Forced to write a daybook on account of ’cause I ran across a cool word of the day, which is: word of the day: “apophenia” – “the experience of seeing patterns where none exist” – definition from Bob Park, writing in the 9 December New Scientist reading: Acequia Culture, Jose Rivera’s book about the village-based …
windmillOriginally uploaded by heinemanfleck. ESTANCIA – It occurred to me yesterday why I’m so fascinated by the pinto bean farmers of the Estancia Basin. They are very much like the trees prized by the scientists who use tree rings to piece together ancient climates: at the edge of their range, and therefore sensitive to small …
Saguaro Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. For those of you not from or familiar with New Mexico, here’s the joke: the armed Saguaro, an iconic southwestern image, does not grow in New Mexico. The Estancia Valley is in New Mexico.
RailRunner Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. The thing I like about trains is the same thing I have always enjoyed about walking in alleys: you get to see the backs of things. It’s the place where people pile their junk, where they show the things they don’t really want you to see, but that are a …
The boy dropped off his pass-along copy of the Nov. 16 Rolling Stone, that I might enjoy Jeff Goodell’s powerful strange and fascinating piece about Lowell Wood and geoengineering. Wood’s idea – not really “Wood’s idea,” really “lots of people’s idea” – is to pump shit into the atmosphere to cool things off, a geoengineering …
Bosque Trail I Originally uploaded by Miguel Navrot. My friend Miguel has posted some great snaps of my favorite bit of bike trail in the city, the shaded, secluded stretch of bosque trail south of the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
My Journal colleague Pat Vasquez-Cunningham did a beautiful multimedia package based on his photographs and interviews with Pearl Harbor survivor Ray Baker. Additional interviews with Homer Garcia, John Stanhope and James Rounding.
The latest ENSO forecast is out this morning: El Niño conditions are likely to continue through May 2007. The models are clustering around a relatively modest affair.
My colleague Tania Soussan wrote Saturday about what Andrew Dessler has described as “the climate change insurgency“: Cars with dramatically better gas mileage. More energy-efficient houses and offices. Doubling the renewable energy flowing through New Mexico’s grid. Those are among the 69 recommendations announced Friday by a special climate advisory group created by Gov. Bill …
The cost of Australian bread is on the rise: Bushman’s Bakery, which has six outlets in the Coffs Harbour area, has told customers the drought has pushed the price of a loaf of bread up by 20 cents. Owner Dally Sullivan says there is no choice but to pass on the cost. “We were notified …