The grounds of the VA facility at Gibson & San Mateo. This photo was taken of the older section where you can almost hear that Boogie Woogie Bugle…

A sight for sore paws on a hot day. This town loves its mutts....

Combining Native American and Hispanic cultures, Los Matachines perform religious…

I have two types of classes I will be offering.

I am combining my first with the world's first. My first real occupation other than motherhood is fitness.  I've been working in the fitness industry since 2001.  Belly dance is the world's first form of exercise for women. 

I will be teaching EsteemBellyFit - using a combination of methods from Persian and Egyptian belly dance techniques, Hip…

Taken at Fairview Memorial Park on Yale. Memorial Day thoughts for all those lost. Peace..

What better place for a poet to try to reassemble the jagged memories of a past love than drunk on a busy street in Cancun?  This beautifully written piece taps into the timeless themes of both sides of the border.





Brian Hendrickson’s poetry has appeared in numerous print and online journals…

Located at 215 Locust NE (right next to the I-25), the First Presbyterian Church has been in ABQ since the 1880s. At this location since…

This is one of the funniest discussions I had with a friend of mine, from 2009



Mari

DUDE can school get any more busy right before christmas???!!? How the hell am I supposed to think of sociology when all I want to do is make cookies? Really who thought of this plan?



Nich

Uh, ok... Searching for response... uh... maybe try thinking about the sociology of gingerbread men...



Mari

So what social class is a gingerbread man in if he only has one…

These small industrial units were found near the rail yards in Barales, possibly used for welding/washing machine repair. The sign on right says, La Golondrina- the…

   “It only takes one person to encourage others and inspire them,” wrote eighth grader Leidy M. She was summing up her study of the novel Les Misérables under student teacher Mari Hawes. Leidy might well have been commenting on her teacher instead of…

Two men wrangle a huge paper mache puppet at a street fair in Robinson Park.

Not much to see here folks, just this link with the story... 

It's coming relatively soon...The big day is Sunday, July 15...How will it all end?

Story/news: Breaking Bad Season Five Premiere

Way up Rio Grande Blvd, where the road narrows and the ranches spread out, you can find this peaceful scene. There's a small pet grave on the…

NOB HILL--Not everyone stayed in the Duke City watching the annular eclipse.  Victor Werbin, my neighbor across the street, and his girlfriend Sally Beers went to the Occupy protest in Chicago that accompanied the NATO conference there.  They just returned Monday night.  Here is Victor’s report.



His…

 The Frontier Restaurant. A first stop for visitors and locals alike. I count three police cars pulled over for a bite in this pic. Across from UNM since…

Ok, so for my first Duke City Fix blog, here's a few of my poems....

History

People stand on land

not knowing who came before…

Looks like the Jetsons might be landing their space-age vehicle in this car lot on Zuni.

Click this link for ECLIPSE GALLERY

Great sky last night and I may have gotten a trifecta of solar images while shooting the eclipse.  First of course is the ring of fire itself, but I may have also gotten an image of a solar flare, a sunspot, and the classic Shark Fin sunset which is so Albuquerque.


This image reminds me of one of those Star War scenes from one of the originals. I don't even mind the reverse reflection.

The rest of the images in larger size can be seen 
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The ill fated Anasazi Building, once promised to be a residential/commercial high rise, now stands gutted on Central & 6th…