Category: Health and Hiking
The Thrill of Searching for Gold and Fire Agates
January 25, 2022
The Superstitions. The Superstitions are where the Lost Dutchman’s Goldmine is located, which is still the object of search parties. The mountains rise up from the plain like a fortress, […]
How to defend your choice of getting vaccinated — or not.
December 19, 2021
Some things happened this week that hit me like a punch to the jaw. I’m writing as a scientist, and although I cry a lot and friends wonder if I’m […]
My favorite hike in the whole USA: the Narrows.
December 12, 2021
When I was in college in Australia, I saw pics of a famous park in the USA, which included the Great White Throne and Angels Landing. Stunning photos. I promised […]
What to know about waterfalls and potatoes in Idaho
October 7, 2021
Idaho grows potatoes – everyone knows that. My step-daughter Kim and I were there a couple weeks ago and found out that they spray acid on the potato leaves to […]
Hiking in the Crater of a Volcano – Valles Caldera.
August 15, 2021
Valles Caldera is the name of an extinct volcano that was 300 times as big as Mt Saint Helens. It lies not far from Los Alamos, where they built the […]
Hiking and rock hounding around Albuquerque plus petrified wood
March 24, 2021
We marveled over pieces of petrified wood as we followed a creek in toward an imposing sandstone bluff.
Hiking and petroglyphs and The Shale Controversy.
January 19, 2021
I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A few days ago, I was awakened by a swooshing sound, jumped out of bed and ran to my deck — this is what […]
Waterfalls I have seen and admired
November 28, 2020
Rivers have what man most respects and longs for in his own life and thought – a capacity for renewal and replenishment, continual energy, creativity, cleansing. [J. Kauffman] This partly […]
The Covid spike of September 2020 is frustrating the US again.
October 11, 2020
DESPAIR.New Mexico has prided itself on keeping Covid in check since July when we last spiked upward. But now we are spiking up again. The Covid spike of September 2020 […]
The future of the Texas virus – and the USA
July 23, 2020
COVID-19 has been winning big in famous states like Arizona, Texas, and California, but has also been increasing in most other states of the USA. We have been forced to […]