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Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta – October 6, 2022

Photos from a successful balloon chasing morning! With Pat at the helm, she nailed the landing zone location!

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Christmas 2017

As an engineer and scientist I am not a huge believer in luck. Luck is just the occurrance of a highly improbable event. It is with that thought that I am extremely thankful to have spent the last 62+ years … Continue reading

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So This is Christmas … sorry John and Yoko

Christmas is one of those holidays that I always have mixed emotions over. I made a few lists. Some items may appear on more than one list demonstrating my conflicted thoughts. Some of the longer bullets approach rants. I prefer … Continue reading

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There Are Places I Remember…part one

With all due respect to John Lennon and Paul McCartney! Birthdays are a great day to sit/lie back and reflect. I was lying in bed this morning, thinking I should get up so that my back would not hurt and … Continue reading

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Were you ever out in the Great Alone, when the moon was awful clear? R. Service

I love Southern California sunsets. I have picture after picture of sunsets over Catalina, the Northern Channel Islands, San Diego and the Pacific Ocean. However, our trips this year to Hazleton, Pennsylvania; Truckee, California; Golden, Colorado; and Albuquerque, New Mexico; … Continue reading

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Road Trip

Thanksgiving was in Albuquerque at Casa de Pat en Sandia this year. It had been scheduled almost a year ago as soon as she had purchased the new place. Mollie, Olive and Bear and Swamper arrived on Monday after a … Continue reading

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No, There Has Not Been a Successful Human Head Transplant — and There May Never Be

So the scariest part of the headline above is the “May” part of the phrase. Really??? The implications are nothing less than mind boggleing (har har har). I have so may questions not the least of which is where this Italian … Continue reading

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Trials and Tribulations

A work related saga. I used to be a hydrogeologist. Now all I do is fix problems, almost all related to something other than hydrogeology. Didn’t write any more yesterday because that last line is pretty much just me bitching … Continue reading

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Haircut Day

Yesterday was haircut day. For at least the last almost 29 years, I have gotten a haircut every three (or four) months. I have gotten every one of those haircuts from the same guy. In those years, we have been … Continue reading

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Time Goes By…

Very excited that the holidays are upon us. Thanksgiving in Albuquerque with Pat, Mollie, maybe Bjorn, Caitlin, Olive, Bear, Brady, Jon and Ruth. Kiara may have to work and Kylie does have to work so staying in SoCal for the … Continue reading

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