Author Archives: Patrick Lamb

We are still reminiscing about our memorable trip to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, two weeks ago when we stayed with long-time friends who have a home there and will likely soon move there permanently. I wanted to share with you some of our favorite photos from the trip with a little bit of explanationContinue reading “Cobblestone streets, art, great food and friendly people…”

My wife and I returned last Wednesday from a week-long adventure to San Miguel de Allende in central Mexico. It was a wonderful experience (except for an unpleasant incident at the border when we crossed back into the United States.) But for now, we remember the trip as something memorable and educational, thanks to twoContinue reading “Transporte en Mexico…”

Now before you jump to conclusions and assume there was a secret Japanese or German bombing attack in New Mexico that you had never heard about before, read on. I recently wrote about a town in New Mexico I’d never heard of before — Omega — whose location appeared on a national television show earlierContinue reading “World War II bombs destroyed a New Mexico town in 1944…”

Darting around a 55-gallon aquarium in an elementary school classroom in Silver City are 31 healthy juvenile Gila trout, awaiting their release into the waters of southwestern New Mexico sometime this fall. It’s the first time this variety of fish — once and endangered species — have been raised through Trout Unlimited’s “Trout In theContinue reading “Some fishy good news…”

Six years ago on this date, I had my heart valve replacement. I have written a post each year on the anniversary of the event, which I’m sure is repetitive and not that interesting any more to my few readers. The bottom line is that everything still keeps working okay, at least from the informationContinue reading “Napping a bit more…”

I did a bit of a double take this week while driving down University Avenue when I spotted a service van on the road next to me. Emblazoned on the side of the blue van were the words “Organs Cleaning.” If you poke around on internet search engines, you can find lots of other signsContinue reading “Hope it wasn’t headed to a hospital…”

There’s a line in one of my favorite Lyle Lovett songs entitled “White Frieghtliner Blues,” that goes like this: “Well New Mexico ain’t bad, people there, they treat you kind.” The song was written by Townes van Zandt, a Texas native who Bob Dylan once called the greatest singer of his generation. Van Zandt wasContinue reading “A little less friendly…”

Last week, I hosted an annual party for a Boy Scout (now known as Scouting America) troop at our neighborhood swimming pool. I am an adult member of the group, Troop 66, which was originally founded at our church almost 125 years ago by the legendary southern New Mexico Missionary Hunter “Preacher” Lewis. I joinedContinue reading “Looking like a nerd…”

In 1927, a 13-year-old orphan of Aleut-Russian descent, came up with the design for the Alaska state flag. The simple design featuring the big dipper and the north star in gold on a dark blue flag, was submitted by Benny Benson to the Alaska Department of the American Legion, which had conducted a design contestContinue reading “A horror story that only Hollywood could make up…”

In 2017, someone accidentally flew the Nebraska state flag upside down at the capitol in Lincoln for 10 days before someone noticed the error. It’s understandable. It’s a busy state seal placed over a dark blue background that looks like state flags from several other states that seems to have been designed around the sameContinue reading “Homely would be a generous description…”