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I suspect when you think of organ music, long dark-themed dirges come to mind — like Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor during which the entire concert hall vibrates when the lowest notes are played. My wife and I were pleasantly surprised last weekend when we attended a free local concert given by JohnContinue reading “From the plazas of New Mexico to the concert halls…”

For those of you who might not be aware of ski racing history, Hermann Maier was a phenomenal racer for Austria during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was known for overcoming an almost fatal motorcycle accident to win two gold medals in the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan. He won many other OlympicContinue reading “No “Red Sleds” or ROC 550s were injured during this repurposing…”

The Mescalero Apache Tribe’s Mescalero Fish Hatchery has come through again with help for the Ruidoso White Mountain Elementary “Trout in the Classroom” project. Trout in the Classroom is a nationwide program of the non-profit Trout Unlimited organization. The program is aimed at teaching students the value of preserving clean cold-water fisheries, educating them onContinue reading “Apaches to the rescue, Part II…”

As you may remember, our dog Chester picked the Philadelphia Eagles to win this year’s Super Bowl, using his enigmatic canine selection process to choose between a green and a red squeaky ball tossed into our back yard. His selection process is made even more incomprehensible since dogs are essentially color blind. When he pickedContinue reading “Relishing his pick…”

If I were a betting man, I wouldn’t pick the Philadelphia Eagles to win this weekend’s Super Bowl. That’s because Chester, our overly enthusiastic Goldendoodle, has made what is likely to be his fourth bad pick on which team will win the football game. As we’ve done for the past four years, we’ve tossed twoContinue reading “Chester’s choice…”

As many of you are probably aware by now, President Trump signed an executive order on his first day of office to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.” Whether he has the authority to do this and whether the change would be recognized worldwide is not something I’ll delve into, given myContinue reading “Coming to you from Las Cruces, New America…”

It’s an old adage that having four wheel drive in your vehicle only gets you stuck further away from help. I experienced this first hand when I was in high school and owned a surplus World War II Jeep (made by Ford) and did my best to prove it could go anywhere. Unfortunately it didn’tContinue reading “The error of his ways sunk in…”

Last week, we experienced an unusually heavy (for southern New Mexico) snowfall. The snow began in the morning and lasted most of the day. At our home, we accumulated about three inches, which was more than the frosting that the Organ Mountains received. The snow was very wet. It was perfect for snowball fights andContinue reading “Remembering snow days…”

In 1973, when I was Santa Fe bureau chief and political reporter for United Press International, a particularly sensitive topic was on the agenda of the New Mexico Legislature. It was a vote on whether the Legislature would approve the national Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. Although New Mexico was one ofContinue reading “Waiting for the other shoe to drop…”

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…”