Updating the Planet
Added Live from Silver City to the Planet. (WC: Silver City’s down in the southern part of my state, a town of about 10,000 or so.)
Archive of posts filed under the New Mexico category.
Good Fire Coverage
I have a great frustration with traditional television news coverage of wildfires, because it generally leaves the impression of a chaotic, uncontrolled and unpredictable situation. Sometimes it is that way. But more often, the fire crews have a pretty clear idea of terrain, fuel load and weather. They know where the fire is now, and …
The Old Schwartzman Property
Schwartzman Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. Richard Metcalf’s story in Thursday’s Journal spurred me to ride down past the old Schwartzman property this morning, down in Albuquerque’s South Valley. It’s 500 acres of land, much of it still farmed, dating back somewhere into Albuquerque’s distant past when farming was what we did. According to Richard’s story, …
The Immigrant Threat to our Way of Life
Dr. Swamp Cooler today speaks bravely about the threat posed by immigrants to our way of life: The decision to issue Swamp Cooler Photo ID cards was made unavoidable due to the influx of migrants (California, Ohio, Illinois, Texas, etc.) who come to New Mexico with alien notions of air conditioning that have become a …
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Not-Quite Summer in Albuquerque
Courtesy MN, who made the Flickr blog with this one.
NMWilderness
Jim Scarantino is back, with a lovely essay on his old Kelty.
San Juan Chama water
Dan McKay has a good story in today’s Journal answering questions that have been bubbling up about water quality once the city of Albuquerque starts taking its water from the Rio Grande. If you’ve got the paper copy of the paper, Cathryn Cunningham’s graphic is quite helpful as well.
Route 66 Bridge
Route 66 Bridge Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. A favorite photo of the old Route 66 bridge, over the Rio Puerco (the river of pigs) west of Albuquerque. It’s closed to traffic, but has been preserved as a bizarro tourist attraction. You can walk out on it and see that there’s no water in the Rio …
Puffs of Cotton
I was sitting in the parklike setting that is Journal center today, having lunch, when a gust of wind sent a swirl of cottonwood cotton hither and yon. It was lovely, and is properly a thing to make one happy.
Grandma Flora’s Flowers
Looks like spring in Silver City.