Jon.  Yes…I do have a collection - not yet typed out - of poems on Frontier teabag sachets.  So in actual fact the collection is spread between teabags and notebooks equally of sufficient length to accommodate my epic-ally small pieces.  I keep these poem/teabag structures in my checkbook for…

A detail from the mosaic work in St. George Greek Orthodox Church on High &…

The Fit: No Holds Barred Gym stands strong on Lomas near Broadway.

Vincent Lowry is the author of "Dreams Reign Supreme," a collection of short stories and poetry. He is releasing a nonfiction book, "E-Author," to aid authors in publishing their books (traditional and self publishing). His books are available through …

If you are looking for something to do this weekend, consider this:  the fishing is free at Fenton Lake this Saturday.  No license is required.  And if you have children, just up the road from Fenton Lake, the Seven Springs Fish Hatchery has a large pond reserved for children under 12.  Kids with even cheap bigbox…

   I started working for…

Now home of the Albuquerque Conservation Society, this building on Coal near Walter was once a Conoco Gas…

• Lack of Helium may put kink in gas balloon race.
• Jan Brewer is coming! Jan Brewer is coming!
• "Valle de Oro"…

A Viking stand guard while his father withdraws some cash. Taken on Central downtown.

• Help US Fish & Wildlife name the proposed new urban wildlife refuge south of ABQ.
• Mexican Drug War victim advocacy group says Albuquerque Gun Show provided them with…

If you haven’t been to Alameda Greenhouse, you’ve missed a local treat. Pansies are in for the next 3 weeks or so for $16 per flat (36 plants). The pansies we planted last September lasted into June of this year, but winter is their season.

You’ll also find cool season veggies,…

A strange perspective at The National Museum of Nuclear Science and…

• It IS called the Sunport, after all.
• Salsa entry at State Fair not even opened. What kind of shit show are they running over there?
• If you enjoy…

  The stuff you want to have happen with blogs is happening—readers are getting involved in the detecting. Well, a reader. Dee turned me onto the idea of Googling the past residents of this house—way too simple for me! She even did some research and came up with the birth and death dates for Esther Nylin, who lived longer in my house than anyone else. It’s interesting to think of the people who spent time within these walls—did they quarrel (undoubtedly), make babies, read good books,…

Young dancers wait for their turn on stage at a downtown festival.

• Thanks to ISEA 2012, Lowrider Symphony!
• Separation of Church and State provides a nice gift…

A man loads mattresses outside the Goodwill on San Mateo, on their way to Arizona.

• Lobo Men's Soccer living up to 5th in the nation ranking.
• Things get sticky for ABQ Federal Prosecutor who took down Manny Aragon, when her husband gets indicted on Fed…

The reader might wonder if a poem is actually written to a real person.  Well, maybe or maybe not.  Nonetheless, a poem is always written with someone in mind.  Rich Boucher takes the reader inside his heart and head this morning.



A past member of five national poetry slam teams, Rich has…