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Sallie's posts tagged ‘Taos’

Two Sisters

February 6th, 2022 by Sallie Bingham in New Mexico Leave a Comment

Painting by Dorothy Brett

How does it happen that here in (relatively) remote and small Santa Fe, New Mexico, I’ve come to know about two sisters from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

In New Mexico Taos D.H. Lawrence

I Can’t Teach You to Write

July 5th, 2020 by Sallie Bingham in Writing Leave a Comment

SOMOS logo - Taos, New Mexico

What I can inspire, if not teach, is the appetite for putting words down on the page that has been my theme and my salvation since I was a child.

In Writing writing workshops Taos SOMOS

The Wild West

February 23rd, 2020 by Sallie Bingham in New Mexico 1 Comment

antique postcard from Taos, New Mexico

For Taos, a small town in the Rocky Mountains near Santa Fe, another snow means first of all figuring how to move around… but there are other stories.

In New Mexico Taos

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

Faith

April 8th, 2018 by Sallie Bingham in New Mexico, Religion 2 Comments

I have been thinking about faith, manifested in two of its aspects in Taos: The Penitente Morada behind Mabel’s house, and the nearby graveyard.

In New Mexico, Religion Mabel Dodge Luhan Taos Mabel Dodge Luhan House

Counterculture Culture

May 18th, 2017 by Sallie Bingham in New Mexico, Art 9 Comments

Dennis Stock - USA. New Mexico. 1969. Lorien commune. Copyright Magnum Photos.

For most of Grandfather’s neighbors and friends, memory of the communes is sharp and sour. We have yet to sweeten it.

In New Mexico, Art Lisa Law The Sixties Santa Fe Women Mabel Dodge Luhan Taos

Mabel’s House

July 22nd, 2016 by Sallie Bingham in Women, New Mexico 4 Comments

Mabels House

It seems we are still confined, in our appreciation of women, to admiring our roles as facilitators of other people’s lives.

In Women, New Mexico Mabel Dodge Luhan Taos Harwood Museum of Art Mabel Dodge Luhan House

My Writing Group: The Little Engine That Could

July 1st, 2016 by Sallie Bingham in Writing 5 Comments

My Writing Group

For any of you who think, or have thought, about starting a writing group, here is a model that works.

In Writing Writing Taos 16 Favorites of 2016

What It Takes to Be a Writer

April 28th, 2016 by Sallie Bingham in Writing 9 Comments

What It Takes to Be a Writer

Abandon professionalism. Hard work, always, is essential, but the notion that there is such a thing as “success”—a large audience, critical acclaim, and money—is, for nearly all of us, a delusion.

In Writing Mabel Dodge Luhan Taos Bonnie Lee Black

New Year’s Day

January 3rd, 2016 by Sallie Bingham in New Mexico 12 Comments

New Year's Day 2016 - Mabel Dodge Luhan House

I am wishing all of you, friends, acquaintances and strangers, who are kind enough to read these thoughts, the most beneficial, peaceful and fruitful new year—a cold winter with lots of snow, a spring full of bloom.

In New Mexico Doris Duke Mabel Dodge Luhan Taos New Year's Santa Fe

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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.
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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.
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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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Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican

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