Haphazard Observations of the Everyday
Miguela Holt y Roybal
- Location
- New Mexico, USA
- Birthday
- March 10
- Title
- Monarch of All She Surveys
- Company
- Good
- Bio
- Miguela Holt y Roybal is my maiden name en Espanol. I am a retired schoolteacher and aspiring author looking for crumbs of beauty among the ruins. My novel has been a work in progress for longer than I care to admit. It is a postmodern pastiche of magical realism and about a young woman from New Mexico who goes to work in Washington, DC during the 1980s. She has been a longtime witness to the secret rituals of the Penitente culture in her home state and learns about herself and redemption as she sallies forth on her quest for novelty and adventure.
I claim fair useage of images found on the internet that illustrate some of my posts. All contents copyrighted by the author unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Return to Mars
April 13, 2013 04:18PM - Jaime and Michelle's Reunion:
Photo Essay
October 16, 2012 01:06PM - The Reunion
October 15, 2012 12:09PM - Joel & Jeanne: A New Film by
Katharina Rivilis
August 11, 2012 04:53PM - Delicious Homemade Salsa
July 03, 2012 01:38PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “A transcendental beauty
of a meditation on nature and
human
nature.”
May 01, 2013 06:27PM - “Fantastic!”
April 20, 2013 04:53PM - “I melted with the beauty
of this poem. Your housekeeper
is as
elegant as the
lad…”
April 16, 2013 07:34AM - “I missed this post and
it was a very well deserved
EP. The
old fella's advice
is…”
April 15, 2013 09:21PM - “If only we could.”
April 15, 2013 11:19AM
Miguela Holt y Roybal's Links
Bell Bottom Blues: A Photo Essay
On The Ninth Day of Christmas
I feel bad about giving my husband Bob his Christmas present so late this year but my wish was to make him a custom quilt and my sewing projects really take over the whole house. Fabric scraps and tangles of thread are everywhere. With… Read full post »
Seven Things Things I am Surprised I Don't Like
(Painting Number 8 by Jackson Pollock)
Part II of Beth Mann's Open Call
I had to do some think… Read full post »
Explaining the Tea Party: A Photo Essay
(Google Images)
He was a cross between Voltaire and Orwell.
Christopher Hitchens, one of the great thinkers of our time, died in Houston last night after suffering complications from esophageal cancer. The bestselling author, performer, and tireless bon vivant was only sixty-t… Read full post »
My Favorite Scrooge with Razzleberry Dressing
(Illustration of Tiny Tim, Mister Magoo, and Charles Dickens from Darrell Van Critter's blog about Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol.)
A New Gospel
With almost countless adaptations over the years in opera, theatre, television, and film, Charles Dickens' novella A Christm… Read full post »
The Shot I Didn't Get
I know that I am not the only shutterbug who laments the shots that got away. My children have been trained to stop for mom to take her picture when I am around with the camera at various functions and at home; my pets not so… Read full post »
COAS My Bookstore
Just behind the U. S. Post Office in a downtown Las Cruces mall is Coas Bookstore. In this modest building at 317 North Main Street with kind of cute 1960s style puebl… Read full post »
Seven Surprising Things that I Like (Beth's OC)
(Julie Andrews singing "My Favorite Things" to the Von Trapp children in The Sound of Music.)
Reading of everyone's surprising likes has been so much fun this morning. Here is my list:
1. Being a Mother--I was so busy working and having a life that I ne… Read full post »
Red or Green?
New Mexicans, whether they are Hispanics, Native Americans, or Anglos, enjoy eating spicy chile peppers. We joke that we will eat chile on almost anything but real aficionados take their chile seriously. At every restaurant when ordering a dish… Read full post »
In Search of Tennessee Williams
Calling Tennessee
My eldest daughter is an artist/performance artist in New York City. This morning she told me about the project that she will be involved in next. A production by actor/student James Franco and artist Laurel Nakadate, In Search of Tennesee W… Read full post »
Freshman Disorientation (Update)
Demolition No Longer Delayed
New Mexico is the land of manana and the demolition that was scheduled on this building last month began just this week. DeBaca Hall was a women's residence at Eastern New Mexico University built in 1962-- a splendid example of Eames era… Read full post »
A Strange and Terrifying Tale: The Jar
Pale Imperfect Diamond
Ballad of the Skeletons: Video
Spaceport America Now Open
(Photo of Richard Branson courtesy of AP)
The Future is Now
Sir Richard Branson was in New Mexico yesterday to celebrate the official opening of Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport. Located 30 miles east of Truth or Consequences, eight su… Read full post »
Monkey Morality: Three Scary Cartoons
There are only a few days before Halloween and in my neighborhood the jack-o-lanterns, tombstones, ghosts, and spiderwebs have appeared … Read full post »
Feelin' Groovy
Popé, the Tewan Chieftain who Fought the Spaniards
(A statue of Popé at Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico. Courtesy of Google images.)
Today, on Columbus Day, I would like to tell you about Popé, a Tewan chieftain and medicine man. He was a fierce defender of his people against Spanish colonization.&nb… Read full post »
The Annual Insult to Native People: Columbus Day
A song by my friend and political satirist Jim Terr about the annual insult to native people in the Americas called Columbus Day. Enjoy more of Jim's music on Youtube: hymiehymie.
The Broken Guitar
This is a picture of a guitar that belonged to my husband for over thirty years. It is an Ovation electric/acoustic and the value of it is over $895.00 because that is the starting bid on ebay where I found this picture of the instrument in tact. I wanted to… Read full post »
I have never been to the great European cities so I have never seen the Sistine Chapel nor paintings at the Louvre. I have not missed much in my opinion because I grew up in two world class cities known for their art--Washington, D. C. and Santa Fe, N.M. My… Read full post »
One Toke Over the Line: Lawrence Welk
The Medium is the Massage
The 1950s and 1960s were decades when families gathered around one television in the household to watch programs together. There were only three networks: ABC, NBC, and CBS.&nb… Read full post »
Freshman Disorientation: DeBaca Hall
This gorgeous Eames era building is going to be demolished next week. DeBaca Hall was a women's residence hall and where I lived my freshman year at Eastern New Mexico University in 1972.
Built in 1962, there were plans in the 1990s to refurbish the building to use as office… Read full post »
The Best Green Chile Cheeseburger in the World: Photo Essay
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DEALING WITH CRIME & CRIMINALS
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I wanna kill my kid (and no CPS don't bother to come by)
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Picasso in Kandahar
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The Important Lesson From Operation Cobra II for Syria
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The Return of Doc Savage
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The Joys of Karma
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Onward Righteous Soldiers
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