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 …
Online chatter among remaining friends from the Inyo Ecology Center in the early 1970s sent me to an official version of the conservation camp’s history and purpose. I was a Vietnam-era conscientious objector assigned there in 1971 and 1972, although I escaped the drudgery of firefighting and conservation work for four months to work for …
Morning order: Black coffee for the blogger, fresh water for the birds, kibble for Cowboy. Then, as Putin aims missiles and artillery into Odesa, Mariupol and Kyiv, I watch Zelensky’s video address to Congress and Biden’s televised promise of more arms for Ukraine’s defense. Cowboy looks dejected, still expecting after seven years I might agree …
dream ranch 