Bosque Trail
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.
Archive of posts filed under the New Mexico category.
A New Mexican Insurgency
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 …
What Tree Is This?
tree on San Mateo2 12-06 Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. Anyone have a clue what kind of tree this is? Photo by L. Heineman, fall 2006, on San Mateo NE in Albuquerque.
Snow
We had a tad of snow when I awoke yesterday morning. Jimbo up in Los Alamos did a bit better.
Where the Nukes Are
If you’ve ever wondered where those “secret” underground bunkers are where they keep all our nukes, the Nuclear Notebook guys, Hans Kristensen and Stan Norris, have poked virtual pushpins into a Google Earth map. (Hint to Albuquerque readers: some are right under your nose, and I don’t mean at the Ghost Mall.) More on Hans’s …
Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere
In which I get references to The Graduate, Richard Feynman and Rumpelstiltskin into the same story. Nanotechnology enthusiasts love to cite a classic exchange from the 1967 film “The Graduate.” Mr. McGuire, an older businessman, is trying to explain the future to a young Benjamin Braddock. “I want to say one word to you. Just …
Waiting For Santa
waiting-for-Santa Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. I love a parade, so Lissa and I went downtown last night to watch the Twinkle Light Parade. It was fabulous – lowriders decked out in Christmas lights with those wacky hydraulic bouncy thingies, marching cheerleaders cheering for Christmas cheer (Go Christmas!), a motorcycle cop with his bike decked out. …
Florida in Albuquerque
Don Pizzolato has a thoughtful post this morning on the Duke City Fix that reaches beyond the traditional “rise of the creative class” economic development palaver that underpins much discussion these days in Albuquerque to examine the underlying premises. In the careful way of my favorite writers, Don’s smart enough not to come to any …
RIP Snoopy
Snoopy Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. Down in Albuquerque’s South Valley, along the river, is an old piece of vacant land sandwiched between a housing development and one of the last close-in farms. To the south is a lovely grove of cottonwoods that until recently was a horse pasture. To the north is a field of …
Dia de los Muertos
Sunshine and death on the streets of Albuquerque, via the lens of Miguel. (And apropos of nothing except an odd coincidence, as I’m penning this post, I’m listening to Bela Lugosi’s Dead. Which Miguel gave me. Wooooo….)