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NEWS FLASH

gardensofsantafeI was honored to be invited to join a symposium at the New Mexico Museum of History on July 26 in conjunction with the museum's exhibit celebrating women's contributions in building the West. The other participants have interesting and diverse credentials.

Gardens of Santa Fe won first place in the Southwest Book Design Production Awards for 2011. It also won first place from the National Federation of Press Women and New Mexico Press Women in their non-fiction home and garden category. It was a finalist in the Eric Hoffer Book Award competition.

Thanks to Jean Henry for interviewing me about my work and Tony Hillerman, on her Writers of the West blog. Click here to see what I said.

I was honored to be included in the New Mexico Committee for Women in the Arts celebration of creativity this Spring. I had an opportunity to show slides and talk about the beautiful artists' gardens included in Gardens of Santa Fe.

A Traveler's Library published a great review of Tony Hillerman's Landscape. They wrote: "No book can be the Perfect Book, but this one comes darn close for a lover of the Southwestern U.S."

Don Strel and I were deeply honored to be invited to speak at the New Mexico Library Association's annual meeting in Albuquerque in April. Where would we be without our libraries? And I loved the chance to talk about creativity as the keynote address for Central New Mexico (CNM) college's first annual Faculty Awards celebration. What a wonderful, creative group of teachers.

A big thank you to our friend Teri Frazier for naming me Literary Artist of Merit as part of the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial. I was part of the gala kickoff, and look forward to the event in Gallup in August. And Hats Off to Oklahoma's Red Earth organizers for remembering my Dad, Tony Hillerman, at their 25th anniversary event and for inviting Don and me to talk about our book.

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