A cowboy braves the elements outside the Albuquerque Museum. Luckily, he's always dressed for the…

Kell Robertson died last November in a small straw-bale cabin outside Santa Fe.  He was both…

On the corner of Silver & Yale in University Heights, this old brick building reminds me of a country church in…

A duck caught in a reflective mood at the Rio Grande Nature Center.

   Heather Hitchens, Executive Director of the American Theatre Wing, was in Albuquerque this past week talking about the place that the arts holds in a thriving community and how we might…

Another ABQ oddity, found while tramping through the wilds of Ridgecrest..

Downtown Books: this charming and amazingly organized shop buys, sells, and trades used books. Located in a  recoverted home right off the traffic circle on 8th. Perfect hang out for…

According to a study prepared by the Benton Foundation, "since 2005 PEG Access Centers in at least 100 communities across the United States have been closed or endured severe funding cuts,…

A true artiste can't be dampened by dumpsters and alley rats. The show goes on behind the shops on Central in Nob…

I sense a theme... Shot at the Expo NM flea market. Check out the shape of the plastic in front: a bag can…

The Ehecatl Aztec Dancers in a daring performance during Nob Hill's Earth Day…

I do. Really! Most people do. They, the ubiquitous and omnipotent they, have conducted studies that indicate chocolate is good for us, but not for dogs, and unlike Brussels sprouts makes us happy. Makes me happy.

What I don't like is chocolate drizzled on unchocolate stuff that doesn't need it. Chocolate dipped strawberries? Yeah, they're good. Got that tart/sweet/tart thing going. Chocolate on Brussels sprouts? I don't care. I'll never eat one.

Went to the store this morning…

This morning's post is all about April.    Aileen O'Catherine writes that today's piece is "a poem that I wrote for my young son about a year and a half ago. He had a very horrible injury and a long recovery. Fortunately, things are better now, in oh so many ways.

I have written…

The San Felipe de Neri Church in Old Town. Constructed in 1793. Beautiful both inside and…

Happy Birthday, Albuquerque!



306 years old. That's quite the accomplishment. You don't look a day over 300. And still photogenic as ever. Check out these pictures from the Founder's Day event in Old Town.…

An ABQ math problem: 1 broken foot + 2 crutches = how many attempts to drive a scooter? Traffic moved forward before I could find out. Taken across from UNM at Lobo…

NOB HILL--Several years ago we redid our backyard with an eye towards raising more of our own food.  Since I have trouble working at ground level the first thing I did was to make raised beds.  The beds, made out of 2x12 rough-cut lumber, are 24 inches high with an extra 2x4 on top which serves as a kind of…

   “There are times when I catch in the silence the sigh of a faraway song

   And it sings of a world that I long to see

   Out of reach,…

Across the great plains of Albuquerque come spring's sustainable Conestogas. These urban gardens were caught bedding down behind …