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Tumbleweeds
Tumbleweeds is Santa Fe’s indispensible ally for families. Since its creation in 1995 by Claudette Sutton, a mom, writer and child-advocate, Tumbleweeds has grown to become the most comprehensive and valuable resource for families living in or visiting Santa Fe.
Each quarterly issue brings a fresh mix of news, views and things to do with children. Our writers are parents, teachers, policy makers, museum educators and others who care about children, who address topics affecting infants to teens in informational articles and personal essays. Tumbleweeds articles focus on local schools, nonprofit and private organizations serving families, kid-friendly museums, outdoor activities, advocacy, immigrant families, and fascinating people making a difference in children’s lives.
Our day-by-day calendar of events answers the question, “What should we do today?” with a plethora of fun, affordable, memorable family activities. Each issue also includes a directory of upcoming children’s programs, to help parents plan their child’s outside-of-school schedule: “Spring Break and Summer Camps and Programs” in our Spring issue; “Summer Camps and Programs” in our Summer issue; “After-School Programs and Educational Resources” in our Fall issue; and our “Winter Fun!” directory of after-school, weekend and school-break programs, in our Winter issue.
We distribute 8- to 10,000 copies per quarter throughout Santa Fe, Los Alamos and Taos, in schools, libraries, rec centers, stores, doctors’ offices, museums, family centers, visitors’ bureaus, shopping centers and other locations frequented by families. Mail subscriptions are available for $15/year.
Advertisers recognize Tumbleweeds as Santa Fe’s most cost-effective vehicle for reaching the target audience of parents and children. Black and white or full-color ads catch the eyes of readers who look to Tumbleweeds for vital connections that support our most important job: parenting. For ad information, visit sftumbleweeds.com or email ads@sftumbleweeds.com.
Contact Claudette Sutton, Tumbleweeds editor/publisher, by mail: Tumbleweeds, 369 Montezuma #191, Santa Fe, NM 87501; email: info@sftumbleweeds.com, or phone: 505-984-3171.
Train Spotters
by Claudette Sutton • Tumbleweeds
Sep 14, 2009
Thursday, late afternoon. My mind is a big to-do list, with a few boxes still unchecked. I've just wrapped up a meeting, picked up my mail, run an errand in the Railyard and am heading to a friend's house to drop something off. Just as I'm about to turn left in front of REI, to cross the tracks and leave the Railyard when - ding, ding, ding, lights flashing - the Rail Runner approaches.
The crossing gates drop down. I wonder if I can still get out of here if I go straight, but before I can answer my own question I notice, out of the corner of my goal-obsessed eye, two people just outside my car: a big man and a little boy, about 2 years old. Their backs are to me, eyes on the approaching train.
What Lies Beneath the Snow
by Claudette Sutton • Tumbleweeds
Mar 4, 2010
Somewhere in the ground, under the foot of snow that still covers our yard, are hundreds of bulbs that Charles and I planted this fall. That at weekend in October, before the trees had lost all their leaves, before we put away the barbecue tongs and rolled up the garden hose, planting daff odils, tulips and grape hyacinths didn’t require a leap of faith. It was just one of those things we do sometimes in the fall, like freezing chile and picking raspberries at the Salman Ranch. Bulbs are kind of a gardener’s savings plan: you put them in the ground, wait several months, and collect the payoff in the spring with compound interest.
Free (and Very Low-Cost) Family Fun
Public libraries, rec centers, parks, pools and trails throughout Northern New Mexico
by Editor • Tumbleweeds
Jun 18, 2009
Santa Fe Recreational Centers
Sanctuary in the Schoolyard
Growing a space for reflection, connection and hard work
by Nina Bunker Ruiz • Tumbleweeds
Sep 1, 2009
A school garden is an oasis among the hot gravel yards and concrete that surround them. Green, growing things occupy a space in a mysterious, reassuring way that provides companionship. Quiet and calm reign among the growing vegetables, flowers, butterflies, bees and bugs. The pulse of time slows in the spaces students and their instructors have created. Snow peas and beans climb schoolyard fences, sunflowers nod their yellow heads to the bees, and cabbages throw back their baby-bald heads with complete trust.
Turncoats to Teammates
by Claudette Sutton • Tumbleweeds
Sep 1, 2009
Not so long ago in American history, “collaboration” was a dirty word.
A collaborator was someone who aided the enemy: the Nazis during World War II, the communists in the Cold War. Perhaps more than just a linguistic anachronism, the word indicated defiance of American values of independence and individuality; to collaborate was inherently sinister, morally corrupt.
Growing Community
by Claudette Sutton • Tumbleweeds
Jul 31, 2009
“Welcome to our community space,” Sue McDonald said as I arrived at the Acequia Madre Elementary School garden on Wednesday. “A lot of things are happening here. We’re weeding and nibbling and doing a lot of visiting.”
A lot was happening indeed. By 10 on a summer morning this was a multi-generation, multidisciplinary, even multi-species affair. Under a shaded ramada, a few children and adults were making sun prints with fresh-picked flowers and leaves. Others ate watermelon slices, tossing the rinds into the nearby compost bed. Three little dogs tussled in the dirt.
