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?
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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?
Stuff you need to know, 8.8.22
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: Rebecca Dow agrees to ethics violations settlement she still descries as a witchhunt and Virgin Galactic AGAIN postpones the start of passenger spaceflights.
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.
Stuff you need to know, 8.5.22
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: snapshots of how the federal government, state authorities and New Mexico citizens are dealing with the Southwest's existential water crisis.
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.
Stuff you need to know, 8.3.22
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: dissecting the meaning of yesterday's reproductive freedom vote in Kansas.
Like jury tampering, municipal court’s dissolution almost guaranteed
The city commission's "public" representatives on a committee that will weigh whether to dissolve the court are the city manager and an ex-city commissioner.
Stuff you need to know, 8.1.22
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: the influence of high oil and gas prices and the industry's political contributions in New Mexico's 2022 election.
Truth or Consequences City Commission approves $47-million final budget
The biggest budget the city has ever passed, a final budget massively different from the draft budget, and yet no questions and no discussion from city commissioners.
Stuff you need to know, 7.28.22
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: the high cost of and possible remedies for New Mexicans' record rates of alcohol abuse.