With the cooler weather, the local-favorite column, Comfort Food and Books for Comfort, returns featuring the review of local historians and co-authors John LeMay’s and Blake Birchell’s newest book. This is only the second time they worked together, though they know each other from book talks and signings throughout New Mexico. This time, fitting to the season, they brought together their favorite spooky stories surrounding the mysteries of White Sands. Some stories are based on lore; others were reported incidents that ended up making local headlines at the time.
In the comfort food part of the column, readers get a glimpse into the history of one of the favorite party food staples during football season: chili or chili con carne. The recipe is easy and can be put together in no time at all.
In Rick Kraft’s column, Just a Thought, he is questioning when judging others goes too far. Though some judgement is necessary when it comes to everyday choices.
Janet Dunnahoo’s historical column takes readers back before New Mexico was a state. The news stories she chose this week feature the changing of the seasons. As an example, in 1910, weather forecasters wondered how the weather affected the migration of birds.
While Kraft’s and Dunnahoo’s columns are published weekly, other columnists write theirs once a month. This week, Aaron Wilder’s It’s Your Art column on behalf of the Roswell Museum is about the multimedia artist Agustin Pozo Gálvez and his work from 1989 titled “Número Tres se va a Mormon Land.” The museum received it as a gift by Stuart Arends for its collection.
