The Strange Tale of the Lady in Blue - Of all the tales of lost treasure, ghosts, inexplicable lights, apparitions, spirit horses, unsolved murders and disappearances across the Southwest, the legend of María Jesus de Ágreda - the fabled "Lady in Blue" - ranks among the most strange and mysterious of them all.  More...

Southwest Collectibles - Navajo Weavings - Navajo Mary McKibben, who began weaving at the age of six, said, "My mother would take out my small loom and set it up beside her large loom. I learned to weave sitting at her side... Weaving is a very spiritual thing...when I weave I think of my relatives and my old friends at school."  More...

Birthday Bash Road Trip on Route 66 -It is that time of year again, when the leaves age. And so do I. Bummer. Oh well. During this season, though, a wandering spirit always seems to move me. I feel that I have to hit the road. More...

Two Holiday Pies from the South - Apple Green Chili Pie and a Roasted Tomato Mole Pie, both topped with toasted pine nuts, together with a homemade pie crust recipe from Chef Ara - yum! More...

Powwow in Terlingua -The main area is a circle called the Arena which is blessed before the ceremonies. The only entrance faces East and non-Natives can only enter it by invitation. The drummers sit in the center; they are the Heartbeat of Mother Earth. More...

Seeing Red: The Calm of the Canyonlands -Utah's Canyonlands look as alien as Mars. Shades of red dominate the landscape, swathes of it decorating every sheared-off cliff and jutting spire. The pale blue sky, the scattered green vegetation, and the rocks' alternating bands of pale sandstone merely emphasize the deep oranges visible in every direction but up.  More...