Author Archives: Patrick Lamb

Monday’s Albuquerque Journal served up two stories of interest to me that have prompted me to offer some thoughtful responses. (Well at least in my warped way of thinking.) The first was the listing of the Albuquerque home where the character Walter White of the TV series “Breaking Bad” was filmed. The home, now surroundedContinue reading “Of pampered dogs and overpriced homes…”

I’ve gone to several high school reunions in my home town of Ruidoso. At each one of them, someone brings up one of the more embarrassing moments of my school days. Do they remember the game saving tackle I made in our football battle against arch-rival Capitan in October of 1964? Did they remember myContinue reading “Empathy for the elk…”

On several occasions since I’ve been writing this blog, I have been surprised when someone unexpected from my past sends me a me a note saying they’ve liked what I’ve written and want to reconnect. They usually explain how they tracked me down from a friend’s recommendation, many times from people I didn’t know wereContinue reading “Revisiting Ulysses S. Grant…”

Our son, Tyler, was born the day after Christmas in 1978 while my wife and I were living in Albuquerque. A few weeks before he was born, I recall going to the obstetrician’s office for what would be my wife’s final checkup before delivery. While visiting with the doctor, he complained that he had spentContinue reading “A paper bag, sand and a candle…”

About a year ago, I reconnected with my stepsister — the only daughter of my father’s second wife. I had not seen or heard from her in many years. She somehow found me through a search process, which I think was rather difficult since I don’t have a Facebook account or post on any otherContinue reading “The “batwing” mystery…”

Yes, readers, they are indeed related. You may recall that earlier this fall, I decided to do a post updating on a story I wrote many years ago while Bureau Chief and State Political Editor for United Press International in Santa Fe. The story involved my curiosity about how many exotic vehicles were registered inContinue reading “Regarding an exotic species found in Catron County and restoring some faith in state government…”

(A SPECIAL EDITION OF MY BLOG FOR YOUR THANKSGIVING DAY READING) Last Saturday, Albuquerque radio station KKOB staged a promotion in which hundreds of rubber duck “turkeys” offering various prizes were dropped from the station’s hot air balloon over a crowd at Balloon Fiesta Park. It was reminiscent of the 1978 episode of the televisionContinue reading “Oh, the humanity!!!”

Warning: This post may include adult content. An article in last week’s Albuquerque Journal focused on the efforts to reduce pigeon poop in the downtown area of the Duke City. Much to the horror of a city council member, the city’s efforts had been focused on trapping pigeons in a cage which, similar to aContinue reading “Did the cats have to do an audition???”

Every New Mexico resident has probably seen it. Our wonderful state being confused with our western neighbor, Arizona. And of course, we regularly discover people who think we’re actually a foreign nation, a rectangular geographical appendage that was somehow transmogrified from the Republic of Mexico. I’ve written about this in several of my blogs duringContinue reading “Arizona (and maybe New Jersey) are creeping even closer…”

Our rambunctious dog Chester, has experienced multiple ear infections, hot spots, clumps of fur ripped out on his paws and other maladies during the last couple of years. Our very competent veterinarian advised us several times that we should probably test Chester for allergies as the probable cause of these things. When my wife andContinue reading “Being allergic to yourself…”

No, this is not going to be my opinion about the 2024 general election outcome — just some observations I made while serving as a poll worker two weeks prior to the Nov. 5 general election and on election day itself. I worked as Same Day Registration (SDR) clerk at the Mesilla Town Hall fromContinue reading “Election reflection…”

There’s something strange going on in southeastern New Mexico. I’ve discovered a disturbing trend where trees have started growing up in the middle of abandoned cars found in a Roswell auto scrap yard and on a ranch southwest of there on the Rio Penasco. Like my recent post about truck parts being highjacked around myContinue reading “Just sprinkle a little Chevrolet on that and it will grow like crazy…”