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!2x12 Stretches: Tips and Tricks for a successful 12x12

You, me, and 144 square inches of art 12x12 is this Friday 12/4, 6-8 pm

Chances are you've been hearing about 12x12 for a few years now. Will this be your first time attending? Or are you a seasoned 12x12-er by now? Hopefully you have received our save the date card in the mail and are already w… Continue

Added by The Harwood on November 30, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Why am I here?

I arrived in Albuquerque by train in 1994, and I’ve never really left. Full disclosure: this statement is true only in a poetic sense; despite my efforts, I’ve spent much more time not in Albuquerque than in it over the last fifteen years, and though I mark 1994 as my arrival date, I had been to Albuquerque before that visit. My first visit to Albuquerque was actually in the summer of 1988, but I was a surly thirteen-year-old and my only real memories are of finding piñon-studded hills weird an… Continue

Added by Emily on November 30, 2009 at 3:28pm — 2 Comments

Morning Fix: Breakthrough

Oh yeah. NMSO management and musicians strike a deal.
A Thanksgiving NPH sighting, but only incidentally and aft

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Added by Kitson Harvey on November 30, 2009 at 6:10am — 5 Comments

The Sunday Poem: Jessica Lopez... Custody

It is a nicer restaurant: tablecloths & steak knives. Over in the corner, a couple and their daughter sit quietly. Jessica Helen Lopez is a Poetry and Creative Writing Teacher/NM History Instructor at Robert F. Kennedy Charter High School. She is a former member of 2006 and 2007 City… Continue

Added by The DitchRider on November 29, 2009 at 8:00am — 12 Comments

Fleeting Birds

I am new to the blogging Idea. I feel like blogging is a good fit for me . I find it to be a way to organize me thoughts and stop talking off everyone's ear. Now onto naming. I think I will call it fleeting birds. Why because I have a new obsession with birds (starfish are now out the window but not off my leg) and I can't keep my thoughts trapped long enough. I once was taught a meditation that's purpose was to clear your mind by imagining filling balloons with your thoughts and letting them fl… Continue

Added by Jade Wright on November 29, 2009 at 1:50am — No Comments

Burque's Next Generation of High School

Proposed front entrance to nex+gen Academy I don’t know if anyone has paid attention to the media in the past year when they have spoken about changes at Del Norte High School, which sits at the corner of San Mateo and Montgomery. Even if you have been following it, you might not know it, bu… Continue

Added by Kevin on November 28, 2009 at 1:31pm — 34 Comments

Recovery Cat 11.28.2009

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Added by J. Paul Lanier on November 28, 2009 at 11:22am — 1 Comment

The Clinic of Your Dreams

I recently read an article by Dr. Pamela Wible of Eugene, Oregon. The title of the article was "The Clinic of Your Dreams". In that article, she shared her story of building a clinic in her community. She was an employed physician who worked at a big multispecialty group. After years of working in that environment, she decided to get out. She called a community townhall meeting and asked them what do they want if they were to build a community clinic. What would that clinic be like? One communit… Continue

Added by Benjamin Chan on November 28, 2009 at 7:29am — No Comments

"that will be ere the set of sun"

a man walked out into the bright sunshine. a car zoomed past and it was painted to resemble the coming night. but there, among sun-blessed surfaces, it was just a reminder of darkness and not the thing itself. — which will come later, anyway. behind him, the scre… Continue

Added by Rudolfo Carrillo on November 27, 2009 at 6:00pm — 5 Comments

Morning Fix

I hope you all had the best Thanksgiving ever! Ours was quiet, spent among close family and friends, and I was able to tell each of my children that they were, always, what I am thankful for (that and no blog police telling me not to end sentences in a preposition...) Haps!!!! I can't believe I missed… Continue

Added by Cara on November 27, 2009 at 6:30am — 6 Comments

Recovery Cat 11.27.2009

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Added by J. Paul Lanier on November 27, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

Recovery Cat 11.26.2009

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Added by J. Paul Lanier on November 26, 2009 at 1:21pm — 2 Comments

Guest Fixtress Bored... oh noes!

Turkey is in the oven. Casseroles in chafing dishes on the sterno. Root veggies boiling for mashing. Eschewed fancy sweet potatoes in marmalade for kid approved baked canned ones with marshmallows on top. Stuffing ready to bake. Nothing left to make but a salad. Keep me company. I am in the process of writing a paper for Tim Krebs' Urban Politics Class on the mayoral race. If you have thoughts on that I would LOVE to hear them. Any culinary disasters at your house today? I need company! Continue

Added by Cara on November 26, 2009 at 10:15am — 9 Comments

Morning Fix

Happy Thanksgiving Albuquerque! So how many of you, like me, are parked in the kitchen with their laptops at the crack of dawn preparing the bird for the oven, or whatever else you are serving today? We can keep each other company... Haps... Disgusting… Continue

Added by Cara on November 26, 2009 at 6:30am — 8 Comments

Duke City Solar - Part 3

Wednesday, November 25: The paperwork is done and the data is in: Adding a PV system is a good investment. If you've read Part 1 and Part 2 and are considering doing it yourself, this entry may be quite useful: It's all about paperwork and production. I'm not sure what to put in as images, but feel free to holler if you'd like so… Continue

Added by Brendan on November 25, 2009 at 10:00pm — 10 Comments

workforce phone line: things remain the same

since my temp job ends dec 13, found myself calling workforce to try to get a fix on what (if any) benefits i have left. wouldn't you know it? on hold with the unemployment dept for 40 minutes, and calls ahead of me went from 42 to 9. then my call was dropped in a queue where no status was given regarding the number of calls ahead of me for another ten minutes, then i was disconnected. thanks for adding insult to insult, mofos! actually, their job security depends on all of us staying unemployed… Continue

Added by Richard V on November 25, 2009 at 3:07pm — No Comments

NM in Focus: Giving Thanks (2009-11-27)

New Mexico continues to mourn the passing of former three-time Governor Bruce King. His memorial service last weekend even drew the likes of former President Bill Clinton. Ahead this week on New Mexico in Focus, THE LINE panelists put King’s legacy in perspective. Plus, meet some of the newest additions to the New Mexico in Focus team. Host Gene Grant sits down with new correspondents Peter St. Cyr, Gwyneth Doland and others. Continue

Added by KNME on November 25, 2009 at 2:39pm — No Comments

Happy Thanksgiving and other local weekend haps

It's the day before the big turkey, family, friends, crazy eating day. Whew. While some of us are gearing up by consuming nothing but a thin consommé in prep, others are doing exactly the opposite (stretching, as it were). For me, I'm spending part of my Wednesday that feels like Friday con… Continue

Added by Kitson Harvey on November 25, 2009 at 2:00pm — 4 Comments

Lovely Holiday Giveaway: Gift Certificate from Mama's Minerals!

I don't know about you, but I'm thankful to Mama's Minerals for giving away a $25 gift certificate to use at their store. The place is amazing -- if you haven't been in there, so worth a trip! -- and this gift certificate is some lucky winner's ticket to a cool holiday gift for a loved one (… Continue

Added by la sirena on November 25, 2009 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

As I think about reorganization under a new administration, I present this poem to you....an observation from an employee perspective...

The Masquerade The masquerade has begun. Who are they Once recognizable Predictable Now strangers The parade has begun With introductions Confident and pompous Vitas polished and exposed The masquerade has begun Dressed in credentials Dragging on the floor These strangers With hopes of acceptance and promotion A masquerade of administrators Mechanical faces Plastic demeanor These strangers Like mannequins in the window The office hall their runway One by one They pose, they boast I exceed t… Continue

Added by Anna Louise Armijo on November 25, 2009 at 10:26am — No Comments