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I always look forward to the Albuquerque Journal’s annual Cowchip awards, published at the end of the year to document many goofy things that have happened in the state during the past 365 days. I’ve often used these stories from years past as fodder for my own blog. And I’ve also written about some ofContinue reading “Letting someone else have a turn…”

It’s a legendary road house in central New Mexico. Many people who have traveled on I-25 between Albuquerque and Las Cruces have stopped there for lunch.  Lots of folks from  southeastern New Mexico who take U.S, 380 to get to Albuquerque have stopped there as well. And people from all other parts of the stateContinue reading “Even better than the burgers…”

A Las Cruces man wanted to go to the El Paso airport two weeks ago but became annoyed when he couldn’t find anyone to help him get there. He came up with a unique solution, which instead of getting him to the airport, got him hauled off to jail initially and then ultimately to aContinue reading “Unusual approach to hitching a ride to the airport…”

While my wife and I suffered through another painful Nebraska football season, we got caught up in the school’s highly successful women’s volleyball program this year. We watched every game we could get on TV and were rewarded for our faithful support when the Husker women made it to to the national championship match lastContinue reading “Uplifting sports …”

Our grandchildren from Texas are visiting for the holidays, and as usual, we are busy with entertaining them. Their choice of activities today was to take the leaves they helped me rake up from our back yard to the yard waste/compost dump. No really, they were surprisingly excited about a trip to the dump inContinue reading “It didn’t fit holiday mood I was envisioning…”

It seems that every Christmas holiday season, retailers come up with a new decorating trend that everyone wants. Last year, I think, it was black and white buffalo check table cloths, wrapping paper, ribbon, bows, napkins, etc. 2021 is the year of the table top red vintage pickup with a Christmas tree in back. IfContinue reading “They’re everywhere…”

Colleges around the nation have been inspired by the success the University of Florida had years ago in licensing the sports drink “Gatorade” that was invented at the school.  In our state, New Mexico State University has capitalized on its 1888 Pistol Pete Ale, as well as a recently released product called “Pistol Pete’s SixContinue reading “Not a nuts idea…”

Police at border crossings between the United States and Mexico, and at the U.S. Border Patrol stops outside Las Cruces, are always on the alert for illegal drugs. So when agents at an El Paso border crossing spotted a nervous man driving a New Mexico licensed Ford F-150, they figured they should search the pickup.Continue reading “Strange things that come from Mexico to New Mexico…”

The foundation of this story is basic New Mexico politics. An elected official in Rio Arriba County acting badly. It starts with the conviction last week of Rio Arriba County Sheriff James Lujan for two felony counts for helping friend avoid arrest and pressuring one of his deputies not to tell other deputies about theContinue reading “Tailgating on trial…”

First the details. A man riding a moped in a long, heavy black overcoat was reported to be terrorizing the town of Tucumcari earlier this month by spraying unsuspecting citizens and their vehicles with bear spray. Police issued a warning to citizens after several reports of attacks by the man on the Moped. On Nov.Continue reading “An unbearable tale…”

For the past several weeks, my wife and I have been updating our living room with new upholstery for the couch, new carpeting and  different paint on the walls. As we sorted through hundreds of color chips for paint and many scrapbooks for upholstery and carpet, I became fascinated by the dizzying array of namesContinue reading “Where can I get this kind of job…”

While poking around on the web I stumbled across a humorous quote about New Mexico that prompted me to look for other things that have been said about our state by both people who live/grew up here and those who visit or just pass through. The one that caught my eye was made by LewContinue reading “They said it…”

Many of my readers know I’m a fly fishing fan, although I don’t get out as much as I used to. I’ve been particularly interested in the recovery of the once endangered and now threatened Gila trout. As a member of the Gila-Rio Grande Chapter of Trout Unlimited, I was asked by the organization toContinue reading “Helping tiny fish…”

My  regular readers might remember a blog I wrote earlier this year about quirky headlines that were not fully vetted before they appeared in print. I found one in last week’s Albuquerque Journal worth adding to that list. It read: “Pension board to probe member” This was disturbing on many levels, but certainly memorable. IContinue reading “Worth its own blog…”