Reluctant Rebel

 Whenever we have guests from out of state we like to take them to see Leon's "Office" in the New Mexico wilderness. We spent ...

  Today is Leon's and my Tenth Wedding Anniversary though it's been 36 years we've been together.  I am eternally grateful for h...

Leon and I voted yesterday morning. Here's a couple of photos I took when we got out of the polling place. I'd like to think it was ...

  This podcast that I heard this morning in NPR is probably the best explanation I've heard about the psychology underlying the politica...

 My brother sent me a photo of an original watercolor by an artist friend of his, Jeff Bellantuano, that was inspired by an old photo of me ...

 Those of you old enough to have watched both "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart" will remember the finale of "New...

 The "evangelicalisation" of the Catholic Church in America (due in part because all the liberals have fled) borders on heresy, in...

My new favorite YouTube gardening channel. Hummm...

 Our little town had a pretty decent fireworks display on the 4th.  Where Else Would There Be a Chile Clinic? And What Do They Treat? Growin...