My first Zozobra, Sept. 1, 1960. Truly a monstrous front page, from the first-name reference to the governor to the juxtaposition of the “Natives Massacred” headline on a Congo story over a photo of Santa Fe kid in a Native headdress. In other news that day, my mother got hit in the head with an …
My ’97 Dodge at its new home 02/19/25 in Montana with sister Hope, after a three-day, rough weather drive from Placitas by brother-in-law Matt. I felt like I was sending a kid off to college.
I met Ollie Reed Jr. in 1978, when we were crisscrossing the state covering Bruce King and Joe Skeen in a colorful New Mexico governor’s race, Ollie for the Albuquerque Tribune and I for the Santa Fe New Mexican. The fall dust-up between the two big New Mexico ranchers was made for us. They drawled as heavily …
— Displaced Palestinians seeking shelter fled Al-Nasser hospital in southern Gaza as Israeli campaign to eradicate Hamas terrorists continued. — Iran launched air strikes in Pakistan, Iraq and Syria while U.S. again targeted Houthi weapons sites in Yemen. — Conservative Supreme Court justices reportedly leery of case law favoring executive branch regulatory authority. — Texas …
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I had high hopes when I went to vote 50 years ago in a beautiful place at the foot of the Sierra Nevada. I was 23 but Nov. 7, 1972, was my first time to cast a ballot because the 26th amendment and 18-year-old-vote wasn’t ratified until 1971. I went with a couple of buddies …
I am long past sentimentality and fart jokes, so I decided to make a pot of pinto beans for my birthday. My peace-seeking strategy for turning 73 this month is to lie low, monitor reality with history and news and hope that no one in my orbit kicks the bucket anytime soon. I have beef …
I never knew how many body parts I have until I turned 72.
I’m not sure I ever met Javier Gonzales, the former mayor of Santa Fe who died of cancer at age 56 on February 9, but I was acquainted with his father and I followed the son’s career. I always had a sense that he was a solid Santa Fe soul, someone who might have struggled …
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