Santa Fe (NM-USA) – photo journal, high summer.

Church, midtown

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Santa Fe (NM-USA) is well known as a cultural and artistic center. The city is acknowledged for its wealth of art galleries, museums, and art fairs.  And it was designated, in 2005 – one of 13 North American cities – as a UNESCO Creative City (of Crafts and Folk Arts).

great hopes for a prosperous

and constructive new year 2022 ..

How, we all yearn for pre-pandemic life ..

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A few months ago, or perhaps several months ago, December 2020, Jean-Michel Basquiat, a massively influential contemporary artist would have celebrated his 60^th birthday. Unfortunately, he passed in 1988 at the age of 27 years; a drug overdose .. nevertheless, his influence continues to grow.

There is a certain durability about the narrative Marnie. The book, which was written by Winston Graham, was first published 60 years ago, in 1961. A Hitchcock movie followed in 1964, then later a stage production and two separate radio plays, and recently a Nico Muhly opera – a 2017 English National Opera production and a 2018 American Metropolitan Opera production.

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It was a casual remark, during a recent phone conversation, with a friend from Oklahoma, which suddenly appeared in my mind sometime later.
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While the name Cunningham, Merce Cunningham (1918–1992), might sound familiar – as an American contemporary dancer and choreographer – we may wonder why.
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With the 2020 national elections approaching, in the United States, naturally questions about the Electoral College are bound to surface. As we recall, the presidency was won by a candidate who garnered only 46% of the popular vote in 2016. However, our current president did receive a clear majority of the electoral vote count.
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