by Wolf Schneider
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| Purple-blooming cabbage outside Agua Fria Nursery |
Fall is turning to winter in
Santa Fe. Aspen leaves are browning and there are glorious purple-flowering
cabbages – – a fall/winter outdoors plant – – looking profuse and gorgeous
outside Agua Fria Nursery. At the Santa Fe Farmers Market, there’s pumpkin pie
chevre from The Old Windmill Dairy. With bracing temperatures ranging from the
20s at night to the 40s during the day, Santa Fe is hopping.
A big, big welcome to Santa Fe
Studios, which opened this week with 175 people at the ribbon-cutting, complete
with mariachis and a champagne buffet. The first phase has opened with two
18,000 sq. ft. soundstages and 24,000 sq. ft. of production offices. Studio
representatives from Warner Bros., ABC, Fox and Sony were on hand for the
opening, according to The Santa Fe New Mexican. We’re glad to have Lance,
Jason, and Conrad Hool here bringing more filmmaking!
The Tony Hillerman Writers
Conference is taking place at the Hotel Santa Fe from November 10-12. It kicks
off with a writing workshop with the vivacious mystery writer Sandi Ault. Other
highlights include a panel on Building Tension with the talented Jo-Ann Mapson,
the lively sounding Friday night Flash Critiques with David Morrell and Ault,
and Saturday’s seminar on Queries to Seduce an Editor/Agent. Day passes are
available (www.wordharvest.com).
Wolf Schneider has been
editor in chief of the Santa Fean, editor of Living West, consulting editor of
Southwest Art, and also blogs at www.wolfschneiderusa.com.
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| Photographer: David Alfaya, Taken in Artist Studio: Gregory Lomayesva |
