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This blog has featured several humorous signs that I’ve either heard about or spotted in my years of traveling throughout the Land of Enchantment. One that I’ll never forget was a roadside sign on U.S. 64 between Farmington and Shiprock. The crudely painted sign outside a booth made from juniper and pinon branches on theContinue reading “Um, thanks, but I’ll take care of that myself…”

A good friend recently sent me an article from a veterans group publication called “Together We Served” regarding use of camels by the U.S. Army in the Southwest in the mid 1800s. Given that camels and deserts go together like peanut butter and jelly, it wasn’t surprising to find out that many of these creaturesContinue reading “A “mule lobby” in Washington???”

I read with great sadness last week that the Roswell Daily Record is ceasing operations after 123 years of publication. It’s the second daily newspaper in our state to announce plans to shut down this year because of declining readership, rising costs and aging equipment. The Gallup Independent announced late this winter that it wasContinue reading “Who will be there to report the next UFO crash???”

Highway U.S. 70 from Ruidoso to Roswell is a treasure of a drive, especially in the fall when the cottonwoods, fruit trees and other deciduous vegetation are showing their vibrant yellow, red, orange and rust colors. The landscape is spiked by tall rows of Lombardi poplars outlining property boundaries of small farms and ranches. ItContinue reading “A gleaming projectile on top of the hill…”

As you’ve probably guessed from reading my blogs from the past, I have a special appreciation and love for the once endangered Gila trout. Once near the edge of extinction, efforts by government and non profit groups (like Trout Unlimited) have brought this fish back to swim in increasing numbers in waters of the GilaContinue reading “Beautiful, but lacking in taste…”

In bouts of extended inactivity and resulting boredom during my time as a same day registration official during the June 2 New Mexico primary election season, I start thinking of things to write about in my blog. New Mexico critters seemed to come to mind frequently for blog topics and when someone walked into myContinue reading ““Never seen one around here…””

About seven years ago, likely on a Sunday morning in the summer, I went out our front door to fetch the daily newspapers that are tossed onto our driveway. It was before I had my one and only cup of coffee for the day, so I was still slowly assimilating full consciousness. When I heardContinue reading “An odiferous red squadron…”

If you’ve lived in New Mexico for any length of time and are interested in its history, there is a name you should really know. That person — a true treasure of our state — is the late Dr. Myra Ellen Jenkins, former State Historian and knower of all historical facts New Mexican. I wasContinue reading “Thanked in the preface of nearly every book…”

The host platform for my blog, WordPress, has a feature that I’d never considered using until today, when boredom crept in and lured me into trying it. “It” is an Artificial Intelligence feature that reviews what you’ve written, analyzes the text and makes suggestions for improving what you thought was a carefully crafted post. ItContinue reading “Thanks, AI, but I think I’ll pass…”

A friend and former stockbroker sent me a link earlier this week to story regarding an interesting development on a stock that I didn’t even know was publicly traded. The story told how the stock price of exotic Italian carmaker Ferrari had tumbled more than five percent when the company announced its first fully electricContinue reading “A 12-cylinder rotation from the grave…”

The New Mexico primary election is Tuesday, June 2, 2026 and I’m working again as a volunteer election official for the early voting phase, as well as on election day. It’s been pretty slow so far, with only a handful of races being contested. The biggest focus statewide is on the governor’s race, with multipleContinue reading “Do I judge machines???”

On a recent drive across the southern tip of the Black Range northwest of Las Cruces, we stopped by the cemetery in Hillsboro to find the grave of a former Episcopal priest and his wife who we knew were buried there. As we often do when we visit older sections of cemeteries, we look forContinue reading “19th century renaissance man or “ruthless killer” ???”