ESTANCIA VALLEY LIFE

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="04100500dvldtc.gif"> <div> <B>ESTANCIA VALLEY LIFE</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="042d2c00dvldtc.gif"> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="39cb10f0.jpg" border=0 width="177" height="271" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="computer_service"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>COMPUTER SERVICE</B></div> <div> <B>ASSISTANCE</B></div> <div> <B>ON SITE, OR IN SHOP </B> </div> <div> Setups, application training, upgrades, repairs.  Estancia Valley, Mountainair to Moriarty.  Assistance on Windows 95/98/ME, especially helpful for seniors who grew up BC - Before Computers!</div> <div> <I>Windows 98 Networking</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>ALSO:</B>  Service and installations on most brands of laptop computers.  </div> <bR> <div> <B><U>LAPTOP SYSTEMS</U></B></div> <div> Margaret Gallegos</div> <div> 384-2504  384-9623</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>DESKTOP SYSTEMS </U></B></div> <div> Ed Brooks</div> <div> Voice Mail/Live phone (Live if I'm there, otherwise leave a message, please!) 384-1145</div> <div> Mobile - 228-0514</div> <bR> <div> <B>DESKTOP PUBLISHING</B></div> <div> Want to publish a How-To manual? 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We are seeking businesses to advertise on the site.  Initially, if you can keep it fairly simple, and quite short, it won't cost you anything.  Later, after we build the site a bit, yes, the advertising space will be for sale, and will no longer be free, BUT ... since this is an E-Zine, it won't be expensive, either.    For now,  send us your ideas, preferably with a photo, or of original art work, but that isn't necessary. </div> <bR> <div> Have a restaurant?  Send us a copy of your menu,  or a photo of it, and date it so we know when the prices were effective.  And Please keep it updated with us!!   You may send such information to our web site, but if you have graphics, menus, or printed material, you may also send it to our post office box in Estancia.   Include information about the place, the history, owners, clientele, etc.  If I can, I'll put it on the site, and I'll let you know when we will start charging.  Before any charge begins,  I'll first  remove your advertisement,  and allow you an opportunity to advertise it at our then-current rates. </div> <bR> <div> Any business (that is legitimate business!!) in the southwest is welcome to submit advertising material, though the focus of our interest is the Estancia Valley.   If you have something you'd like to submit, send it to us, or drop us an email about it and ask.   Whatever your business is in the valley, or with the valley, we would like to hear about it.  That includes realtors, car dealers, mobile home dealers, repair shops, art galleries, hotels and motels, </div> <bR> <div> We would be most happy to publish news stories or travel or tourism tips, from and about the Valley, and, in a more limited fashion, about the Southwest in general.   That is generally accepted to be West Texas through the eastern part of southern California, plus Nevada, western Oklahoma, southern Colorado and southern Utah, and, of course, New Mexico and Arizona.  However, items relating to surrounding areas may be of interest, so submit them to our email address and give it a try!</div> <bR> <div>               _____________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Very  <A NAME="important__we_also_seek_input_from"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>important! <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" > We also seek input from area governments, such as town councils, county commissioners, police and fire departments, ambulance companies, etc.  This can be minutes of meetings, town or county events, important official news,  police reports, road improvements or maintenance  notices, or just tidbits of information meant to inform the citizen.  </FONT></div> <bR> <div>                _________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> If you are a photographer, maybe I can put some of your photos on this site, to help spread the word about your work.  Just ask and we'll look into it.   But for the time being, we can't pay.  You just get exposure.   Same thing if you are a writer, an artist, or a craftsperson of just about any type. </div> <bR> <div> We are NOT paying for any material!   I won't say we will never do that, as, like any magazine, we may eventually be able to do so, for stories and other things.  But at least for now, that isn't going to happen. </div> <bR> <div> If it's from the valley, or even from the general southwest, we probably want it -- Including Mexican and Indian photos, arts, pictures, handcrafts, news, personal or favorite recipies, etc. </div> <bR> <div> Yes, we hope to also be able to market merchandise on this site, and if you have original merchandise you would like to submit, again, email us with an inquiry.   That would be especially interesting if you are, as already mentioned,  a craftsperson, and you create original items, whether they are art, sewing, wood, or other things you'd like to market. </div> <bR> <div> For comments, see our<A HREF="id20_form.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U> Email form</U></A> on the Contact Us page. </div> <bR> <div> Thanks, and watch the site grow.  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Ed Brooks</div> <div> Editor, Publisher, Webmaster</div> <bR> <div> Evelyn Brooks</div> <div> Marketing, Sales</div> <bR> <div> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>  <A NAME="christmas2001"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Christmas, 2001, was a warm and wonderful time for us.  Though the kids and grandkids are far away, gifts were exchanged by mail.  But it's enjoyable is talking with them on the phone, even if we can't be together. </div> <bR> <div> Lots of good things came into our lives this year.  Christmas was sort of the culmination of what has in general been a really neat year for us.  As I write this, the Christmas turkey is going into the oven, on Christmas Day, and later we will have a nice feast, just the three of us; myself, my wife and my mother.  Well, OK, there will be more, for we have three "garage cats" who dearly love turkey, and they will get their share.  </div> <bR> <div> Of course, there was no White Christmas in New Mexico, though the mountains had received some light snow the day before.  But December 25th dawned without a cloud for 500 miles, (my estimate, but proved by the TV weather map!) one of those wonderful days with magnificient vistas that one finds in New Mexico, our claim to fame - the great weather and the incredible skies. </div> <bR> <div> The temperature was six degrees above zero at sunrise, but quickly moved to 28, with a very light breeze.  By noon it is now 46 degrees here at the McIntosh ranch, and, were it not for the breeze, being outside without a coat would not be too unpleasant.  </div> <bR> <div> Life goes on, and we continue to call this Valley home, in that warm and pleasant way one thinks of "home."   Though we have thought several times about leaving, moving to Florida for our final retirement, it seems every time I look out my window I procrastinate a bit longer on making that decision.   Perhaps someday, for that is where the majority of the family now lives, but for now, at least, New Mexico binds us with its scenery, wide open spaces, unbelievable sky, marvelous climate and many good friends.   Though some friends mysteriously disappeared from our lives just before Christmas, others have remained close.  </div> <bR> <div> I am frequently asked if I celebrate Christmas, for I am an atheist.  Asking that question shows a misunderstanding of what we as Americans are.  We celebrate the things that are a part of our nation's history, and our world's history.  Christmas is not just a time to remember one's Deity, but a time to share friendship and warmth with those we love.  As an atheist, I am not one to to rewrite the history of this nation, and to exclude the religious references that had led us to where we are today.   Though I do not pray to your unseen God, I thank my friends and family and relatives for making this Christmas another time to remember with warmth and pleasure. </div> <bR> <div> May there be many more for you.</div> <bR> <div> Ed</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>