“I’m leaning against a cherry-red 1977 Coupe de Ville at a Citgo station in Gulfport, Florida, waiting for the car’s owner to emerge from the attached convenience store.” Thus begins Tom Piazza’s slim, yet rich time spent with American treasure John Prine. In 184 pages, Piazza gets to the heart of many things in retelling… Read More Living in the Present with John Prine

In the good ‘ol Pandemic Days of 2020 we would have called this week’s Lomas Blvd. Safety Improvement public meeting a “COVID Party.” About 100 folks were crammed into the small “Learners’ Chess” board game training center to see some info boards, try to talk/hear some consultants and City folks, and regret somewhat having left… Read More This Past Week’s Public Meeting on Lomas Blvd.

Grouch Marx famously said he’d never join a club that would have him as a member, and it was my strong intention to never join this one. But yesterday afternoon I made a bad decision that left me joining the very large number of cyclists in Albuquerque’s informal El Pueblo Train Track Crash Club: My… Read More My New “Free” Membership in El Pueblo Train Track Crash Club

The road goes on *forever. Enjoy. *Actually, this road ends at the Rio Puerco about three miles west of this spot. But you get the idea.

Residing in the far South Valley hinterlands beyond Rio Bravo Blvd, we locals go “to town” quite a bit, as the far South Valley doesn’t have much in the way of “town.” Myself a cycling local, the photo above shows an extremely important bit of active transportation routing that I take two or three, sometimes… Read More Importance of Underground Trails

Had the unbeatable fun and privilege yesterday to serve as “judge” for a mock trial round at my old teacher stomping grounds, Jefferson Middle School. Here’s the scene outside the school on a December morn: I counted about ten bikes and both the bikes and plentiful room for even more raised my spirits as I’m… Read More The Kids Are Alright