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January 18, 2022July 18, 2016 by lucy

I survived a hundred degrees in blistering Roswell this month. It was my second visit. I was last at the UFO museum way back in 2000. Not a great deal has changed. Many photocopied documents and images are mounted on display boards, but there are a few new, weightier displays including a giant Gort from The Day The Earth Stood Still.

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Categories travel Tags daytrip, new mexico, roswell, travel, vaughn

Not signposted

January 18, 2022February 28, 2016 by lucy

I found a couple of ways to spend a Sunday off the beaten track. Firstly to visit a restored church in Abeytas, a tiny town of about fifty people in Socorro county. The church is over a century old and was rebuilt in part with the help of recovering addicts. I was actually more enamoured by the completely unrestored adobe building next door.

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Categories travel Tags abeytas, belen, daytrip, duke city mustangs, new mexico, travel

The Bench 2

March 14, 2015March 14, 2015 by lucy

Some time ago I made a video collage of the occupants using the bench in the park outside my home. I decided to make a new one from my home in New Mexico.

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“They roll up the sidewalks at five thirty”

March 14, 2015November 10, 2014 by lucy

Barked commands emanate in a strong East coast accent from the common room next door.

“NO”
“YES”
“DEPARTURE”

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Categories Uncategorized Tags characters, postcards from the edge, travel 2 Comments

Time to kill on the side of the US 550

September 28, 2014June 8, 2014 by lucy

What to do when the New Mexico Rail Runner drops you off 3 hours before your Rio Metro bus picks you up, at a junction with a freeway?

gas stop photo on the 550
Much of America looks like this from a car.

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Categories Uncategorized Tags books, sci-fi, travel 2 Comments
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