week one ABQ tally so far: two yapping dogs accompanied by the classic “No No NO!!!” owner lady, two geriatric heeler mixes, one of which tried to have a little run, several unruly large dogs on 30 ft flexi leashes and one, only one very exciting corgi-heeler puppy, which, even in this altitude, didn’t have [...]
this sentence has survived decades of editing, and now that i have the photo to go with it, it’s probably going to stay: “In the winter the coyotes hunt in packs, but they all know to walk in the same exact footprints to give the impression there’s only one animal, ever, featured in profile on [...]
i always knew at some point i would end up owning my own WOPR. our kitchen sink clogged up a few days ago and our plumber came out to send in the snake. no, he didn’t have the rotating camera head with the LED lights, but he did say we had need of some cast [...]
usually whenever i visit my Mom in Santa Fe i fly into Albuquerque, and she picks me up and we do all the things in Albuquerque that you can’t get done in Santa Fe. That means shopping at the one and only place in the state to buy Chinese vegetables and goods, with maybe a [...]
a few days ago my mom told me she was planning on leaving Santa Fe and selling the home she’s lived in for the past 20 years or so. it’s not the house i grew up in, but apparently it does have some of my crap, which she of course, suggested that i come and [...]
awesomeness like this on the side of an 18-wheeler just screams “New Mexico!” and when it’s Hatch chile season you’re going to smell it before you see it. The “chile drop” was at the La Puente High School parking lot, with burlap bags everywhere, burritos for sale, and a whole host of confusing canopies separating [...]
last week i was poking fun at how a friend of ours who just got a completely spazed out puppy only posts photos of the puppy sleeping and being completely restful. all photos lie, as we know. couple days ago i took the pups on an errand at the corner of Washington and La Cienega [...]
especially the stuff in the PS. (comments on Scotch are a given).
in 1907 Ernest Shackleton went looking for the South Pole with a motorcar, no sled dogs, and 25 cases of whisky. on top of that, the ship he took was called the Nimrod. now i don’t know when connotations of that word went south but i do know in New Mexico when someone broke into [...]
the city decided to lay down a slurry on our asphalt last week, and, giving less than 4-5 days notice, asked for all cars to be removed from 6 in the morning until 6 that night. in addition, there were several other warnings, like not to let water run onto the surface for at least [...]
