I have revised my blog format, hopefully making it a little easier to use and a little easier on the eyes. I have eliminated the “Comments” thing, which wasn’t used much anyway. If you want to reach me to comment or complain you can always email me at dreamranchernm@gmail.com or my personal email address. The …
Maybe it’s because sandhill cranes are starting to return north from our Middle Rio Grande Valley that I keep thinking of this Assiniboine story about the creation of seasons. I came across the story in an essay called Long Time Ago by the late James Welch. I liked his line, “It is remarkable how logical …
I’m finding it tough near the end of 2020 to say happy holidays with nearly 327,000 Americans dead from coronavirus, nearly 2 million dead worldwide, people separated from their families, nurses and doctors overwhelmed and exhausted in their hospitals, photos of cars lined up for food giveaways in L.A. and other American cities and U.S. …
Winter solstice, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020.
It’s become part of the morning routine: Checking the smoke map. As I clear my head and loosen old joints, the daily drill is this: Fill the birds’ water dish, make coffee, feed Cowboy and check the smoke reports. I’ve already seen from bed that the smoke has blown in again. I can’t see the …
I know their conduct was outside the lines. You know, cutting fences and tearing up speeches. But these are heroic images lodged in my mind at the end of the week. Rest in peace, Kirk Douglas, whose directors I forgive for dyeing Whiskey’s coat and mane. And long live Nancy Pelosi, who did what many …
I won’t live long enough to produce meaningful tree ring data, so I’m not spending much time making a milestone out of 2020. I am trying to see things as seamlessly as I can. The sun rose on Redondo this morning as it usually does while there is still so much work to be done …
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