#chama nm

[newmexicophotographer]

chama, nm

[aryburn-trains]

Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company (D&RGW) narrow gauge 2-8-2 #473 on the "San Juan" leaves Chama, NM in a snow storm, 4 cars. December 30, 1947

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The Río Chama in Río Arriba Co, NM, near Abiquiú. Photo: Patrick Lansing (July 18, 2024)

(Scott Horton)

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Life is a long lesson in humility.

—James M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan

“Barrie should have added, “If we’re lucky.” By that I mean we’re lucky if our lives last long enough for it to be a “long lesson.” But I also mean we’re lucky to have constant reminders on how to be humble because that makes us empathetic to others and lays a foundation for being able to love and be worthy of being loved. In other words, humility breeds happiness.

“Arrogance is the enemy of humility. That need to feel like we matter beyond the confines of our little world means we can only feel important when validated by others—not by ourselves. Unfortunately, the need for that validation often leads to unhappiness. For many, the only way to feel significant is to chase after some sort of fame or popularity. This can be done through gathering “likes” on social media or by accumulating wealth to flaunt. The idea is that if others are envious, the person has proven they are more significant than those who envy them. This is the math of madness.

“For a happy few, fame is merely a by-product of pursuing personal greatness—not to flaunt but just out of curiosity about how far they can go. This is true of the athlete and the artist, the inventor and the innovator. Their joy comes from their reach exceeding their grasp. It comes from the trying more than the succeeding. This path is littered with failure and humility, which only makes them strive harder. The joy is in the striving, not in the accolades of others. Or as Janis Joplin said, “On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.”

For me, being a speck of dust is not an existential burden but a profound relief. It is the great equalizer that reminds us we all face the same challenges of wanting to feel useful, needed, and worthy. Humility teaches us that those challenges are overcome through compassion, kindness, and love for others rather than seeking power over others.

“There is nothing that teaches humility more than aging. The increasing frailties of the body remind me daily just how insignificant so much of what I once thought was important really is. I also am acutely aware of how many opinions I had in my youth and even later that embarrass me today. That humility taught me to form my opinions carefully using facts, experts, and research rather than my biased gut or peer pressure.

“The closing door of life just inspires me to make a positive difference in others’ lives while that door is still open, even if just a crack and I can see light. Humility lights the way.”

[Kareem Abddul Jabar]

[thank you TCinLA]

[primerjohn]

A long and narrow diorama at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, this display may appear simpler than some of the others I have featured, but the crafting here is still that of a master. The trees in particular are genuine wood, converted to take on the roles from which they had been gathered from (now that was a mouthful).

Chama, NM

This Chama, New Mexico layout is modeled after the actual Denver & Rio Grande Western’s narrow gauge Chama yard and engine facility, circa 1955.

Today this yard and engine facility serves the popular Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. Many of the structures in this diorama were built from scratch, known as “scratch built” structures, because no kits existed for them. Notice the depot, roundhouse, coaling tower, and vegetation in this layout.

Bill Peter and Jim Booth

Bill Peter, owner of Peter Built Locomotive Works (PBL), and Jim Booth designed and built the Chama, NewMexico layout to show the advantages of S scale narrow gauge trains taking less room. For many years Bill and Jim took this layout to numerous train shows and conventions around the U.S. to promoteS scale narrow gauge trains.

[guerrerense]

Victorian freight at Toltec Creek por Kevin Madore Por Flickr: With just two days left in the week-long, "Victorian Iron Horse Round-Up" at the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, four of the five featured locomotives made their way across the entire railroad from Antonito, CO to Chama, NM. For this particular trip, the 1875-era wood-burners, "Eureka" and "Glenbrook" would be handling a vintage freight, while the two coal-burners, D&RG 168 and 425 would handle the passenger train. Under a mid-day cloud cover so typical of Colorado, the two Baldwin wood-burners and their freight are shown here charging through Toltec Creek at Milepost 313.5, heading for their next, planned servicing stop at Osier, CO.

[shyearthquakedaze]

there are other abduction cases involving the mutilation of animals by beings that don’t look like the cat-eyed beings. In fact, what appear to be the Controllers of smaller entities are often tall humanoids, sometimes seen in long, white robes, even with hoods over their heads. Government documents have described smaller beings referred to as “extraterrestrial biological entities,” or EBEs, and another group called the “Talls.” Some people in the human abduction syndrome think the EBEs and the Talls are at war with each other — but not with bullets. The impression is that these E. T.s war through deceptive mind control and manipulation of time lines.

Perhaps deception and time warps are why there is so much confusion in the high strangeness of encounters with Other Intelligences, the variety of non-human physical appearances, and lack of consistent communication by the entities about who they are, where they are from, and why they are on planet Earth lifting people from cars and bedrooms, or animals from backyards and pastures in beams of light.

While Judy Doraty’s May 1973 encounter with her teenage daughter near a pasture outside Houston, Texas, involved the cat-eyed beings and mutilation of a calf on board the craft in front of Judy, there was another abduction experience seven years later in the first week of May 1980 near a Cimarron, New Mexico, pasture.Purple map pointer marks Cimarron, New Mexico, northwest of Taos. Santa Fe and Los Alamos are marked by larger red circles in lower left of map while all the other red circles mark places of multiple animal mutilations in the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, Dulce, Chama, Espanola, Questa, Taos, Las Vegas and Raton, New Mexico. Across the northern border into Colorado, other red circles at multiple mutilation sites are in Pagosa Springs, Alamosa, Walsenburg and Trinidad. The first worldwide-reported mutilation case was a mare named Lady found in September 1967, near Alamosa, Colorado, dead and stripped of flesh from the chest up and all the chest organs surgically removed.Lady, a 3-year-old Appaloosa mare, owned by Nellie and Berle Lewis, who had a ranch in the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado near Alamosa. Lady was found September 8, 1967, dead and bloodlessly stripped of flesh from the neck up. All her chest organs had also been “surgically” removed, according to John Altshuler, M. D. who examined the mutilated horse. Lady’s hoof tracks stopped about 100 feet southeast of her body where it looked like she had jumped around in a circle as if trying to escape something. There were no tracks around Lady’s body, but 40 feet south of her was a broken bush. Around the bush was a 3-foot-diameter circle of 6 or 8 holes in the ground about 4 inches across and 3 to 4 inches deep. Photograph taken three weeks after Lady’s death by Don Anderson.

Posted on December 30, 2022 © 2023 by Linda Moulton Howe

Part 2: Hall of Mirrors with A Quicksand Floor

“The brightest, whitest light I’ve ever seen. How can it fly like that? What is it? Oh, I’m scared. How can they be doing that — killing that cow? It’s not even dead! It’s alive!”

– Female abductee at cattle mutilation site, Cimarron, NM, May 1980

Return to Part 1.

But there are other abduction cases involving the mutilation of animals by beings that don’t look like the cat-eyed beings. In fact, what appear to be the Controllers of smaller entities are often tall humanoids, sometimes seen in long, white robes, even with hoods over their heads. Government documents have described smaller beings referred to as “extraterrestrial biological entities,” or EBEs, and another group called the “Talls.” Some people in the human abduction syndrome think the EBEs and the Talls are at war with each other — but not with bullets. The impression is that these E. T.s war through deceptive mind control and manipulation of time lines.

Perhaps deception and time warps are why there is so much confusion in the high strangeness of encounters with Other Intelligences, the variety of non-human physical appearances, and lack of consistent communication by the entities about who they are, where they are from, and why they are on planet Earth lifting people from cars and bedrooms, or animals from backyards and pastures in beams of light.

The following excerpts are from May 1980 hypnosis sessions with a young boy and his mother who saw humanoids mutilating a cow in a Cimarron pasture followed by an abduction of them both. The hypnosis sessions began on May 11, 1980, when Leo Sprinkle, Director of Counseling and Testing at the University of Wyoming, received a phone call from scientist Paul Bennewitz, who was investigating the mother and son abduction for the Aerial Phenomenon Research Organization (APRO).

[sixbucks]

OLGA LITTLE & MUTT

Today begins Women's history month and since I enjoy the history of the heritage burros of the Western US so much, I would like to share the story of Olga Little, Colorado's only female burro-packer ...

Olga Schaaf immigrated to the United States from Germany with her family in 1885 at the age of 2. By the time she was 4, her family had moved to SW Colorado near Durango. Her only formal education was given for a short time in her childhood in Spanish in Chama, NM. By the time she was 14 she had developed into an exceptional horsewoman and was breaking horses for area ranchers for $5 per week, as well as occasionally leading hunting expeditions into the La Plata mountains. Still in her teenage years, her skill with horses caught the attention of Frank Rivers, who owned the Ruby Mine high up in the La Platas. He asked her if she would take a string of burros up to supply the mine and bring back ore, an offer she refused right away. "I can't," she said. "I know nothing about packing." Rivers offered to pack the animals, assuring her that surely she could lead them up the mountain. Not wanting to turn down any opportunity to make "quick cash for a short job," she accepted. The journey took her all day and she arrived at the mine after nightfall, only to discover that there were no accommodations for women. Not wanting to sleep in the same quarters with the miners, she stayed up all night with the burros and returned at the crack of dawn the following day.

That fateful trip led to a nearly 40-year long career as the only "lady jackpacker" in Colorado, and gained her a place of honor in the state's history. When she was 30, she married a Scottish miner named Bill Little and they made their home at Mayday, near the mouth of La Plata Canyon. Olga Little was a diminutive woman full of grace and grit, as they say. Her normal routine was to lead a string of 20 burros high into the mountains loaded with coal and other provisions on the outbound, and loaded with ore on the return. All of 5'4" and 130 pounds, she expertly packed and hoisted her own loads of three 70-pound parcels per burro -- one on either side and one on top -- sometimes doing so right off the railroad.

In her packing career she visited nearly every high-country mine in the La Platas, most of which were located above 10,000 feet. She was known to be strong, resourceful, unphased, and good to her animals. She never whipped or cursed them and on one occasion when a burro skidded down a ravine and was trapped by the deep snow, she regularly delivered him hay for months, keeping him fed and alive until the snow melted and she was able to retrieve him. She not only did a man's job, she sometimes did work men couldn't manage. On one occasion, she saved the lives of 18 starving miners from the Neglected Mine. She led them down to Transfer through a blinding blizzard, one miner behind each burro, holding tightly to the burros' tails as they trudged on in the darkness through snow and ice, all the while with Olga checking on their wellbeing as they made their way down the mountain to the safety of Transfer. This rescue story is often told by historian, Historian Andrew Gulliford, who wrote, "The mining legacy of La Plata Canyon and the role of Olga Little is all but forgotten in the 21st century. The landscape of the working west is now just scenery." The truth of this observation is so poignant to me now as I realize in writing this article that not even six months ago I burro-trekked in search of scenery out of Transfer -- the VERY PLACE Olga Little brought her rescued miners by burro-string -- with my own burro, Luna Blue!! (Follow my own burro trail adventures on my new FB page: Outbound Burro).

Olga's burros carried the full laundry list of supplies needed for mining from steel cables and heavy timbers to bales of hay and even the injured and deceased. Olga always wore the same high-laced boots, jodphurs, and a wide-brimmed hat and packed her burros in to the mines year-round. Her arrival was always a treat for the miners and in anticipation, they would clean themselves right up. All the miners of the La Platas held Olga Little in high regard and treated her with the utmost respect. After all she was their lifeline, especially through the winter!

Olga Little's life story has been honored in many ways. When she was alive, she was featured on the TV show "This Is Your Life" and since her passing in the 1970s, she has been depicted in murals and featured in articles. In 1983, a peak in the La Plata mountains was named Olga Little Mountain. Kathleene Parker, who nominated Little for the honor, did so hoping to not only enshrine her legacy in Colorado's history but also to ensure that our children always understand that the women of that era were no "clinging vines." Upon receipt of the nomination, the Executive Secretary for the U.S. Board of Geographic Names, wrote at the time, “I may be wrong, but I don’t think there is a feature in the country named for a woman muleskinner.” Another example of women sharing Olga's "herstory" is the painting "Olga's Return" by renowned artist (and friend and Mancos neighbor) Veryl Goodnight, for which she did a study involving an actual recreated pack burro supply adventure in the Colorado mountains. (Link to the Veryl Goodnight Gallery below.)

So who is Mutt?

Mutt was Olga's last remaining burro from her packing career. I have seen him listed as both Mutt or Matt but I like Mutt! (UPDATE: Olga Little's grand nephew commented on this post and let us know that the burro's real name was MUTT!!) As burros can live into their 40s and 50, Olga and Mutt had the privilege of growing old together. May we all have the same good fortune!

Enjoy your burros!

Wylde (\,,/) Williams

https://verylgoodnight.com/portfolio-posts/olgas-return

[journeyneverends]

Chama NM and Zen, her trail name, is just finishing up a 1,400 mile south bound hitch. She goes to Michigan State. She would be called a “LASH” long ass section hiker in through hiker parlance.

Aspens are changing near the 10,000’ Cumbres Pass

Fruit stands and roasting peppers. Northern NM is beautiful this time of year.

[marianeaparecidareis]

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EVANGELHO

Quarta Feira 11 de Dezembro de 2024

℣. O Senhor esteja convosco.

℟. Ele está no meio de nós.

℣. Proclamação do Evangelho de Jesus Cristo ✠ segundo Mateus

℟. Glória a vós, Senhor.

Naquele tempo, tomou Jesus a palavra e disse: 28“Vinde a mim todos vós que estais cansados e fatigados sob o peso dos vossos fardos, e eu vos darei descanso. 29Tomai sobre vós o meu jugo e aprendei de mim, porque sou manso e humilde de coração, e vós encontrareis descanso. 30Pois o meu jugo é suave e o meu fardo é leve”.

- Palavra da Salvação.

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- Comentário do Dia

💎 O leve fardo do amor

Médico das almas, Cristo foi enviado pelo Pai com o fim de substituir o pesado fardo dos pecados e da concupiscência pelo jugo suave da lei evangélica, dos preceitos da graça e da caridade.

Após nos ter mostrado nos versículos anteriores a majestade de sua divindade (cf. Mt 11, 27), agora, para que diante dela não nos aterrorizássemos, Cristo nos mostra sua humanidade, e com terníssimas palavras chama todos os homens para junto de si. De fato, um legislador e príncipe, em quem reside a maior autoridade e poder, não tem maior virtude do que a benevolência e a mansidão. Assim Moisés, legislador e chefe dos hebreus, foi o mais manso de todos os mortais (cf. Nm 12, passim). Assim Cristo, legislador supremo e Cabeça da humanidade, é o mais benévolo, o mais doce e o mais manso que jamais houve entre os homens.

a) “Vinde a mim”, não com pés corporais, mas com afetos de fé, esperança e caridade, de religião, devoção e piedade. A Cristo, com efeito, entregou o Pai todas as coisas e o enviou como médico peritíssimo, a fim de curar, com os fármacos do seu divino amor, todas as nossas doenças físicas e espirituais. Ninguém além dele é capaz de nos devolver por completo a saúde: “Vinde a mim”.

b) “Todos vós”, sem excluir ninguém. Pois não há neste mundo quem não sofra alguma doença espiritual e, portanto, não necessite do remédio que apenas Cristo pode dar. A todos, pois, o Senhor se oferece e proclama que é a Ele, e a mais ninguém, que todos devem pedir saúde e salvação. Foi assim, com doçura infinita, que Ele corrigiu, elevou e curou a pecadora Madalena, o publicano Mateus, o perseguidor Paulo, o traidor Pedro. E é assim que, ainda hoje, Ele chama a todos na SS. Eucaristia, dizendo: “Vinde a mim todos vós, enfermos, famintos, aflitos: eu vos darei descanso”.

c) “Que estais cansados e fatigados sob o peso dos vossos fardos”, seja este fardo o peso dos pecados, que nos matam a alma e nos incapacitam para o amor, ou as dificuldades e tentações desta vida, “porque o corpo corruptível torna pesada a alma, e a morada terrestre oprime o espírito carregado de cuidados” (Sb 9, 15).

d) “E eu vos darei descanso”, com a verdade de minha doutrina; pela força de meus sacramentos, que são os medicamentos os mais eficazes; por minha graça e minhas consolações internas, que tornam suaves e suportáveis as mais duras provações; e, enfim, pela glória felicíssima do céu, prêmio incomparável com o pouco que por ora sofremos na terra.

e) “Tomai sobre vós o meu jugo”, isto é, vós, que vos submetestes ao peso intolerável do pecado e da concupiscência, vinde a mim, e eu trocarei este jugo pelo meu, que é o peso levíssimo da lei evangélica, dos preceitos da graça e do amor. Eu, com efeito, vos aliviarei, porque o meu jugo, embora não deixe de ter o seu peso, é ao mesmo tempo um remédio de suave sabor e como que um leito em que podereis descansar tranquilamente, se tiverdes a paciência que esta mesma lei vos ensina e prescreve. Porque a paciência sobrenatural que vos prometo e garanto é um remédio único e singular para todas as doenças, sejam de corpo, sejam de alma: “Nada é áspero aos mansos”, diz S. Leão Magno, “nada é duro aos humildes”. Assim, pois, como uma cota de malha resiste aos cortes em virtude de sua flexibilidade, assim também a humildade e a mansidão suportam, por sua própria leveza, toda aspereza.

f) “E aprendei de mim, porque sou manso e humilde de coração, e vós encontrareis descanso”. Imitemos, portanto, a humildade e a mansidão de Nosso Senhor, recorramos a Ele com irrestrita confiança, e decerto havemos de sentir o quão suave é o jugo de Deus. Temos em Cristo Jesus um amigo infinitamente confiável, um médico prudentíssimo, que jamais nos faria sofrer além de nossas capacidades. Abandonando-nos diariamente ao seu divino Coração, aprenderemos por sua graça a vencer com mansidão todas as dificuldades que esta vida opõe aos que desejam adorar a Deus e só a Ele servir.

Deus abençoe você!

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[mccoy1879]

Coyote, NM is a scenic town nestled in a beautiful valley. This valley is carved by small streams and bordered by stunning red rock formations. The town got its name from Coyote Canyon, which was likely named due to the large population of coyotes in the area.

The initial settlers of Coyote came from Youngsville and old Gallina which used to be located along the Rio Chama near the present-day location of the Christ In The Desert Monastery. These settlers were mainly farmers and herders who established a fortified village where the church now stands.

The village consisted of a cluster of connected houses, walls, fields, and acequias (irrigation channels). This arrangement provided the villagers with enough safety and shelter to survive.

The land on which Coyote was established was part of the San Joaquin del Rio Chama land grant, which was given by the Spanish governor, Joaquin del Real Alencaster, in 1808. However, despite the settlement, raids by nomadic Indians were still frequent, forcing the villagers to sometimes abandon their homes and retreat to Abiquiu or Santa Cruz de la Cañada for safety.

Despite the challenges faced by the early settlers, Coyote has remained a picturesque town with a rich history. Today, it continues to be a charming community with its stunning landscapes and unique cultural heritage.

[emptyingthebucket]

Day 36. Mile 3173. The train ride continues.

On the trip down the break squeal and smell. Uck!

Half way up and half way down, plus at the stop for lunch the train stops to put on more water. In a matter of minutes, we are full of nearly 3000 gallons and we shove off again.

After lunch we walk around to see the former railroad town. Now it is a museum of what used to be. It wasn’t like the railway was needed for transportation from Antonito Colorado to Chama NM. The railroad company didn’t make their money on passenger tickets. They made their money creating towns and selling the land around these new towns. Then this created a demand for goods and livestock to be transported by the railway. Now it is owned by the states of Colorado and New Mexico for its historic significance.

The happy travelers on their way back to Chama,

[descomplicandocarros]

O substituto do Gol já chegou, e começa ser vendido em versão limitada a 1000 unidades, estamos falando do Polo Track 1st Edition. Para o lançamento do modelo, a marca optou pela versão limitada, que conta com detalhes exclusivos da versão. A cor escolhida para a versão foi o vermelho sunset, que equipa Nivus e T-cross, já o teto, maçanetas das portas e rodas, são em preto brilhante (Black Ninja no teto). No interior, as soleiras são em alumínio, as costuras dos bancos em vermelho e os tapetes tem a inscrição "1st edition", dando alusão ao nome da versão. Outro ponto que chama atenção, é a placa preta com a numeração do veículo no lado direito do painel. Falando dos itens de série, o modelo conta com: volante multifuncional, ar condicionado com filtro de polen e poeira, chave canivete com comandos, rádio Media Plus II e quatro alto falantes, vidros elétricos e direção elétrica, entre outros. Na segurança o modelo já vem equipado com quatro airbags, assistente de aclive e declive, controle de estabilidade, Isofix, Top tether para fixação de assento de criança, alerta de afivelamento de cinto de segurança para todas as posições, e Bloqueio eletrônico do diferencial (XDS ). Na mecânica o modelo conta com um motor 1.0 MPI flex que rende até 84 cv de potência 10,1 Nm de torque máximo, atrelado a uma transmissão manual de 5 velocidades. O Volkswagen Polo Track está sendo produzido na fábrica da marca em Taubaté (SP). #volkswagen #volkswagenpolo #polotrack #polo #vwpolo #vw #hatch #polo2023 #hatchback #hatchcompacto #carros #car #carrobr #carrosbr #supercar #carrosbrasil https://www.instagram.com/p/CoXrJVfLiao/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[aryburn-trains]

DRGW train #115 "San Juan" at Chama, NM. December 21, 1949

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Río Chama near Abiquiú, NM. Photo: Sheila P. Pool (Oct 23, 2024) :: [Thanks to Robert Scott Horton]

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. . . the path that leads from beauty to immorality is tortuous but certain. Plunged deep in beauty, the mind feeds off nothingness. When a man faces landscapes whose grandeur clutches him by the throat, each movement of his mind is a scratch on his perfection. And soon, crossed out, scarred and rescarred by so many overwhelming certainties, man ceases to be anything at all in face of the world but a formless stain knowing only passive truths, the world’s color or its sun. Landscapes as pure as this dry up the soul and their beauty is unbearable. The message of these gospels of stone, sky, and water is that there are no resurrections.

- Albert Camus · “The Desert.” Nuptials (1938)

[alive on all channels]

[williamrablan]

The Bad Guys of the San Luis Valley - The Tarnished Badge.

The Bad Guys of the San Luis Valley – The Tarnished Badge.

There were no restaurant guides in June of 1881 to give a review in. But if there had been, Deputy Frank Hyatt of the Conejos County Sheriff’s office would probably have left of a review of “dismal décor, but service is good, and food isn’t bad. But they really need to do something about some of the people they allow in.” History doesn’t record what he was eating that morning. Since it was in…