Stories from travels in

Mary Murphy

Too much to hope for?

Eons ago, when I was an avid Enid Blyton fan, I’d go play in the field behind our house. It had a hole in the

A gaping big hole in my education

What happens when a piece of an asteroid traveling at 26,000 miles per hour crashes into planet Earth? It leaves a big hole. A very

Meteor Crater, AZ

What happens when a piece of an asteroid travelling at 26,000 miles per hour crashes into planet Earth? It leaves a big hole. A very

The Chihuahuan Desert

Bleak. Barren. Beautiful. It’s hard to describe the scenery in New Mexico, especially as you drive towards the Arizona border and the competing beauty of

The ABC of ABQ

Back when I was working in a peroxide plant in Longview, Washington, I decided to move. It wasn’t the smell from the paper mill across

Bikers and bars

There’s a 65-mile stretch of road between Santa Fe and Albuquerque (ABQ) that’s known as the Turquoise Trail. Seven towns span the route and it

Old or outsourced

Santa Fe is home to one of the largest art markets in the world. If you have money, an eclectic taste in clothes and jewellery,

Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe

For as along as I can remember being aware of the power of prayer, I’ve have had to balance the idea of praying with the

A cowboy stole my heart

My bucket list is long and varied but right up there was to go to a real, live rodeo. One that wasn’t for tourists but