As Johnny Martinez ordered a cup of hot tea at the DeVargas Center Starbucks, a woman sidled up to him and said, kiddingly, “John the Babe!” He looked a little sheepish and said, “Her sister was my high school sweetheart.”
At 49, John P. (“Johnny”) Martinez is a long way from high school. And back in 1976, the year he graduated from Santa Fe High, he never would have considered going to college. And he definitely would never have imagined being the honorary student speaker at Santa Fe Community College’s graduation Friday.
But in the past eight years, Martinez has turned his life around,...
Thursday, May 15, 2008
by Polly Summar • Journal Santa Fe
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Opening Ceremonies, Entrada, Plaza Performances
New work by Sam Esmoer
Booksigning at the Market with Wendy Johnson, "Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate"
Desfile de los Ninos
For more than 30 years, Wendy Johnson has been meditating and gardening at the Green Gulch Farm...