Our Time in Santa Fe

Between Distraction and Dread

Museum of Indian Art and Culture, Museum Hill, Santa Fe, with the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the background

I like my cities with a little grit thrown in, so I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Santa Fe’s downtown when my wife Margaret and I first walked through it a week or so ago. It looked as curated as a movie set with winding streets, wide arca…