Beware the Mighty Rump Shield

Much of my adult life has been spent contemplating urban vs. rural living options. I kind of want a farm on bus line within walking distance of places to eat and shop. And yes, I know it does not work that way, at least on large scale.

Today my lunch hour errand was a trip to the feed store. South Valley Mercantile is a 10 minute drive from my office downtown. So I left at lunch, drove down Broadway, turned on to Rio Bravo and there I was. I needed a bale of straw and bale grass hay for our rab… Continue

This morning's NY times magazine has a series of portraits of people who will be important in the Obama aministration. They are just people up against a white background, very stark, oddly posed. My son was looking at them and asking questions about the people. This gave way to to speculation about who would good and who be evil if they were in a sci-fi movie.
It reminded of me of an idea we had. Maybe this was in my head because Fac… Continue

I should have brought my camera with me on Friday. Our doctor is in Los Lunas and so the drive is a little epic. On Friday I drove down through Isleta Pueblo. I love to see all of the fields. The best part is the restored marshland on the south end of the drive. In the spring it is full of red-winged black birds clinging to the cattails.
On Friday there were no birds, it was still just lovely

I drove back through Peralta. The view of the moun… Continue