Stuff you need to know, 1.23.23
Today's intelligence: Will this be the year that efforts to reform the outmoded operations of New Mexico's state legislature succeed?
Category Perspectives
Little Red
A curious thing. One never knows what story is waiting to be told as we venture outdoors.
Stuff you need to know, 1.16.23
Today's intelligence: New Mexico's tough new pollution rules rely on oil and gas operators to report and fix their methane emissions. How is self-policing working? Plus: a possible model for future suits against polluters and unexpected allies of tighter EPA regulations
Stuff you need to know, 1.9.23
Today's intelligence: an argument for timely state investment in our Strategic Water Fund and a recent trend of shootings at the Albuquerque offices or homes of Democratic elected officials
CORRECTED: Stuff you need to know, 1.6.23
Today's intelligence: Is seawater desalination a feasible solution to the Southwest's water crisis? Watch what is happening in Arizona.
A wilderness in our backyard
Those of us who call southwestern New Mexico our home, are very fortunate to have two very special places totally over 755,000 acres just a short distance from home. The Gila and Aldo Leopold Wildernesses are wild, rugged and nearby.
Assaying Entropy V: Pause
Looking back over the series of essays called "Assaying Entropy," I summarize what has been said: why the topics so far covered are a continuous investigation of loss and time, how that process of thinking got to the question of democracy; and where that may be going.
This ol’ bag of bones
What do you see when you look out over a landscape? When you gaze or glance at somebody? Do you glance or do you really LOOK and wonder?
Stuff you need to know, 12.19.22
Today's intelligence: a year-end roundup of good news and stories of progress from around the world. 2022 wasn't a total disaster, ya'll.
Stuff you need to know, 12.8.22
Today's must-read commentary: A disparate group of thinkers says we should welcome humanity's demise.
Giving Tuesday
Today is giving Tuesday, a holiday started in 2012 to support organizations that rely on charitable giving. Please share your favorite Sierra county organizations with our readers.
Take a moment
There are times when a pause in our daily routines can be most beneficial. A time to reflect on our actions and the effects they have on the world we live in