I spent a good amount of time poking around Santa Fe yesterday. The first mission church in the area was San Miguel, so that is a good sign. Visited the statue of Bishop Lamy at the St Francis Church. He is the missionary pastor featured in Death Comes to the Archbishop a laudatory account of his work that I read as a young person. Lamy also built the church and was first archbishop of the area. It is an irony that the park next to the St Francis church has a big sign than says "no dogs allowed." I don't think Francis would approve. I peeked in studios and a high point literally and figuratively was a beer at the bar on the roof of the hotel La Fonda. I was a little surprised how much I was thinking about when I visited here with my parents when they were living in New Mexico.
The photo at the top is Mission San Miguel. The lower photo is Bishop Lamy statue in front of the St Francis Cathedral.
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