It took six weeks and three trips to the vet after his savage attack but we just took the first hike since that happened…
Blog Posts about New Mexico
Second Childhood
We’ve spent too many words bewailing the sins committed against us in our childhoods, and they were sins, and they had drastic effects, and that matters; but Sunday when I bought this charming “Winter Fairy” at my church’s St. Nicholas Bazaar, I decided it’s high time to enter into my second childhood…
Multispecies Entanglement
I’m witnessing a surge in big, old-fashioned weddings for those who can afford up to half a million dollars to rent tents, clubs, hire staff, and buy the necessary clothes.
Moving at Sheeps’ Pace
Thinking about Tierra Wools’ herd of sheep moving from their summer in the highlands here, reminds me of the two orphan lambs I raised in Kentucky when I was growing up.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men?
Many who hear or read the phrase seize on its Biblical meaning which was literal and remains literal today, and as yet no one has suggested attempting to replace the book with Let Us Now Praise Famous Women.
These Are Those Who Have Come Out of Great Tribulation
Once a year members of my church here in Santa Fe volunteer to cook a week’s supper for our unhoused population; I look forward to it.
The Price of Fear
A few days ago, my dog Pip was attacked as he lay sleeping on my patio here in the mountains, bitten savagely in three places.
Pick Up Your Socks
The Federal government is having difficulty picking up its socks, in this case, the toxic waste left here in New Mexico and elsewhere as the result of sixty years of nuclear weapons building.
Equinox in the City That Lacks One
Of course equinoxes happen everywhere even in places that seem oblivious like midtown Manhattan where I’m roosting for a few days…
As They Go, so Go We
Years of drought and now weeks, perhaps months, of extreme heat have caused the loss of 2.3 million pinyon jays, which is 78.7 percent of their total population.