Respect Her…and other perhaps not as famous publications
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Photos by Mary MacIntyre
Here are a few fine examples of FREE PRESS and the power of small INDEPENDENT publications.
Fall is spectacular in more ways than foliage. However, it’s great to take a walk in the city,
and venture out beyond your normal borders.
Beyond your normal borders can be used figuaratively, and literally. Literarlly can refer to the mental sphere as well as taking a drive out into the country for various events. If there isn’t much wind, on Sunday I’ll be going southeast to watch a friend, age 79, do a glider ride, yep a plane with no engine! She literally is going way beyond borders! The drive will go past LAMY, a famous little village where AM TRAK picks up passengers. Nestled in a canyon and rolling hills it is most picturesque and has many stories of the old Wild West. For around $50 one can take the train from Santa Fe, wind through the mountains, deep into the National Forest through canyons and ranches and end up in Lamy as well. It’s filled with adventure, history and natural beauty. Some are lucky to see wildlife as well. Once in Lamy there are a few restaurants and tourist shops. Catch a few of the wild west stories of the days when Lamy was a hopping town.
The other literary way to expand your borders is: The Sun News This is a small paper that focuses on the ENVIRONMENT, Sustainability, and Local News. Respect Her We are Our ENVIRONMENT is this months’ issue. The site is interactive and you may wish to leave comments there too.
This issue has some very practical articles on permaculture that any gardener would love to read. Another headline: An Insane Fish Poisoning Project in Valle Vidal will catch many people’s attention (this is not just a Halloween Prank story).
My aunt while reading the New York Times Sunday Edition (when I was a wee young thing) answered my question: do you read all the news in that paper, which to me was huge) answered, “No I mostly read the ads”. This lesson has proven to be a great tool for me as the ads provide a great resource about local events and educational conferences and resources. Did you know that there is a permaculture CREDIT UNION? www.pcuonline.org
Imagine if 1000 people joined and started an account for $5.00: there’d be a $5000 fund just sitting there to support sustainability. Check it out. Tell your friends. Also subscribe to this blog and the sun news blog. Even if it is just to read the ads and see the pretty pictures! Yes the Sun News has great photos too.
Ever hear of Georgia O’Keefe? Well she spent many years residing in Abiquiu NM just north of Santa Fe. That area geographically couls use several blogs all by itself. Well last night Pat and I went out to Zia Dinner, a restaurant where you can still get pot roast or meatloaf on the menu as well as good New Mexico cuisine. The meals were great, I ate and ssspent too much, and Pat had enough Pot Roast left over to have another meal. On the way out I noticed: THE ABIQUIU POST abiquiu@newmexico.com . Apparently they are not an online newspaper. So go ahead and email this lady for the reading will be worth it. “The Abiquiu Post is a publication of art, culture, entrepreneurship, and local news. We believe our readers wish to know of the positive aspects of life as well as ideas and suggestions regarding self-improvement and self-sufficiency.”
There are articles on “Healing through Horses”, art, Byzantine Adobe, and much more! Also lots of pictures. Plus if you’ll be in New Mexico, there is the Abiquiu Studio Tour, and enchanting event this Friday and Saturday October 6th and 7th, 10AM-5PM.
Support free press and all it’s diversity. Don’t let these voices be silenced and become just another legend of democracy past. Von Bock Farm is the publisher, www.lorifayebochshop.com
Now you’ll probably see all kinds of farm/sheep stuff there. Still make a donation and ask them to send you thier journal. A must for any serious NM buff. Or anyone who want to know where to go to another picture of the “real” New Mexico. Free press is part of the REAL AMERICA too. See you soon! Mary MacIntyre
For a couple of examples of more freely thinking folks with few limitations of what they think, visit these links: www.about-tulsaok.com
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