— This morning is the last of Round 1 of lung cancer treatments — the end of a coordinated radiation and chemotherapy plan to first shrink the tumor and then get rid of it, hopefully, with surgery. Apparently, I won’t know much about the effects of Round 1 until late April and CT scans. There …
— Chemo brain today. Too foggy to do much. And probably shouldn’t say much. — Hoping to have lunch after radiation with Peter Katel, but after 41 years of friendship, he’s used to the fogginess. I can’t blame it all on the cancer treatment. — Saddened by the dilemma at The New Mexican with the …
About this time every year, I pull out the clips of my father’s coverage of the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march for the San Francisco Chronicle in 1965. I do it to remember this milestone in American history but also because I am proud of my father for being there. Nothing in my celebration of …
I always thought you had a good heart, Mike. Rest in peace. Sorry I missed the memorial service at the Capitol on Monday. But Deborah Baker did a fine job reporting on it. Even though not there, I remembered that you, like Toney Anaya, often were ahead of your time. Maybe not your most important …
I’m on leave from work, but I’m thinking of the late House Speaker Ben Lujan this afternoon as his son, the congressman from New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District, addresses a joint session of the Legislature. I am remembering that Lujan kept his lung cancer diagnosis and treatment secret for years, even while he and his …
Two great sentences on newspapering and the late David Carr from A.O. Scott’s tribute in The New York Times on 02-13-15: “David Carr: A journalist at the center of the sweet spot.” “He understood better than anyone how hard the job can be, how lonely, how confusing, how riddled with the temptations of cynicism and …
I did not know David Carr but I was a fan and read him eagerly because he was so talented and hip. Despite his crusty look, I also sensed he meant to be a nice guy. Hip to what was going on in our business and usually way out in front, it seemed. And hip …
I’m a little under the weather but feel worse because I can’t stay out in the snow today as long as Cooper would like. Next to food, there may be nothing he likes better. We’ve only got an inch on the ground, but that’s still enough to roll in. This photo is from our last …
My golly, brother, you have been gone almost 25 years, way too long and way too early at the same time. Believe me, man, I miss you. I always remember your birthday on Dec. 22, although I am four days late writing about it now. You would have been 61 this year. This photo of …
Happy birthday, Dad. You would have been 86 today. Scanned this happy photograph of you and Pat and Mus walking down what I suspect is the Rito Valdez on the east side of Hamilton Mesa in 1970. As far as I know, you seldom were happier than when walking around the Pecos. And surely you …
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