As of 1930, there was a new good reason to move up and out to Albuquerque’s University Heights. The ad notes, “When you live in Monte Vista the smaller children can go to school without crossing a single busy street, and within a few blocks of home.” What was a good selling point in 1930… Read More Monte Vista Elementary, 1930

One imagines life in Albuquerque back in 1907 was probably pretty chill. A town of around 10,000 in those days, and not a one of them had to upload a .pdf of a prior submission and convert it to a Word doc before editing and sending a Track Change Draft2.docx to the boss for review… Read More The Eternal Bicycling Menace

For quite some time, as those who wander/stumble across this here outpost on the Internet hinterlands have surely guessed, I’ve been wondering: What’s the point of this blog at this point? Varied feints, thrusts, and parries have been employed in search of a metaphorical heart/point to pierce, wild misses and sightless stabs the result. Without… Read More Clyde Tingley and Sabbath Desecration

As you probably know, there are some folks out there diligent, creative, and delightfully obsessed enough to navigate intricately designed routes while toting GPS devices, resulting in what is known as “GPSart.” I am far, far too haphazard and lacking in diligence for anything like that. To put an art hat on what I “do,”… Read More Bike Ride “Readymades”

Remember: NO bicycles on the sidewalk in front of Charley’s Records at the corner of Menaul & Pennsylvania. No “skate boards,” or “skates” either. I don’t remember seeing a bike rack, either, but I might have just missed sighting it. Fabulous bollards, however. Happy Harvest Festival, everybody.