great week to take time off and keep the agenda light.
An editor I once worked for came charging into the office one day: “Who moved my lunchbox?!” he bellowed — and this was a person who rarely bellowed. “My lunchbox has …
"May you live in interesting times" is an old Asian curse. As the weekend begins a sense of worried excitement or urgency can push us to dither or act before we’re ready. Let’s stay calm, cool, collected and think for the long haul.
Far-flung locales in New Mexico offer their own takes on performing arts and Pride, Brian Sandford writes.
What is worth loving, worth investing our heart and resources, in the face of loss or the potential for loss?
What is worth loving, worth investing our heart and resources, in the face of loss or the potential for loss?
You might’ve noticed a few recent stories in Pasa that have focused on artists facing some significant challenges in their lives.
This weekend starts with a new moon in the introspective, self-protective, nurturing if worried sign of Cancer.
The world premier of The Righteous, about the collision of religion and politics during the 1980s, and four standard repertory works round out the Santa Fe Opera's 2024 season.
How do we feel about a family heritage and habits; how do we feel about our home and homeland; how can we make home safe for all? This is what the sun, Mercury, and Venus now in domestic Cancer want to know.
Walking along Cerrillos Road shows a different side of Santa Fe, Brian Sandford writes.
This first week of summer brings long leisurely evenings, a watch for forest fires, and interesting new layers of family responsibility as the sun in Cancer asks us to introspect and take care of business on the home front.
The author has become an unlikely camper late in his life, and by the time you're reading this, he'll be waking up in Yellowstone National Park.
Our sunlight peaks as the earth hits its maximum tilt with summer almost upon us.
Welcome to almost-summer, the moderately quiet spell before the opera and art markets and concerts kick in and when the temps somehow went from slightly shivery to blazing face sweats.
The astrological weather is nervy, exciting, but with potentially scattered focus and the occasional anxious streak with the sun, Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter all in mercury-ruled Gemini.
Spoiler warning: The author goes deep on his feelings about plot developments in the opera Carmen, which was first staged in the year 1875.
Feel a new wind coming in. It could just bring another drift of pollen or spate of wild winds, but it also opens up new possibilities.
The size and exuberance of the crowd at a reception for painter Al Kittel's work reflected well on Santa Fe, columnist Brian Sandford writes.
The pollen-filled season of Gemini is upon us.
The Santa Fe International Literary Festival reminds Pasa's editor of the book challenges that fed her competitive nature as a child.
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