Perhaps there is no other film that captures the true whimsical characteristics of northern New Mexico like The Milagro Beanfield War, which is based on the book by John Nichols. The film, directed by Robert Redford, hit theaters 35 years ago and remains one of my most favorite movies. The story captures the social challenges … More Why The Milagro Beanfield War still matters 35 years later
The year was 1990. NASA launched the Hubble Telescope and computer scientists tested the first web server that would lead to today’s internet of on-demand anything and everything. This is also the year when Enigma’s MCMXC a.D. album was released to a world that was largely analog with home phone lines and fax machines. Television … More It’s time to admit I love this album
Over the last few months I’ve been reflecting a lot about anger and how the emotion clouds our judgment and makes us do things we regret. Anger, if left unresolved, can fester and change our personality. It can change our character. It can make us miserable. It can make us become someone unrecognizable. I’m compelled … More Five reflections on anger that helped me find peace
Growing up, my father and I talked a lot about death. I remember late night car rides as a little boy sitting in the passenger seat asking him numerous questions about what happens when we die. “I think dying is the greatest event that will ever happen to us,” he’d always say. He never had … More A Spiritual Shift – Faith & Death
Twitter is at its best when we can see instantaneous news, images and videos as incidents and events like natural disasters and Super Bowls unfold in real time. It’s often a fun place, and a crucially useful place, especially for public safety in an age of mass shootings and societal unrest. Ironically, Twitter has been … More See you next year, Twitter
Some of the best tacos I’ve had in Denver come from a taco truck with a growing reputation as one of the best food trucks in the metro area. Are you ready for the name? Take a breath. It’s not what some of you think it means. Kiké’s Red Tacos. Hold off on clutching your … More The taco truck some people think has a racist name (don’t worry, it’s not)
Hello there, Friend. Breathe. Visualize and pretend with me. Welcome to my little tranquil room. In the corner I have Yanni playing. There’s a nice little indoor waterfall over there. Take a seat here with me on my nice plush imaginary couch. That’s nice. I hope you like the scent of my incense because I … More So you’re furious at the weather person….
Years ago, about age 22, I was walking down the street in New York City on a visit when I came across a small crowd of people huddled around a small table. They were yelling with excitement and glee as a dealer in the center of the crowd shuffled cards and handled cash. Me, being … More On getting duped
A few years ago I put together a National Hispanic Heritage Month story for 9NEWS that featured my grandmother. It focused on how Nuevomexcianos are a wonderful mix of Native and Spanish cultures and how we, as a people, have lived in this region under different governments for generations. Our bloodlines extend back to Native … More On getting scolded and lectured for celebrating my Hispanic heritage
157 years before the invention of the telegraph, a Pueblo man known as Po’pay managed to unite distant Pueblo villages and spark a revolt against the Spanish in New Mexico on a single day in August of 1680. Po’pay is one of the most intriguing figures from New Mexico history and is credited for preserving … More On Po’pay – the necessary revolt against the Spanish in 1680
JEREMY JOJOLA 