Many who hear or read the phrase seize on its Biblical meaning which was literal and remains literal today, and as yet no one has suggested attempting to replace the book with Let Us Now Praise Famous Women.
Blog Posts about New Mexico
These Are Those Who Have Come Out of Great Tribulation
Once a year members of my church here in Santa Fe volunteer to cook a week’s supper for our unhoused population; I look forward to it.
The Price of Fear
A few days ago, my dog Pip was attacked as he lay sleeping on my patio here in the mountains, bitten savagely in three places.
Pick Up Your Socks
The Federal government is having difficulty picking up its socks, in this case, the toxic waste left here in New Mexico and elsewhere as the result of sixty years of nuclear weapons building.
Equinox in the City That Lacks One
Of course equinoxes happen everywhere even in places that seem oblivious like midtown Manhattan where I’m roosting for a few days…
As They Go, so Go We
Years of drought and now weeks, perhaps months, of extreme heat have caused the loss of 2.3 million pinyon jays, which is 78.7 percent of their total population.
Blue Moon
Tonight will see the rising of the first full blue moon… I’m making deviled eggs to take over to my friend Doug’s house.
Where Is the Match
It may be the role of our spiritual leaders—those we accept—to give us the wood for a fire but expect us to provide the match. I thought of that Monday
Summer Sports: Volleyball
As I sit on a bench in the shade waiting for him, I see a group of eight young people working at pegging the outline of a big square and digging in two posts for a net.
New Mexico Rain
I sometimes think the greatest disservice of many which has been done to women is the writing, recording and endlessly repeating of romantic songs.