Come With Me to Santa Fe!

I've moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico and invite you to join me as I explore this beautiful new country. I use the word "country" intentionally, because even though it is in the U.S., it is one of 4 U.S. cities that I feel are so unique, they are almost like foreign countries. I include Santa Fe with New Orleans, San Francisico, and New York.
So many friends have asked me, "Why Santa Fe?" In short, it is a place that called to me. Over the years I have made road trips across the US many times and each time that I drove through New Mexico, I was drawn to its barren and sweeping landscape. It is from another time. There is a reason it is called the Land of Enchantment. In addition, I have flown into Albuquerque (yes, I had to look up the spelling), to drive north to ski Taos. Each time I was captured by the country and its history. The Taos pueblos are still occupied as they have been for 1,000 years. This is a place where we anglos are the new intruders to a country where the original American Indian and Mexican settlers have lived since before Columbus discovered America.
I am not alone in feeling such a strong pull to this area. In the 1920s, D.H. Lawrence wrote, "The moment I saw the brilliant proud morning shine over the hills of Santa Fe, something stood still in my soul."
The Indians called this area the Dancing Ground of the Sun. It is an expanse that begs your reverence and allows you to "meet the sky for the first time."
Please join me as we explore this unique land.
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