Author Archives: Patrick Lamb

The Albuquerque Journal carried a story this week about a plan floated by University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University students to establish some kind of traveling trophy to be awarded to the winner of the annual football game between the two rivals. Their idea was to mount a table-top chile roaster onContinue reading “Better than a broken chair???”

The town of Ruidoso had its beginnings around 1868 with the construction of a water powered mill that was first used to cut timber, then later used to grind grain produced by farmers in the area. It became the hub of activity in Ruidoso in the late 1800s, attracting such visitors such as Billy theContinue reading ““More bolts than wood…””

As I’ve done many times in the past, I did a presentation to a group of elementary school students last week about hot air ballooning. I usually did a demonstration with my balloon on the school playground, but since I no longer have a balloon and stopped flying about four years ago, this presentation wasContinue reading “Well, I never thought of it that way…”

This blog started off in my mind to determine if there were any cobblestone streets in New Mexico like the ones we encountered on our recent trip to San Miguel, Mexico, where virtually all streets in the historic downtown area are paved in rounded rocks. I was fairly certain that we’d find none of thoseContinue reading “From cobblestone streets to the Great Depression…”

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…”