When mentioning “Black Mesa,” my guess is that most Burqueños think one is referring to a western, one perhaps starring “The Durango Kid.” But we have a Black Mesa round these parts, down yonder in the far, far South Valley where the Mesa rises along with I-25 and the land of Isleta Pueblo. Our Sunday… Read More Sunday Bike Ride 2.12.23: Black Mesa
When riding a bicycle on ABQ’s on Coors Blvd., even on a sleepy Sunday morning, ones thoughts inevitably turn to the spiritual. “What happens when we die?” must certainly be one of the most prominent questions flitting through any cyclist’s mind on this road. Down here in the South Valley, the Feds just gave Bernalillo… Read More The Sunday Bike Ride: Norbertine
Bicycling is a world-wide hobby that for some is a means of getting to work, grocery store, pretty much anywhere, and for some a hobby that involves quite a few days coming across the bike in the garage and thinking “I should really get on that bike one of these days.” Maybe you got your… Read More Cycling ABQ Wandrer-Style
Work offered me the opportunity to participate this week in the annual “Point-in-Time Count” survey of unhoused folks. Over three days, I had the chance to ride through and chat with folks in three very different, and very similar, parts of town: under I-40 around 1st Street, down around Wilson Park near Gibson and San… Read More Bikes and This Year’s Point-in-Time Count
The hard-working, kind folks at The Downtown Albuquerque News (Subscribe today! Here’s a free weekly edition to get you hooked.) recently opened the virtual floor for comments on the proposed, sizably funded “Albuquerque Rail Trail” project. Your humble blogger added to the sizable pile o’ folks commenting thus, but there wasn’t room for the entirety… Read More Rail Trail Thoughts for DAN: Director’s Cut
Kirstin King of Los Lunas is scheduled to be sentenced December 6th in the courtroom of Albuquerque District Judge Jennifer Wernersbach, after King eventually pled No Contest on a charge of Homicide by Vehicle (DWI) in the killing of Angelia Brooks, who I believe was also known as Angela Sue Brooks, Brooks was killed by… Read More 2021 ABQ Walking Deaths #4: Ms. Brooks
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