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Sallie's posts tagged ‘Apache Mesa’

A New Beginning

September 8th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in New Mexico 2 Comments

Photo of rock studio building with fence

There are many benefits to putting land in conservation easements, and it is happening more frequently all over the country.

In New Mexico River Fields Apache Mesa Santa Fe Conservation Trust

The Impossible Dream Renewed

August 7th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in Politics, New Mexico 1 Comment

Construction worker at Apache Mesa Ranch in 2012

Disappointment and depression are hard to shake; they become a habit, protecting us from hopes that seem doomed.

In Politics, New Mexico Wolf Pen Branch Mill Farm Apache Mesa Hillary Clinton Kamala Harris

Apache Mesa Ranch Resolved

September 28th, 2022 by Sallie Bingham in New Mexico 2 Comments

Photo of Sallie Bingham looking out over the Gallinas River valley

The ranch is not really for us human beings with our thin skins and our need for comfort.

In New Mexico New Mexico Apache Mesa 20 Favorites of 2022

Killing the Mama Snake

September 4th, 2022 by Sallie Bingham in New Mexico 1 Comment

Photo of Snake Goddess - Heraklion Achaeological Museum

I must write my story of this place… a story of the intersection of cultures here that seem to have no history or sense of conservation in common.

In New Mexico Apache Mesa

Is It Sunset Time for Apache Mesa Ranch?

August 31st, 2022 by Sallie Bingham in New Mexico 7 Comments

Photo of sunset at Apache Mesa Ranch

I haven’t written about my ranch in south-eastern New Mexico, near the old town of Las Vegas, for some time. In the interval, a lot has changed.

In New Mexico Apache Mesa

A Dream Deferred

October 18th, 2020 by Sallie Bingham in New Mexico 1 Comment

Black and white photo of the dog Pip on Apache Mesa

I was unable to move through my bitter disappointment that my original dream, dependent on a man, had collapsed.

In New Mexico New Mexico Apache Mesa 20 Favorites of 2020

Letting Go of Apache Mesa Ranch

April 2nd, 2019 by Sallie Bingham in New Mexico 3 Comments

Apache Mesa - Barn

Continuing to own an unproductive piece of land at the end of a terrible road broke through several layers of my dreams—or where they delusions?

In New Mexico Apache Mesa 20 Favorites of 2019

From Dream to Reality

August 28th, 2018 by Sallie Bingham in New Mexico Leave a Comment

Apache Mesa - Barn

It is finished after almost two years of work, with many changes—some of them drastic, others simply disappointing—along the way.

In New Mexico 18 Favorites of 2018 Apache Mesa Taken by the Shawnee

Ranch Time

July 15th, 2018 by Sallie Bingham in New Mexico 1 Comment

Apache Mesa - July, 2018

As always with a big new project, the day of reckoning comes at last.

In New Mexico Santa Fe New Mexico Apache Mesa

Sanctuary

April 10th, 2018 by Sallie Bingham in New Mexico 2 Comments

Sanctuary - Pond

I am blessed to have, in my life, several sanctuaries, one of which I am able to visit daily, the others at least once a week.

In New Mexico Apache Mesa Santa Fe Mabel Dodge Luhan Taos Wolf Pen Branch Mill Farm

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Visiting Linda Stein

Visiting Linda Stein

March 3rd, 2025
Back on October 28th, 2008, I visited artist Linda Stein's studio in New York City and tried on a few of her handmade suits of armor.
On Memoir and My Writing Memoir/Writing History Workshops

On Memoir and My Writing Memoir/Writing History Workshops

February 11th, 2024
I think memoir writing is a much more serious task than it's often considered to be. It's not informal, it's not casual. It really is the writing of

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Rebecca Reynolds & Salie Bingham at SOMOS

Rebecca Reynolds & Salie Bingham at SOMOS

November 8th, 2024
This event was recorded November 1, 2024 in Taos, NM at SOMOS Salon & Bookshop by KCEI Radio, Red River/Taos and broadcast on November 8, 2024.
Taken by the Shawnee Reading

Taken by the Shawnee Reading

September 1st, 2024
This reading took place at The Church of the Holy Faith in Santa Fe, New Mexico in August of 2024.

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Sallie Bingham's latest is a captivating account of ancestor's ordeal
Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican

“I felt she was with me” during the process of writing the book, Bingham says. “I felt I wasn’t writing anything that would have seemed to her false or unreal.”

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