In one section of Robert Caro’s new memoir of his life as a historian, the 83-year-old author uses the word “write” metaphorically to mean much more than just putting words on a page. In fact, Caro quotes President Lyndon Johnson to suggest the meaning he wants for the word. To give context to Caro’s use of the word “write,” here …

At the same time we have been traveling to Taos almost annually since we moved to New Mexico over four decades ago, Mary and I continue to deliberate just how we really feel about the mountain artists’ community that Kit Carson called home in the mid-19th century. How could we not love the town from which a visitor can view …