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My wife and I drove to the site of old Fort Cummings in Luna County northeast of Deming this week. We’d heard about it in the last few years and learned more about it from good friend Jack Wilson. Jack is a retired archaeologist, historical researcher and author who submitted a nomination to have theContinue reading “Rough, remote but rewarding…”

I frequently skim through weird things in the newspaper that I suspect most people never look at. One of them is the list of new patents granted to New Mexico businesses or individuals that is posted in the Business Outlook section of the Albuquerque Journal. Last week, a couple of things in that listing caughtContinue reading “I’ll take one of each…”

For the third year in a row, our dog Chester made the wrong pick about who would win the Super Bowl. He picked the San Francisco 49ers over the Kansas City Chiefs — although he did dither for a few moments before running off with the red ball that was the 49ers token. I triedContinue reading “Remorse…”

The Albuquerque Journal had an article recently about a contest to name snowplows in the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s fleet. After the NMDOT reviewed almost 1,600 suggestions — many that had a New Mexico twist — I’ve included some of the ones that made the cut: So If we can name snow plows, whyContinue reading “Oh, you trashy girls…”

(And a trout update) I sense that many of you have been huddled around your computer in the last few days anxiously awaiting the news that Chester, our rambunctious Goldendoodle, has made his annual Super Bowl pick. Well, your wait it over. As you can see below, Chester took this task very seriously. The photoContinue reading “Chester picks the Super Bowl…”

Wave The Wonder Dog, who fetches the tee for the New Mexico State University Aggies after every football kickoff, is entering the transfer portal and plans to go to Vanderbilt University. Yep, you heard it here first. I completely made that up, but let’s see if it ends up in social media somewhere. Heck, itContinue reading “How rumors get started…”

As my friends know, I’ve been a BMW fan for years. We purchased our first one, a metallic red 2002, on European delivery back in 1975. We picked it up at the factory in Munich and drove through Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and France before dropping it off in Paris to be shipped home. SinceContinue reading “They’ll “brake” the bank…”

When I first got news that the first few trout eggs hatched at White Mountain Elementary School in Ruidoso, I was very excited that the project was coming to fruition. The teacher told me: “We have Alvin!!” I think she meant to say they had “alevin,” which is the word for newly hatched trout orContinue reading “Differentiating between alevin and Alvin…”

Latest news from Ruidoso’s White Mountain Elementary is that 32 of the trout eggs, also known as alevin, have hatched. Three more — which would bring the total to 35 of the eggs that were shipped — look like they are ready to hatch, according to teacher Rachel Lutterman. Stay tuned for updates on theContinue reading “I’m not ready to smoke 32 cigars…”

Okay, it’s official. I am a new grandfather — well, if you can count a rainbow trout as a grandchild. I got word yesterday that at least three of the 35 rainbow trout eggs we carefully placed in an aquarium in a 3rd grade classroom at White Mountain Elementary School in Ruidoso have hatched. TheContinue reading “BULLETIN — I’ll be smoking that celebratory cigar…”

As a marketer, I often studied cases focusing on life-cycles of maturing industries and products. The product cycle curve is bell shaped, where best opportunities for profit and growth are early in the beginning of the industry or product. By the end of the cycle, there is deep discounting, increasing competition and declining sales andContinue reading “Signs of a maturing industry…”

My wife said the whole process sounded like a Pony Express delivery from the 1800s. Only it wasn’t mail that was being delivered — it was rainbow trout eggs. On the evening of Feb. 11, a batch of freshly fertilized eggs was shipped by truck during a snow storm from a New Mexico Department ofContinue reading “Waiting for the hatch…”

The last time I flew a hot air balloon was about a year ago. It wasn’t much of a flight — just three short hops on vacant field to get current (the FAA required three take offs and landings every 90 days.) At this time, I’m no longer current and I also need to do aContinue reading “An uplifting weekend…”