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By now, you’ve probably figured out that I’m writing about Pluto. Specifically the object orbiting our solar system that was discovered by New Mexico State University Astronomy Professor Clyde W. Tombaugh. It was first declared to be the ninth planet when discovered in 1930, then in 2006 the International Astronomical Union dumbed it down andContinue reading “Look in the sky! It’s a dwarf planet! It’s a Greek God! It’s a cartoon dog???”

A significant member of my family and a friend recently commented that they thought some of my recent blogs have been too long. Point taken. Hope you enjoyed this one.

And other odds and ends… First, a couple of updates. The woman in Albuquerque who lost her pet cockatiel is still advertising periodically in the Albuquerque Journal for the bird’s return. As mentioned in a previous blog, she used an “animal communicator” to determine that the bird is still alive and was rescued by someoneContinue reading “Steam, Cheetos and Horses, oh my…”

New Mexico hasn’t had the best record on public executions for bad guys over the years. I previously wrote about the botched hanging of notorious outlaw Tom “Black Jack” Ketchum during which his head snapped off when he plunged through the gallows at Clayton, NM, April 16, 1901. Ketchum, who had made a career ofContinue reading ““Old Sparky” wasn’t much better…”

I’m finishing up a more than two-week stint as an election official for early voting in the Nov. 4 primary in Dona Ana County. My location, as it has been in the previous four elections, is the town hall of Mesilla. Surrounding me are displays about the history of Mesilla, many focusing on the connectionsContinue reading “In old Lincoln, it really was like that…”

When I fly commercially, I always try to get a window seat so I can look out of the plane at the landscape and wonder about things I see on the ground. I even pick a specific side of the plane I’m on if I know there’s something special along the route that I canContinue reading “It must have been a really BIG bang…”

Like many in the Land of Enchantment, I always assumed that our state’s name was derived from Mexico, the nation to our south. I figured that our state was named after Mexico had been established as a country. I was wrong. Read on. I made that assumption when you consider the pattern that many placesContinue reading “Las Cruces, Andalucia, has a nice ring to it…”

In Las Cruces on the banks of the Rio Grande where the old highway to Deming, Tucson and California crosses the river is La Llorona Park. The river here is shallow and slow even during the summer when water from Elephant Butte reservoir is released for the irrigation needs for farmers. In the lean precipitationContinue reading “And just in time for Halloween when you thought it couldn’t get weirder…”