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Letter of Recommendation: Baskets

I’m stealing this title straight up from the New York Times’s excellent column. I’ve been into baskets since I went through my Victoria magazine period in late college/early grad school—when all my furniture was wicker and all my upholstery white (what a great idea with two dogs, a tendency to knock over mugs of tea,Continue reading “Letter of Recommendation: Baskets”

Global Metal

If you grow up in New Mexico, you love heavy metal. Or maybe you hate it. But you’re not going to feel meh about it. Me personally, I don’t just love metal: I consider it part of my birthright alongside killer sunsets and green chile. Metal is responsible for a lot of the major timeContinue reading “Global Metal”