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Jackson Compaction Dumpster Blues
There are plenty of left behinds at one of Alan's rental properties, and, as a favor, I am working overtime to get things cleaned up for the next renter. The last tenants, Section 8, left two weeks after they were supposed too, left food in the frig, a...
Jug Band South goes West
The Solid Grounds Coffeehouse is a musical Saturday night on the town at Saint Steven's Methodist Church in Albuquerque. The music is free, coffee and doughnuts are free, the spiritual tune up after the first set is free, and good friendly spirits are...
Jesus Saves Socorro, New Mexico
This dark blue Ford Ranger has seen better days. Once, it was new on the lot and a salesman kicked its tires, opened its doors and sweet talked clients into the driver's seat to take a whiff of its new car smell. Windows opened and closed, air...
Roadside Memorial I-25 south from Albuquerque
Automobiles can be terminal. They are speeding metal coffins containing mortal bodies that crumple when hit, collapse when rolled over, compress and crush what is inside them when physics takes charge and momentum meets momentum. Along New Mexico...
Owl Cafe Waking up
The Owl Cafe was born in San Antonio, New Mexico, one of many New Mexican towns you zip past on the freeway, not even dots on the state road map. The original cafe doesn't have an owl on its roof and is a fifties style bar and grill with ancient cheap...
Tram talk Going Up
The Sandia Peak Tram has been with us fifty years. According to our tram operator there are 600,000 patrons each year and the only time the tram shuts down is when the wind blows over fifty miles per hour or threatening lightning storms are close. The...
CCC – Civilian Conservation Corp 1936 Rock House Sandia Crest
On top of Sandia Peak is a rock house built in the 1930's by the Civilian Conservation Corp. Coming out of a government prolonged Depression, the CCC was created to provide relief to unemployed men by the U.S. Congress and F.D.R. During a short decade,...
Cochiti Golf Close to Golfer's Paradise
In all four corners of our state, as well as the middle, we have sovereign Indian nations who have land,an ancient culture, designer golf courses, hotels, and casinos. The Pueblo of Cochiti is a thirty minute drive from Albuquerque along I- 25 to...
Rock Climbing Family Outing
This Memorial Day weekend boatloads of city folk are out and about. On a usual hike up the Embudo Canyon trail in the Sandia Mountains Alex the architect and I encounter only a few bipeds. Today, two parking lots are full of cars and dogs scamper across...
Pickles Calley's Cat
The last gato celebrated in this blog was sleeping on a window sill in Montevideo on a warm afternoon. Pickles is the newest feline to be celebrated. He has come, from Flagstaff, to stay at the Albuquerque homestead on Martingale Street for a month and a...
Northern Arizona University Graduation – 2015 Ready for real life
The N.A.U. auditorium is filled with parents, friends, graduates, speakers, security, and interested observers. The event is graduation for the 2015 class of NAU Lumberjacks who have spent their last several years sharpening axes, learning to identify...
Road Kill I 40 West to Flagstaff
This is what this road trip looks like from behind the wheel. Ahead, there is a long rolling strip of Interstate split into two lanes with shoulders and entrances and exits. There are road signs, overpasses, and vehicles. Always there is sky and...
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