Awoke this morning to find Albuquerque Journal reporters Nakayla McClelland and Matt Reisen’s very well-crafted story on the life and passing of Dr. Bailey. While the most immediate reason for the piece is sad, knowing countlessly more people will find out about this great man than would ever happen via something written here at BB… Read More Dr. Harold Bailey: A Life (Part II)

Have you ever had the good fortune to encounter and get to know someone truly great on a pretty much daily basis for years? Somebody who just exuded what it means to be more than the human norm and our typical potential? I stumbled into such incomparable good luck for a few years a few… Read More Dr. Harold Bailey: A Life (Part I)

We posted the following 1977 Albuquerque Journal story and photo last week after doing a bit of research into the early days of our Paseo del Bosque Trail (i.e., the Bosque Trail; i.e., Riverside Trail): An alert, knowledgeable reader noted the photo in the story above was taken by not just any Jim Nacthwey, but… Read More Burque’s Bosque Trail: The Waiting is the Most Important Part

As the Christmas tune doesn’t go, it’s beginning to look a lot like Session. As in New Mexico Legislative Session 2025. Whoo-hoo! Here’s that annual pre-MLK Day reminder to look at the bills filed pre-Session. So far there are 65 bills and resolutions (all House) showing up on the actually rather nice NMLegis website. Every… Read More “Harmful Materials” and other NM Legislative Pre-File Fun

Doing a bit of research into creation of that stretch of multi-modal wonder we Burqueños now take for granted, the Paseo del Bosque Trail. Our most popular stretch of walking/rolling, and only walking/rolling (well, almost) in town didn’t just come with the River as a nature-presented geologic/hydrologic package. It had to be created and it… Read More 1977: Drivers Bully Bicyclists

Maybe if that person chewing on their glasses were longingly gazing at a 1966 Schwinn Parmount Road Racer instead of an AMC Rambler Classic 770 wagon, the City would have sprung for the bike trail. That said, and despite my love for bikes of all eras, I must admit that is one sweet, sweet station… Read More Albuquerque Transportation 1966: Can you Spot Where it Really Continued to Go Wrong?