By Prime Time Staff, Most lives are not recorded in history books. They unfold in kitchens, workplaces, gardens, hospital rooms, neighborhood meetings and conversations over coffee. From the outside, such a life may appear ordinary. From inside the lives it has...
There are stories that shape and celebrate us, and then there are histories - tales of events that grow and impact present and future generations in unanticipated ways. One of those stories belongs to Henry Gee, who for many years owned the Oriental Food Market in...
Part Four of a Six-Part Series on Downsizing Once you have decided what you are ready to release, another question quickly follows: What should you do with it all? Some belongings may be worth selling. Others could help a neighbor, family member, or charitable...
By Mark Covell, Albuquerque insurance executive In early June, Presbyterian Healthcare Services announced it would be leaving the Medicare Advantage space, ending its senior plans December 31. The provider has been offering Medicare Advantage plans to the people of...
By Brian D’Ambrosio Walk into Santa Fe artist Barbara Mehlman’s studio and you quickly realize you have not entered a conventional workspace. You’ve entered a mind in motion. Sheets hang from ceilings like suspended ghosts. Wire structures lean against walls. Yarn...
By Liz Otero You hear the engines revving, hydraulics hissing, and music echoing long before the cars come into view. When they do, it’s nothing short of a rolling celebration of culture, artistry, and pride. Chrome flashes in the sun, candy paint catches every angle...
By Prime Time Staff Inspired by Mary B., a Prime Time reader Retirement is often imagined as a finish line — the moment when alarms are turned off for good and the calendar suddenly opens up. After decades of working, planning, and saving, the first year of retirement...
By Brian D’Ambrosio The Chilean-born painter known as Carlos Carulo has spent much of his life trying to understand the invisible forces that bind existence together. In his Santa Fe studio, canvases shimmer with nebulae, fractured geometries, drifting structures, and...
By Brian D’Ambrosio Along a dusty roadside of Cerrillos, connected weathered shacks lean into the landscape like a creature molded from the earth itself. Its walls are alive with color: horses rearing across mesas, dreamlike murals, and abstract forms that seem to...
Part One of a Six-Part Series on Downsizing Inspired by Mary B., a Prime Time reader Recently, a Prime Time reader wrote to us with a heartfelt request: “As we 1946 baby boomers turn 80 in 2026, would love to see articles about downsizing. Living in an over-55...
