Reluctant Rebel

I guess he hiked about nine miles today, patrolling a trail he hadn't been on before. Some interesting snapshots with his iPhone.  

 I heard/read the news about Pope Francis and his admonition to priests not to bless same sex unions.   As a gay man who was brought up Cath...

This Speaks for Itself

So, after 32 years together, I underestimated Leon's powers of persuasion - again. I was content to stay home.  But Leon had it in his m...

Sometimes Leon really loves his job. This was take at Elk Springs...the Elk explain why it's called that. (Too bad converting to YouTube...

I have to say that our life here in New Mexico has been quite good overall. We have been very fortunate. But there are times when I get to f...

 Had a little snow last night. I often find the New Mexican high desert monotonous and drab. Endless Junipers, some living, some dead. And b...

This Year's King Cake  Interesting that in French and Italian the day is Mardi Gras and Martedi Grasso "Fat Tuesday" and the...

Questionnaire borrowed from Bob at I Should Be Laughing   Where you first met: I will say at the Rock River, Vermont but Leon says he met me...

 Look what they done to my song ma -Melanie Look what they done to my song Well it's the only thing That i could do half right And it...

Some random thoughts and comments on the Second Impeachment Trial of x45   As necessary as I believe this impeachment trial is, the thing th...

I am not commenting here [ on JMG ] as often as I used to. Sometimes I just skim the stories on JMG now, since the inauguration.  I can'...

Courtesy of New York Times. Interesting map of election results to play with. Blue and Red trends are pretty consistent. Click Here For Map

I received an email today asking me, as an Italian-American to sign a petition about preserving statues of Christopher Columbus which are be...

 Just a note for Russ in case you didn't see my reply: 1) for some reason I cannot reply to individual comments 2) My camera is my iPhon...

 Some photos of what we've been up to since we aren't on edge about politics so much, although with COVID none of us are really back...