Life’s Relics
Old dusty towns. Faded signs hanging from one chain. Abandoned farms and old rusty cars silent in repose. Do you ever wonder about their stories?
Category Perspectives
Nature the Healer
There is a blazing jewel of fiery bronze who has decided that the hummingbird feeder is his. I watch the antics of a male Rufous Hummingbird as he battles every other hummer wanting a drink. If my yard holds such wonders, what awaits me on my morning walk?
The (bearing of) arms race in America
98 percent of all guns in America are in civilian hands. In the 1970s America and Russia addressed the escalating arms race through the SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) agreement. But when it comes to the deescalation of guns here in America, we can't even get a conversation started.
Monsoon sky
One of the joys of the monsoon season in New Mexico (besides the rain) is the spectacular skies that appear before, during and after the showers.
Stuff you need to know, 8.4.22
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: a partial assessment of the Black Fire's damage to southern New Mexico ranchlands and notification of a agriculture-related wildfire recovery effort meeting.
Cicadas among us
Learning a bit about them makes them more interesting, much more interesting than "a whole lot of noisy bugs."
Dow and out
When it comes to government ethics violations we need look no further than within the borders of Sierra County and our own state representative Rebecca Dow.
Some heads are merely hat racks
There appears to be a direct correlation in this country between the lack of deep thinking by some and the depth of the political divide we now face. Hats off to the deep thinkers.
Stuff you need to know, 7.14.22
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: a personal bout with COVID-19 reveals the laxity of New Mexico's current pandemic recordkeeping.
Living with fire
Fire will be a topic I discuss for awhile as the Silver Fire still has influence on our ecology in the Black Range Mountains, nine years after the burn. The Black Fire still has hot spots and as the largest single fire in New Mexican history, it will for awhile.
Monsoon sweeping over Sierra County
Photos taken from Emory Pass vista point. Kingston Main st is the white curved line pretty much in the middle of the picture.
Stuff you need to know, 7.11.22
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: a groundbreaking report on what happens to a pregnant person who is forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy and an analysis of Congress's powers to redress the Supreme Court's unjust ruling on abortion.