SPRING 2021 HOPE LEAPS
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SPRING 2021 Hope Leaps!

Spring is coming, vaccines are here, and schools are starting to reopen. That new sensation peeking around the edges of our days is actually an old one: hope. Start this issue with editor Claudette Sutton's reflections on that oddly familiar feeling in the air.
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Ease yourself into these new feelings with books endorsed by Zoey Barnes of Many Mothers and her 2-year-old daughter. Vista Grande Public Library’s Tracey Mitchell offers tips for finding good kids' books digitally, until we can browse the stacks again. Santa Fe High School senior Ivy St. Clair helps fellow students make the best of this atrocious year. Del Norte Credit Union’s Connie Tooker Nuñez offers ways to take the mystery out of financial literacy. Wonderful Walter Cook from Santa Fe Public Library takes us into "The Big Read." Judy Reinhartz, of MathAmigos and Santa Fe Alliance for Science, offers a passel of activities for bringing math into daily life. Railyard Park Conservancy’s Kathryn York helps us embrace the spring thaw in nature near our homes. Laura Gonzales of El Ranchos de las Golondrinas gets us ready for El Baile de las Cascarones, one of New Mexico’s most colorful spring traditions. Get growing with ideas for planting and harvesting from New Mexico Museum of Natural History’s Melanie LaBorwit. And Dr. Victor LaCerva provides an update on the COVID situation for babies, kids and expectant moms. 

Our Program Directory in this issue features Spring After-School Programs and Summer Camps, sponsored by Del Norte Credit Union's new Del Norte LOV Foundation.

COVER IMAGE: Kayden Kelly, shown above and on our Calendar and Directory pages, is 13. His love of music started when he began playing the piano at the age of 5 and the violin at age 7. He has been a violinist with the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association since he was 8. Kayden has attended music summer programs at Juilliard, Curtis and Mozartium, and has performed in music festivals in five different countries and twice at the Lensic Performing Arts Center here in Santa Fe. Kayden loves legos, chess, skiing and making up his own recipes. He is a bookworm of fiction novels and road-trip audiobooks. Kayden love opera (especially the Santa Fe Opera) since it is mix of his two favorite things: music and stories. ​​Photo by Kim Kelly.
Tumbleweeds, after 25 years in print, is now the online resource for Santa Fe Families, full of news, views and to-dos for families living in or visiting Santa Fe and northern New Mexico.
Artwork in this issue is by children from Dragonfly Art Studio, which offers classes, workshops, summer camps, birthday parties and Zoom classes for kids and adults. Scroll down to see more images of the students at work! You can also find more paintings on the Spring Program Directory page.
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Spring 2021 ARTICLES

Savor the wonders of spring in Santa Fe, while reading, dancing, planting, bird-feeding, cooking, observing nature, playing math and, perhaps, finding the silver linings of a monstrous year!
ART FROM HOME
Artwork in this issue is by children from Dragonfly Art Studio, which offers classes, workshops, summer camps, birthday parties and Zoom classes for kids and adults. You can also find more paintings on our Spring and Summer Program Directory page.

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Announcements, awards, program and service launches, COVID updates and other information to keep Santa Fe families in the know.