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		<description><![CDATA[SOMOS WEEKLIES NEW HOURS! SOMOS has new, extended hours to better accommodate our book sale customers! Monday 10-3; Tuesday 10-1; Wednesday 10-3; Thursday, 10-1; Friday 10-3 (subject to occasional changes) FOR YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING PLEASURE..... SOMOS MEMBERS BOOKS FOR SALE: Aaron A. Abeyta As Orion Falls                                                               14.00 (Poetry) Erin Bad Hand And Then Everyone Can [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><big><big><big><strong><em><small>SOMOS WEEKLIES</small></em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br />
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</strong></big></big></big></p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><strong>NEW HOURS!<br />
SOMOS has new, extended hours to better accommodate our book sale customers!<br />
Monday 10-3; Tuesday 10-1; Wednesday 10-3; Thursday, 10-1; Friday 10-3<br />
(subject to occasional changes)<br />
</strong></big></big></p>
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<p align="center"><strong><big><big><em>FOR YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING PLEASURE.....</em></big></big><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br />
<big><big><big>SOMOS MEMBERS BOOKS FOR SALE:</big></big></big></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Aaron A. Abeyta</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>As Orion Falls                                                               14.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>Erin</strong><strong> Bad Hand</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>And Then Everyone Can Rest…                                       15.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>Amy Beeder</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>Burn the Field                                                                13.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>Imogene Bolls</strong></p>
<p>Advice for the Climb                                                       10.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong> Ralph Flores</strong></p>
<p>The Horse in the Kitchen                                                22.00 (Fiction)</p>
<p><strong>Nasario Garcia (Editor)</strong></p>
<p>Más Antes: Hispanic Folklore of Rio Puerco Valley           13.00 (Non-Fiction)                                 Tata: A Voice from the Rio Puerco                           18.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p><strong>Bonnie Ann Gilchrist</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>Over an Angel’s Shoulder                                                 17.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p><strong>Lise Goett</strong></p>
<p>Waiting for the Paraclete                                                15.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>Veronica Golos</strong></p>
<p>A Bell Buried Deep                                                         14.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>William D. Harrison</strong></p>
<p>Silverfoot’s Second Dance                                              10.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>Reuben &amp; John                                                               10.00 (Fiction)</p>
<p><strong> Phyllis Hotch</strong></p>
<p>A Little Book of Lies                                                         6.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p>No Longer Time                                                             10.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong> Katie Kingston</strong></p>
<p>El Rio de las Animas Perdidas en Purgatorio                      7.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p>In My Dreams                                                                  7.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>Dana Levin</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>Wedding Day                                                                 14.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>Jonna-Lynn Mandelbaum</strong></p>
<p>A Goodbye Never Said                                                    20.00 (Fiction)</p>
<p><strong> George Manner</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>My View of the Mountain                                                  5.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>Carol Moldaw</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>Chalkmarks on Stone                                                     12.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p>The Lightning Field                                                         12.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p>Through the Window                                                       10.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong> Sean Murphy</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>The Hope Valley Hubcap King (Signed trade paperback)     13.00 (Fiction)</p>
<p>The Hope Valley Hubcap King (paperback)                          6.00 (Fiction)</p>
<p>One Bird One Stone: 108 American Zen Stories                 18.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>One Bird One Stone (Audio Version)                                 27.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>The Finished Man                                                               13.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>The Time of New Weather                                               13.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p><strong> Michael Scofield</strong></p>
<p>Whirling Backward into the World                                    17.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>Colleen Sell (Editor)</strong></p>
<p>A Cup of Comfort for Inspirations                          10.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p><strong>Patty Sheehan</strong></p>
<p>Gwendolyn’s Gifts                                                          15.00 (Children)</p>
<p>Kylie’s Concert                                                              17.00 (Children)</p>
<p>Kylie’s Song                                                                  17.00 (Children)<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>George Shepherd, Jr.</strong></p>
<p>They are Us-50 years of Human Rights Advocacy             20.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p><strong>Linda Sonna</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>Everything Toddler Book                                           13.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>Homework Plan                                                                5.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>Everything Potty Training Book                                          10.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>Homework Solution                                                          11.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>Parents Guide to Children w/ ADD/ADHD               15.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p><strong> </strong>Parenting A Teenager                                                       13.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>Everything Tween Book                                                    13.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p><strong>Mirabai Starr</strong></p>
<p>Dark Night of the Soul: St. John’s of the Cross                 14.00 (Religion)</p>
<p>The Interior Castle: St. Teresa of Avila                              14.00 (Religion)</p>
<p><strong>Dyck W. Vermilye</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>Early Zimbabwe                                                             15.00 (Memoir/History)</p>
<p><strong> Raphael Weisman </strong></p>
<p>The Empty Reed                                                               5.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong> Jeannie Williams/Victor di Suevo (Editors)</strong></p>
<p>?Saludos! Poemas de Nuevo Mexico                                 15.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p>(Poems of New Mexico)</p>
<p><strong>Summer Wood</strong></p>
<p>Arroyo                                                                            15.00 (Fiction)<br />
<strong>CHOKECHERRIES</strong>…..SOMOS annual anthology</p>
<p>2008                                                                   14.00 each</p>
<p>1997 – 2007                                                           6.00 each</p>
<p><em><br />
</em></p>
<p><em>Please add $3.00 per book for shipping. Make checks out to SOMOS or use PAYPAL on our website.</em></p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><strong>VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!!</strong></big></big><br />
<big><big><strong>at the SOMOS office for the Muse News Mailing, December 29, 10:30 - 1:00<br />
and for our Winter Writers Series, Friday evenings beginning in January<br />
Please contact us at 758-0081 or <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:somos@somostaos.org" target="_blank">somos@somostaos.org</a><br />
</strong></big></big> <big><big><strong><br />
</strong></big></big></p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><strong>SOMOS </strong></big></big><br />
<big><big><strong>BOOK CLUB </strong></big></big><small><br />
</small><big><big><strong>Update</strong></big></big></p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><strong>SOMOS HAS A BLOG!!!!</strong></big></big></p>
<p>With the brilliant technical and creative help of new member Jim Kimmons, Hannah Rappaport is creating a new SOMOS BLOG.  This site will eventually replace our current website.  It will contain all the present information with the addition of some exciting interactive features.  Members will have the opportunity to submit posts such as poems, short stories, links to their own websites, and more.  There will be the opportunity to communicate with other members, keep up with SOMOS activities, find volunteer opportunities, and create new opportunities member to member.</p>
<p>Through the WordPress Blog we will be able to save paper and postal expense by sending out our Muse News online.  Please notify the office if you do not wish to switch to paperless newsletters as in the very near future we will be making the switch.  For members who adamantly refuse the current technology we will continue to snail mail you paper.  But reducing the costs of this mailing is becoming necessary in this economic climate.</p>
<p>SOMOS began as a venue for local authors to read their works to one another.  This new Blog will carry the muse into the current cyberspace century (21<sup>st</sup> for those who have lost count).  Stay tuned for this new format, coming soon.</p>
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<p align="center"><big><big><big><big><br />
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<p align="center"><big><big><big><big>SUPPORT SOMOS by cleaning out your closets!<br />
Please help SOMOS by taking clothing, furnishings and other items to <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">PIECES</span></strong>!!!!<br />
1024 Paseo del Pueblo Sur<br />
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<p align="center"><big><big><big><big>SOMOS' account is SO5<br />
737-0500</big></big></big></big></p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><big><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">SOMOS USED BOOK SALE!!</span><br />
Every weekday from 10-1<br />
10 mass market books for $1 or 25 cents each!!!<br />
</strong></big></big></big><strong> </strong></p>
<hr size="2" /><strong>SOMOS Valentine Jewelry Fundraiser!</strong><br />
Thanks to the wonderful efforts of volunteer coordinator Donna LeFurgey, SOMOS is planning a very fun FUNdraiser for February that will involve chocolate and jewelry, romance, and lots more. <strong>In the meantime, we need your 'oldies but goodies' jewelry!! Just bring it by the office weekdays between 10-1 or by appointment.<br />
</strong> Please contact SOMOS by email <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:somos@somostaos.org" target="_blank">somos@somostaos.org</a> or by phone at 758-0081.<br />
Donations are tax-deductible!!</p>
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</strong> <strong>HOUSE SIT Available!</strong></p>
<p>Monique Parker  is in search of a very special person who would like to enjoy a very special house sit situation in El Rito between Jan. 24 and March 15 (7 weeks) while I am in India. This person would be responsible, quiet, respectful, in need of solitude, beauty, and a nurturing/restorative space to recharge their creativity.</p>
<p>Sharing the space are her two loving and low maintenance dogs and a cat who are all accustomed to a peaceful lifestyle and routine (feeding times and dog walks). Also, I should add that a nearby neighbor and dear friend will assist in animal duties as need be.</p>
<p>If you have any interest in a no-cost retreat this winter or know of someone you'd feel more than comfortable having care for your most sacred space, please contact Monique <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:monique@taosnet.com" target="_blank">monique@taosnet.com</a></p>
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<p><big><big><strong>ZIA AWARDS</p>
<p></strong></big></big>An outstanding New Mexican writer will be honored for her work in fiction next spring when her book receives the prestigious Zia Award.</p>
<p>Women writers living in the state are invited to submit their books for consideration for the award, given each year by the New Mexico Press Women at the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://newmexicopresswomen.org/conference/" target="_blank">annual spring conference</a>. The 2010 conference will be held in Albuquerque, April 16-17.</p>
<p>The 2010 Zia Award will be given to the author of an outstanding book in fiction published in 2007, 2008 or 2009. The contest is open to novels, novellas and short story collections and to all genres.</p>
<p>Each year the award rotates to one of three categories: nonfiction, fiction and children’s literature. To accommodate this schedule, a book published in the last three years is eligible.</p>
<p>Submissions can be made by the author or by someone else on behalf of the author, such as a publisher. Membership in the association is not required, but the writer must be a woman. Authors must also live in the state or have a strong connection to New Mexico; however the book can be published anywhere. A $10 submission fee is required and helps to defray the costs of the award. Entries must be postmarked by Jan. 11, 2010.</p>
<p>New Mexico Press Women is an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women and exists to provide professional development, networking and First Amendment rights protection to professional journalists and communicators. For more information on the association, visit <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.newmexicopresswomen.org/" target="_blank">www.NewMexicoPressWomen.org</a>.</p>
<p>The Zia Award was started by members in 1953 to honor an outstanding woman in New Mexico media.</p>
<p>Book entries are considered a donation to the organization and are not returned. The books will be part of the silent auction held at the annual spring awards banquet to raise scholarship funds.</p>
<p>To submit a book entry to the Zia Award contest please send a cover letter containing contact information and a paragraph stating the author’s connection to New Mexico, an email address or stamped postcard for acknowledgement of receipt, the book and a check for $10 payable to New Mexico Press Women to the following address postmarked by Jan. 11, 2010:</p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><big><strong>HAIKU SUBMISSIONS WANTED</strong></big></big></big></p>
<p>Anyone interested in writing haiku about any aspect of Taos, and willing to let it be posted online, please email to <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:janet@taoswebb.com" target="_blank">janet@taoswebb.com</a> or, if you have a Twitter account, submit at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/taoshaiku" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/taoshaiku</a></p>
<p>These haiku will be part of a new website, TaosSacredPlaces.com, that will launch later this week. The site will be part of the town’s new marketing campaign.</p>
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<hr size="2" /><big><big></big></big>THIS PROJECT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY NEW MEXICO ARTS, A DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT  OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, AND THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, MAG DIMOND, THE VIRGINIA WELLINGTON CABOT FOUNDATION, THE PETER &amp; MADELEINE MARTIN FOUNDATION FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, HEALY FOUNDATION and the TAOS COUNTY LODGERS TAX.</p>
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<big><big><big><strong>SOMOS</strong></big></big></big><br />
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233 B Paseo del Pueblo Sur       P O Box 3225, Taos NM 87571<br />
575-758-0081         FAX 575-758-4802</p>
<p><big><big><big><strong><em><small>SOMOS WEEKLIES</small></em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br />
</span></strong></big></big></big> <big><big><big><strong><br />
</strong></big></big></big></p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><strong>NEW HOURS!<br />
SOMOS has new, extended hours to better accommodate our book sale customers!<br />
Monday 10-3; Tuesday 10-1; Wednesday 10-3; Thursday, 10-1; Friday 10-3<br />
(subject to occasional changes)<br />
</strong></big></big></p>
<hr size="2" />
<hr size="2" />
<p align="center"><strong><big><big><em>FOR YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING PLEASURE.....</em></big></big><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br />
<big><big><big>SOMOS MEMBERS BOOKS FOR SALE:</big></big></big></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Aaron A. Abeyta</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>As Orion Falls                                                               14.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>Erin</strong><strong> Bad Hand</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>And Then Everyone Can Rest…                                       15.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>Amy Beeder</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>Burn the Field                                                                13.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>Imogene Bolls</strong></p>
<p>Advice for the Climb                                                       10.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong> Ralph Flores</strong></p>
<p>The Horse in the Kitchen                                                22.00 (Fiction)</p>
<p><strong>Nasario Garcia (Editor)</strong></p>
<p>Más Antes: Hispanic Folklore of Rio Puerco Valley           13.00 (Non-Fiction)                                 Tata: A Voice from the Rio Puerco                           18.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p><strong>Bonnie Ann Gilchrist</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>Over an Angel’s Shoulder                                                 17.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p><strong>Lise Goett</strong></p>
<p>Waiting for the Paraclete                                                15.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>Veronica Golos</strong></p>
<p>A Bell Buried Deep                                                         14.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>William D. Harrison</strong></p>
<p>Silverfoot’s Second Dance                                              10.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>Reuben &amp; John                                                               10.00 (Fiction)</p>
<p><strong> Phyllis Hotch</strong></p>
<p>A Little Book of Lies                                                         6.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p>No Longer Time                                                             10.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong> Katie Kingston</strong></p>
<p>El Rio de las Animas Perdidas en Purgatorio                      7.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p>In My Dreams                                                                  7.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>Dana Levin</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>Wedding Day                                                                 14.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>Jonna-Lynn Mandelbaum</strong></p>
<p>A Goodbye Never Said                                                    20.00 (Fiction)</p>
<p><strong> George Manner</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>My View of the Mountain                                                  5.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>Carol Moldaw</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>Chalkmarks on Stone                                                     12.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p>The Lightning Field                                                         12.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p>Through the Window                                                       10.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong> Sean Murphy</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>The Hope Valley Hubcap King (Signed trade paperback)     13.00 (Fiction)</p>
<p>The Hope Valley Hubcap King (paperback)                          6.00 (Fiction)</p>
<p>One Bird One Stone: 108 American Zen Stories                 18.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>One Bird One Stone (Audio Version)                                 27.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>The Finished Man                                                               13.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>The Time of New Weather                                               13.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p><strong> Michael Scofield</strong></p>
<p>Whirling Backward into the World                                    17.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong>Colleen Sell (Editor)</strong></p>
<p>A Cup of Comfort for Inspirations                          10.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p><strong>Patty Sheehan</strong></p>
<p>Gwendolyn’s Gifts                                                          15.00 (Children)</p>
<p>Kylie’s Concert                                                              17.00 (Children)</p>
<p>Kylie’s Song                                                                  17.00 (Children)<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>George Shepherd, Jr.</strong></p>
<p>They are Us-50 years of Human Rights Advocacy             20.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p><strong>Linda Sonna</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>Everything Toddler Book                                           13.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>Homework Plan                                                                5.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>Everything Potty Training Book                                          10.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>Homework Solution                                                          11.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>Parents Guide to Children w/ ADD/ADHD               15.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p><strong> </strong>Parenting A Teenager                                                       13.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p>Everything Tween Book                                                    13.00 (Non-Fiction)</p>
<p><strong>Mirabai Starr</strong></p>
<p>Dark Night of the Soul: St. John’s of the Cross                 14.00 (Religion)</p>
<p>The Interior Castle: St. Teresa of Avila                              14.00 (Religion)</p>
<p><strong>Dyck W. Vermilye</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>Early Zimbabwe                                                             15.00 (Memoir/History)</p>
<p><strong> Raphael Weisman </strong></p>
<p>The Empty Reed                                                               5.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p><strong> Jeannie Williams/Victor di Suevo (Editors)</strong></p>
<p>?Saludos! Poemas de Nuevo Mexico                                 15.00 (Poetry)</p>
<p>(Poems of New Mexico)</p>
<p><strong>Summer Wood</strong></p>
<p>Arroyo                                                                            15.00 (Fiction)<br />
<strong>CHOKECHERRIES</strong>…..SOMOS annual anthology</p>
<p>2008                                                                   14.00 each</p>
<p>1997 – 2007                                                           6.00 each</p>
<p><em><br />
</em></p>
<p><em>Please add $3.00 per book for shipping. Make checks out to SOMOS or use PAYPAL on our website.</em></p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><strong>VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!!</strong></big></big><br />
<big><big><strong>at the SOMOS office for the Muse News Mailing, December 29, 10:30 - 1:00<br />
and for our Winter Writers Series, Friday evenings beginning in January<br />
Please contact us at 758-0081 or <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:somos@somostaos.org" target="_blank">somos@somostaos.org</a><br />
</strong></big></big> <big><big><strong><br />
</strong></big></big></p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><strong>SOMOS </strong></big></big><br />
<big><big><strong>BOOK CLUB </strong></big></big><small><br />
</small><big><big><strong>Update</strong></big></big></p>
<p><big><big><big><big><big><big>On </big></big></big><big><big><big>Tuesday, January 5, 2010</big></big></big><big><big><big>, we will be discussing Mary Karr's stirring memoir, “The Liars' Club” from </big></big></big><big><big><big>6:30 – 8 p.m.</big></big></big><big><big><big> at the Somos office. </big></big></big></big></big></big></p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><strong>SOMOS HAS A BLOG!!!!</strong></big></big></p>
<p>With the brilliant technical and creative help of new member Jim Kimmons, Hannah Rappaport is creating a new SOMOS BLOG.  This site will eventually replace our current website.  It will contain all the present information with the addition of some exciting interactive features.  Members will have the opportunity to submit posts such as poems, short stories, links to their own websites, and more.  There will be the opportunity to communicate with other members, keep up with SOMOS activities, find volunteer opportunities, and create new opportunities member to member.</p>
<p>Through the WordPress Blog we will be able to save paper and postal expense by sending out our Muse News online.  Please notify the office if you do not wish to switch to paperless newsletters as in the very near future we will be making the switch.  For members who adamantly refuse the current technology we will continue to snail mail you paper.  But reducing the costs of this mailing is becoming necessary in this economic climate.</p>
<p>SOMOS began as a venue for local authors to read their works to one another.  This new Blog will carry the muse into the current cyberspace century (21<sup>st</sup> for those who have lost count).  Stay tuned for this new format, coming soon.</p>
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Please help SOMOS by taking clothing, furnishings and other items to <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">PIECES</span></strong>!!!!<br />
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Every weekday from 10-1<br />
10 mass market books for $1 or 25 cents each!!!<br />
</strong></big></big></big><strong> </strong></p>
<hr size="2" /><strong>SOMOS Valentine Jewelry Fundraiser!</strong><br />
Thanks to the wonderful efforts of volunteer coordinator Donna LeFurgey, SOMOS is planning a very fun FUNdraiser for February that will involve chocolate and jewelry, romance, and lots more. <strong>In the meantime, we need your 'oldies but goodies' jewelry!! Just bring it by the office weekdays between 10-1 or by appointment.<br />
</strong> Please contact SOMOS by email <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:somos@somostaos.org" target="_blank">somos@somostaos.org</a> or by phone at 758-0081.<br />
Donations are tax-deductible!!</p>
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</strong> <strong>HOUSE SIT Available!</strong></p>
<p>Monique Parker  is in search of a very special person who would like to enjoy a very special house sit situation in El Rito between Jan. 24 and March 15 (7 weeks) while I am in India. This person would be responsible, quiet, respectful, in need of solitude, beauty, and a nurturing/restorative space to recharge their creativity.</p>
<p>Sharing the space are her two loving and low maintenance dogs and a cat who are all accustomed to a peaceful lifestyle and routine (feeding times and dog walks). Also, I should add that a nearby neighbor and dear friend will assist in animal duties as need be.</p>
<p>If you have any interest in a no-cost retreat this winter or know of someone you'd feel more than comfortable having care for your most sacred space, please contact Monique <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:monique@taosnet.com" target="_blank">monique@taosnet.com</a></p>
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<p><big><big><strong>ZIA AWARDS</p>
<p></strong></big></big>An outstanding New Mexican writer will be honored for her work in fiction next spring when her book receives the prestigious Zia Award.</p>
<p>Women writers living in the state are invited to submit their books for consideration for the award, given each year by the New Mexico Press Women at the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://newmexicopresswomen.org/conference/" target="_blank">annual spring conference</a>. The 2010 conference will be held in Albuquerque, April 16-17.</p>
<p>The 2010 Zia Award will be given to the author of an outstanding book in fiction published in 2007, 2008 or 2009. The contest is open to novels, novellas and short story collections and to all genres.</p>
<p>Each year the award rotates to one of three categories: nonfiction, fiction and children’s literature. To accommodate this schedule, a book published in the last three years is eligible.</p>
<p>Submissions can be made by the author or by someone else on behalf of the author, such as a publisher. Membership in the association is not required, but the writer must be a woman. Authors must also live in the state or have a strong connection to New Mexico; however the book can be published anywhere. A $10 submission fee is required and helps to defray the costs of the award. Entries must be postmarked by Jan. 11, 2010.</p>
<p>New Mexico Press Women is an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women and exists to provide professional development, networking and First Amendment rights protection to professional journalists and communicators. For more information on the association, visit <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.newmexicopresswomen.org/" target="_blank">www.NewMexicoPressWomen.org</a>.</p>
<p>The Zia Award was started by members in 1953 to honor an outstanding woman in New Mexico media.</p>
<p>Book entries are considered a donation to the organization and are not returned. The books will be part of the silent auction held at the annual spring awards banquet to raise scholarship funds.</p>
<p>To submit a book entry to the Zia Award contest please send a cover letter containing contact information and a paragraph stating the author’s connection to New Mexico, an email address or stamped postcard for acknowledgement of receipt, the book and a check for $10 payable to New Mexico Press Women to the following address postmarked by Jan. 11, 2010:</p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><big><strong>HAIKU SUBMISSIONS WANTED</strong></big></big></big></p>
<p>Anyone interested in writing haiku about any aspect of Taos, and willing to let it be posted online, please email to <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:janet@taoswebb.com" target="_blank">janet@taoswebb.com</a> or, if you have a Twitter account, submit at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/taoshaiku" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/taoshaiku</a></p>
<p>These haiku will be part of a new website, TaosSacredPlaces.com, that will launch later this week. The site will be part of the town’s new marketing campaign.</p>
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<hr size="2" /><big><big></big></big>THIS PROJECT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY NEW MEXICO ARTS, A DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT  OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, AND THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, MAG DIMOND, THE VIRGINIA WELLINGTON CABOT FOUNDATION, THE PETER &amp; MADELEINE MARTIN FOUNDATION FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, HEALY FOUNDATION and the TAOS COUNTY LODGERS TAX.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOMOS WEEKLIES/MONTHLY For those folks who signed up for a copy of "Bless Me, Ultima" - the books have arrived!  Please stop by the Taos Public Library to pick one up.  There will be a list at the circulation desk with your name on it.  The library is open M-F 10-5, and on Saturday 10-6.  [...]]]></description>
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<p>For those folks who signed up for a copy of "Bless Me, Ultima" - the books have arrived!  Please stop by the Taos Public Library to pick one up.  There will be a list at the circulation desk with your name on it.  The library is open M-F 10-5, and on Saturday 10-6.  It is closed on Sunday.</p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><big><strong>SOMOS </strong></big></big></big> <big><big><big><strong>BOOK CLUB </strong></big></big></big> <big><big><big><strong>Update</strong></big></big></big></p>
<p>On Tuesday, December 1<sup>st</sup>, 2009, we will be discussing Willa Cather’s epic classic, “Death Comes for the Archbishop” from 6:30 – 8 p.m. (note new time) at the Somos office.  Here’s a brief description of her novel:</p>
<p>“In 1851 Father Jean Marie Latour comes as the <a rel="nofollow" class="zem_slink" title="Apostolic vicariate" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic_vicariate">Apostolic Vicar</a> to New Mexico.  What he finds is a vast territory of red hills and tortuous arroyos.  American by law but Mexican and Indian in custom and belief.  In the almost forty years that follow, Latour spreads his faith in the only way he knows – gently, although he must contend with an unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests, and his own loneliness.  Out of these events Cather gives us an indelible vision of life unfolding in a place where time itself seems suspended.”</p>
<p>Book Club coordinate writes, "On a personal note, the book contains some of the most beautiful descriptions of New Mexico and pueblo culture I have ever read.  Cather writes in an understated, lyrical way about the sacredness of place and the people who inhabit its landscape."</p>
<p>A brief bio of Willa Cather and discussion questions will be available a week prior to the meeting.</p>
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<h1><big><span style="text-decoration: underline;">SOMOS BOOK SALE</span></big><big>...</big></h1>
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<p><small><small><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">SATURDAY…. December 5…..</span></strong><strong>. from 11-2…..Lots and lots of new titles were donated this month!<br />
"$5 Bags of Books".... "Bundles of CHOKECHERRIES, (the SOMOS Anthology) $5."<br />
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<p><small><small>(Located next to the Enchanted Florist, across from Smith’s Food Market…..233 b Paseo del Pueblo Sur, Taos, NM)</small></small></p>
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<p><small><small>For more information, call 575-758-0081.</small></small></p>
<p><small><small>******Please note new email address: <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:somos@somostaos.org" target="_blank">somos@somostaos.org</a></small></small></p>
<p><small><small>Visit our website at<strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.somostaos.org/" target="_blank">www.somostaos.org</a></span></em></strong></small></small></p>
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SUPPORT SOMOS by cleaning out your closets!</big></big></big></big></p>
<p><big><big><big><big>Please help SOMOS by taking</big></big></big></big></p>
<p><big><big><big><big>clothing, furnishings and other</big></big></big></big></p>
<p><big><big><big><big>items to <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">PIECES</span></strong>!!!!</big></big></big></big></p>
<p><big><big><big><big>1024 Paseo del Pueblo Sur<br />
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<p align="center"><big><big><big><big>SOMOS' account is SO5<br />
737-0500</big></big></big></big></p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><big><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">SOMOS USED BOOK SALE!!</span><br />
Every weekday from 10-1<br />
10 mass market books for $1!!!<br />
</strong></big></big></big><strong> </strong></p>
<hr size="2" /><strong>SOMOS Valentine Jewelry Fundraiser!</strong> Thanks to the wonderful efforts of volunteer coordinator Donna LeFurgey, SOMOS is planning a very fun FUNdraiser for February that will involve chocolate and jewelry, romance, and lots more. <strong>In the meantime, we need your 'oldies but goodies' jewelry!! Just bring it by the office weekdays between 10-1 or by appointment.<br />
</strong> Please contact SOMOS by email <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:somos@somostaos.org" target="_blank">somos@somostaos.org</a> or by phone at 758-0081.   Donations are tax-deductible!!</p>
<hr size="2" /><strong><big><big><em><big><big><big>My Land is Me</big></big></big></em></big><big><big><big>, held</big></big></big></big></strong></p>
<p><strong><big><big><big><big>over at the RANE Gallery</big></big><br />
</big></big> </strong> <big><big><br />
On<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> December 2nd</span>, 7pm, at the RANE Gallery, poet Veronica Golos will read from <em>The Veil</em> <em>Poems</em>, along with new poems from her upcoming book, <em>Vocabulary of Silence</em>, to be published by Red Hen Press. </big></big><big>Music will be provided by Don Conoscenti.</big></p>
<p><big>The poems are part of the collaborative installation, <em>My Land is Me: Four Artists Explore</em> <em>the Veil</em>. This exciting and provocative exhibit is being held over through December 7th.  A book of the exhibit will also be available for purchase.</big></p>
<p><big>The reading on December 2nd is at 214 Ledoux Street.  Doors will open at 6:30, reading begins at 7pm.  Seating is limited and reservations are suggested.  Phone 575-758-0000.  Discussion and Q &amp; A with all four artists will follow the reading. A five-dollar donation is suggested. </big></p>
<hr size="2" /><strong><small>Corn, Mud &amp; Spiders</small></strong> <strong> </strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p align="center"><small><strong>An Interactive, Literature in the Round, </strong></small></p>
<p align="center"><strong><small>Blessed and Blessing Event With</small></strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong><small>The First Gathering in a Series of Four</small></strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>Join Pat McCabe</strong></p>
<p align="center"><small><strong><em>Navajo Poet </em></strong></small></p>
<p align="center"><small><strong><em>Artist, Activist, Joyous Co-Creator</em></strong></small></p>
<p><small> </small><small> For a half-day event at the beautiful and legendary </small></p>
<p align="center"><strong><em>New Buffalo Center, Arroyo Hondo</em></strong><em> </em></p>
<p align="center"><small><small><strong>Saturday, December 5th<sup> </sup></strong></small></small></p>
<p align="center"><small><strong><small><small>10AM to 2PM</small></small></strong></small></p>
<p align="center"><small><br />
</small></p>
<p align="center"><small>A unique gathering, blessing &amp; literary frolic<br />
</small></p>
<p align="center"><small>The Global Youth Medicine Wheel of Mexico</small></p>
<p align="center"><small>Includes 20 minute personal consultation to be scheduled</small></p>
<p align="center"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Suggested</span></em></strong><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></strong>Donation $35 - $50 to benefit work with</p>
<p align="center">The Global Youth Medicine Wheel of Mexico</p>
<p align="center">Includes 20 minute personal consultation to be scheduled</p>
<p align="center"><strong><em>For Reservations and Information call</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>Stand in the Light Studio at </strong><strong>575-737-0482 </strong><strong>or </strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>email: <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:smilingroq@yahoo.com" target="_blank">smilingroq@yahoo.com</a> Subject: CMS</strong></p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><big><strong>HAIKU SUBMISSIONS WANTED</strong></big></big></big></p>
<p>Anyone interested in writing haiku about any aspect of Taos, and willing to let it be posted online, please email to <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:janet@taoswebb.com" target="_blank">janet@taoswebb.com</a> or, if you have a Twitter account, submit at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/taoshaiku" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/taoshaiku</a></p>
<p>These haiku will be part of a new website, TaosSacredPlaces.com, that will launch later this week. The site will be part of the town’s new marketing campaign.</p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><span style="text-decoration: underline;">HOUSESIT OR ?</span><br />
A very responsible writer/ professor and her partner,  are looking for a housesit/sublet or whatever situation for the weeks around December 13-27. They are coming here to write and want to hermit here for a bit. Email the SOMOS office if you know of something.</big></big></p>
<p><big><big><strong> </strong></big></big></p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big></big></big>THIS PROJECT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY NEW MEXICO ARTS, A DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT  OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, AND THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, MAG DIMOND, THE VIRGINIA WELLINGTON CABOT FOUNDATION, THE PETER &amp; MADELEINE MARTIN FOUNDATION FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, HEALY FOUNDATION and the TAOS COUNTY LODGERS TAX.</p>
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<p><big><big><big><strong><em><small>SOMOS WEEKLIES</small></em></strong></big></big></big></p>
<p><big><big><big><strong>THE BIG READ Continues.....</strong></big></big></big></p>
<p><big><big><big><small><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></small><strong>SOMOS </strong></big></big></big><br />
<big><big><big><strong>BOOK CLUB </strong></big></big></big><br />
<big><big><big><strong>Update</strong></big></big></big></p>
<p>On Tuesday, December 1<sup>st</sup>, 2009, we will be discussing Willa Cather’s epic classic, “<a rel="nofollow" class="zem_slink" title="Death Comes for the Archbishop" rel="amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/Death-Comes-Archbishop-Willa-Cather/dp/0896215067%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Drealestabusis-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0896215067">Death Comes for the Archbishop</a>” from 6:30 – 8 p.m. (note new time) at the Somos office.  Here’s a brief description of her novel:</p>
<p>“In 1851 Father Jean Marie Latour comes as the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico.  What he finds is a vast territory of red hills and tortuous arroyos.  American by law but Mexican and Indian in custom and belief.  In the almost forty years that follow, Latour spreads his faith in the only way he knows – gently, although he must contend with an unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests, and his own loneliness.  Out of these events Cather gives us an indelible vision of life unfolding in a place where time itself seems suspended.”</p>
<p>Book Club coordinate writes, "On a personal note, the book contains some of the most beautiful descriptions of New Mexico and pueblo culture I have ever read.  Cather writes in an understated, lyrical way about the sacredness of place and the people who inhabit its landscape."</p>
<p>A brief bio of Willa Cather and discussion questions will be available a week prior to the meeting.</p>
<hr size="2" />
<p align="center"><big><big>SUPPORT SOMOS by cleaning out your closets!<br />
Please help SOMOS by taking clothing, furnishings and other items to <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">PIECES</span></strong>!!!!<br />
1024 Paseo del Pueblo Sur<br />
</big></big></p>
<p align="center"><big><big>SOMOS' account is SO5<br />
737-0500</big></big><small><br />
</small></p>
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<p align="center"><big><big><big> <small><big><strong>SOMOS Valentine Jewelry Fundraiser!</strong></big></small></big></big></big></p>
<p><big><big><big><small>Thanks to the wonderful efforts of volunteer coordinator Donna LeFurgey, SOMOS is planning a very fun FUNdraiser for February that will involve chocolate and jewelry, romance, and lots more. <strong>In the meantime, we need your 'oldies but goodies' jewelry!! Just bring it by the office weekdays between 10-1 or by appointment.<br />
</strong> Please contact SOMOS by email <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:somos@somostaos.org" target="_blank">somos@somostaos.org</a> or by phone at 758-0081.<br />
Donations are tax-deductible!!<br />
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<hr size="2" /><big><big><big><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">SOMOS USED BOOK SALE!!</span><br />
Every weekday from 10-1<br />
10 mass market books for $1!!!<br />
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<hr size="2" /><strong><em><big>My Land is Me</big></em><big><big>, held over at the RANE Gallery<br />
</big></big> </strong> <big><big><br />
On December 2nd, 7pm, at the RANE Gallery, poet Veronica Golos will read from <em>The Veil</em> <em>Poems</em>, along with new poems from her upcoming book, <em>Vocabulary of Silence</em>, to be published by Red Hen Press. </big></big><big>Music will be provided by Don Conoscenti.</big></p>
<p><big>The poems are part of the collaborative installation, <em>My Land is Me: Four Artists Explore</em> <em>the Veil</em>. This exciting and provocative exhibit is being held over through December 7th.  A book of the exhibit will also be available for purchase.</big></p>
<p><big>The reading on December 2nd is at 214 Ledoux Street.  Doors will open at 6:30, reading begins at 7pm.  Seating is limited and reservations are suggested.  Phone 575-758-0000.  Discussion and Q &amp; A with all four artists will follow the reading. A five-dollar donation is suggested. </big></p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><big><strong>HAIKU SUBMISSIONS WANTED</strong></big></big></big></p>
<p>Anyone interested in writing haiku about any aspect of Taos, and willing to let it be posted online, please email to <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:janet@taoswebb.com" target="_blank">janet@taoswebb.com</a> or, if you have a Twitter account, submit at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/taoshaiku" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/taoshaiku</a></p>
<p>These haiku will be part of a new website, TaosSacredPlaces.com, that will launch later this week. The site will be part of the town’s new marketing campaign.</p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><span style="text-decoration: underline;">HOUSESIT OR ?</span><br />
A very responsible writer/ professor and her partner,  are looking for a housesit/sublet or whatever situation for the weeks around December 13-27. They are coming here to write and want to hermit here for a bit. Email the SOMOS office if you know of something.</big></big></p>
<p><big><big><strong> </strong></big></big></p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big></big></big>THIS PROJECT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY NEW MEXICO ARTS, A DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT  OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, AND THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, MAG DIMOND, THE VIRGINIA WELLINGTON CABOT FOUNDATION, THE PETER &amp; MADELEINE MARTIN FOUNDATION FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, HEALY FOUNDATION and the TAOS COUNTY LODGERS TAX.</p>
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		<title>Somos Weeklies 11-16-2009</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOMOS WEEKLIES Big Read Second Tuesday: THE MAKING OF A CHILDREN'S BOOK An interactive talk with AMY CORDOVA Find out what goes into the making of a children’s book with local legend Amy Cordova, painter, illustrator, and collaborator with Rudolfo Anaya on a number of popular children’s books. What do publishers want? What makes a [...]]]></description>
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<div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 190px"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bloktheatre.jpg"><img class=" " style="margin: 5px;" title="The cover to Aleksandr Blok's 1909 book, Theat..." src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Bloktheatre.jpg/300px-Bloktheatre.jpg" alt="The cover to Aleksandr Blok's 1909 book, Theat..." width="180" height="235" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Image via Wikipedia</p></div>
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<p><big><big><big><strong><em><small>SOMOS WEEKLIES</small></em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></p>
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<p align="center"><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="zem_slink" title="Big Read" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Read">Big Read</a> Second Tuesday:</strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong> </strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong> </strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>THE MAKING OF A CHILDREN'S BOOK</strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong> </strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>An interactive talk with </strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong> </strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>AMY CORDOVA </strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong> </strong></p>
<p align="center">Find out what goes into the making of a children’s book with local legend Amy Cordova, painter, illustrator, and collaborator with <a rel="nofollow" class="zem_slink" title="Rudolfo Anaya" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolfo_Anaya">Rudolfo Anaya</a> on a number of popular children’s books. What do publishers want? What makes a compelling story? What format should you use? She’ll answer these questions and a host of others from aspiring writers and illustrators.</p>
<p align="center"><strong> </strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>UNM Early Childhood Resource Center</strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>1335 Gusdorf Road, Suite Q</strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong>Tuesday, November 17, 7-8:30pm</strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong> </strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>FREE! AND OPEN TO ALL.</strong></p>
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<strong>Come at 7:00 for Amy's talk, or come an hour earlier to the Taos Jewish Center next door (Suite R) for an open discussion group to talk about "<a rel="nofollow" class="zem_slink" title="Bless Me, Ultima" rel="amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/Bless-Me-Ultima-Rudolfo-Anaya/dp/0446675369%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Drealestabusis-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0446675369">Bless Me, Ultima</a>."</strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong> </strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>...and don't miss</strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong>FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 is BIG READ DAY! a Proclamation by Mayor Cordova<br />
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<big>Come to the Bareiss Gallery on the Ski Valley Road at 7pm for</big></strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong>GROWING UP NEW MEXICAN</strong></p>
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<p align="center">A screening of Rick Romancito's award-winning short film, "Benito's Gift," followed by a discussion with the filmmaker of the journey the film took from idea to short story to screen.  Stick around for an open discussion about the ways we pass on our cultural values and traditions -- a major theme in "Bless Me, Ultima," -- to our children.  This event is free and open to all, but a $5 donation to benefit the Taos Day School is requested of those able to give.</p>
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<strong>find out more at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.taosbigread.org/" target="_blank">www.taosbigread.org</a><br />
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<p align="center"><big><big><big><big>SUPPORT SOMOS by cleaning out your closets!<br />
Please help SOMOS by taking clothing, furnishings and other items to <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">PIECES</span></strong>!!!!<br />
1024 Paseo del Pueblo Sur<br />
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<p align="center"><big><big><big><big>SOMOS' account is SO5<br />
737-0500</big></big></big></big></p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><big><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">SOMOS USED BOOK SALE!!</span><br />
Every weekday from 10-1<br />
10 mass market books for $1!!!<br />
</strong></big></big></big></p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><big><strong>BIG SALE AT BRODSKY BOOKS ALL THIS WEEK.</strong></big></big></big><big><big><big><strong> </strong></big></big></big> New books are 20% off, used books are 30% off, and there will be bins with deeper discounts offered.  <span style="text-decoration: underline;">I have become a great fan of this wonderful independent book store </span>so I’m SPREADING THE WORD.</p>
<p>Brodsky Books is on Pueblo Norte across the street from the Fechin property/Taos Art Museum. Hours 10:00 to 5:00, closed Sundays.</p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><big><strong>HAIKU SUBMISSIONS WANTED</strong></big></big></big></p>
<p>Anyone interested in writing haiku about any aspect of Taos, and willing to let it be posted online, please email to <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:janet@taoswebb.com" target="_blank">janet@taoswebb.com</a> or, if you have a Twitter account, submit at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/taoshaiku" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/taoshaiku</a></p>
<p>These haiku will be part of a new website, TaosSacredPlaces.com, that will launch later this week. The site will be part of the town’s new marketing campaign.</p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>This coming Saturday ~<br />
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<big><strong>TELLEBRATION </strong></big>is a worldwide event that takes place annually on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.</p>
<p>Within that 24 hours, stories are being told around the world.</p>
<p>Join the Taos Tellebration on Saturday, November 21st, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Taos Public Library.</p>
<p>There will be eight talented storytellers telling wonderful tales. This event is free to the public.</p>
<p>Contact Gail Berry for more information by calling 575-751-3442.<br />
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<big><big><span style="text-decoration: underline;">HOUSESIT OR ?</span><br />
A very responsible writer/ professor and her partner,  are looking for a housesit/sublet or whatever situation for the weeks around December 13-27. They are coming here to write and want to hermit here for a bit. Email the SOMOS office if you know of something.</p>
<p><strong> </strong></big></big></p>
<hr size="2" /><big><big></big></big>THIS PROJECT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY NEW MEXICO ARTS, A DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT  OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, AND THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, MAG DIMOND, THE VIRGINIA WELLINGTON CABOT FOUNDATION, THE PETER &amp; MADELEINE MARTIN FOUNDATION FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, HEALY FOUNDATION and the TAOS COUNTY LODGERS TAX.</p>
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<big><big><big><strong>SOMOS</strong></big></big></big><br />
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