Sometimes, it’s the things we collect that ease and define our path in the world. I loved this book about the Vietnam War I read in graduate school, The Things They Carried. It’s written as a list of things that soldiers carried in the battlefield. The things they carried were largely determined by necessity. Among… Read More Breadder Burque Ch. VIII: The Things I Carry
Two planned weeks of repaving underneath Central Avenue on the Bosque Path have begun as “Phase 2” of a three-phase project to smooth out the pavement on this, the most popular multi-use path in the area. While everyone, particularly cyclists, who uses the path is positively excited about its ultimate smoothing, at least one cyclist,… Read More A Maddening Visit to the Bosque Path Closure/Detour
My plan was to count how many folks were out and about in their neighborhood yesterday, but I quickly found I can’t count that high, at least while riding a bicycle. A trip through neighborhoods from South Broadway all the way to North Albuquerque Acres and roughly back was endlessly replete with: Gardening Walking the… Read More Everybody (Almost) was Out Walking, Riding, Scooting Yesterday
By John Fleck The Better Burque Commission on Public Art (BBCOPA) needs your help. We hope to map the location of The Birds, as seen above. We have found four, including the one above, seen in January on the side of an old industrial building along the railroad tracks near the intersection of Haines and… Read More In search of The Birds
My husband, aka #1 Emily’s Bread Fan, aka “Better Burque,” ate the second to last sticky bun (I ate the last one). It wasn’t my most successful bake. The formulas I use are just that—formulas, not recipes, allowing you to modify as seen fit. In the case of the sticky buns, I did not follow… Read More Breadder Burque Ch. VII: Sticky, Sticky
The Better Burque Tactical Urbanism Team – Social Distancing Squad (BBTUTSDS) came across another case of bad road construction sign placement, this time, AGAIN!!!, on Central Avenue westbound at the Rio Grande bridge. Earlier contact with the City indicated one reason for the placement above is the lack of a raised median wide enough to… Read More Tactical Urbanism Reprise with Additional Enticing Consideration
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