The brain-changing benefits of exercise
Dancing. Susan and Gary Kellogg manage a dance on two Saturday evenings each month in Albuquerque. Susan told us that...
The Thrill of Searching for Gold and Fire Agates
The Superstitions. The Superstitions are where the Lost Dutchman’s Goldmine is located, which is still the object of search parties....
How to defend your choice of getting vaccinated — or not.
Some things happened this week that hit me like a punch to the jaw. I’m writing as a scientist, and...
My favorite hike in the whole USA: the Narrows.
When I was in college in Australia, I saw pics of a famous park in the USA, which included the...
What to know about waterfalls and potatoes in Idaho
Idaho grows potatoes – everyone knows that. My step-daughter Kim and I were there a couple weeks ago and found...
Hiking in the Crater of a Volcano – Valles Caldera.
Valles Caldera is the name of an extinct volcano that was 300 times as big as Mt Saint Helens. It...
Hiking and rock hounding around Albuquerque plus petrified wood
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.
I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A few days ago, I was awakened by a swooshing sound, jumped out of...
Waterfalls I have seen and admired
Rivers have what man most respects and longs for in his own life and thought – a capacity for renewal...
The Covid spike of September 2020 is frustrating the US again.
DESPAIR.New Mexico has prided itself on keeping Covid in check since July when we last spiked upward. But now we...