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August 24, 2016
Santa Fe Indian Market
There is nothing quite like Santa Fe Indian Market. See my video here. We had a great time making some new friends and seeing old ones. We sold a lot of books. This year we got there a day early … Continue reading →
August 9, 2016
Trading Posts
I love a good old trading post. I grew up with one, the Apache Mercantile in Dulce, N.M. The next nearest store was 90 miles away in Farmington. We thought of that as the “big city,” after all, it had … Continue reading →
August 7, 2016
The Graves at Dragoon Springs, WNPA
Western National Parks Association, Oro Valley Doug Hocking will speak on The Graves at Dragoon Springs, at 12 P.M., and 2 P.M. Saturday, August 27, at the Western National Parks Store in Oro Valley. There are four graves at the … Continue reading →
August 6, 2016
Going to Santa Fe for Indian Market August 18 to 21
We’ll be in Santa Fe from August 18th to the 21st signing books at the Eldorado Hotel, Native Treasures Show, 309 San Francisco St., Santa Fe, NM. Meet the author. Author Doug Hocking will be signing his books – Massacre … Continue reading →
July 26, 2016
Land of the Mountain Men
Debbie keeps telling people at shows – we’ll be at the Santa Fe Indian Market in the Eldorado Hotel at a show called Native Treasures the third week of August – that our travels are posted on the website. Actually, … Continue reading →
July 25, 2016
Starry Gazy Pie
Perhaps only the Cornish love Starry Gazy Pie. It’s delicious, but daunting. It should be made with pilchards head and tail left on. Holes are cut in the upper crust so that the heads stick through and the fish can … Continue reading →
July 24, 2016
Eggs Poached in Chili
When we’re at shows – we’ll be at Santa Fe Indian Market in the Eldorado Hotel the third week of August – Debbie keeps telling people that I post recipes and travels on my web page. Actually, I’ve been posting … Continue reading →
July 23, 2016
Tom Jeffords’s Secret
With Carol Markstrom’s Jefford’s Secret as background music, I need to explain what Tom’s secret was. Tom knew where Cochise was buried. Many white men wanted to know but Tom would never tell. Alice Rollins Crane spent twenty years trying … Continue reading →
July 22, 2016
The Life and Times of Tom Jeffords, Friend of Cochise
The Life and Times of Tom Jeffords, Friend of Cochise is due out from Two Dot in the Spring of 2017. Meanwhile, here’s a video and some music. Jefford’s Secret Video Here’s a note from Carol Markstrom who wrote the … Continue reading →
January 24, 2016
The Mystery of Chaco Canyon, A Review by Rahm E. Sandoux, Desert Tracks, January 2016
The Mystery of Chaco Canyon, A Review by Rahm E. Sandoux, Desert Tracks, January 2016 The story of Doug Hocking’s new historical novel, The Mystery of Chaco Canyon, takes place ten years after them events described in his earlier book, … Continue reading →
Way Out West - Writing about the West
Some folks says they can see my love of the Southwest - its peoples, cultures, food, terrain and traditions - in my writing. They're right.
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