Last week, Kathy had a three-day trip to northern New Mexico to recruit students for the college where she works. I decided to go along. This is my favorite season in New Mexico, and this would be a terrific opportunity for leaf peeping. Our first night was spent in Chama, which sits in a valley […]

The other night I traveled to Albuquerque to attend the Globalquerque! world music festival, which allowed me to sample half a dozen bands during the course of a single day. “World Music” is one of those shifty categories that can mean anything, but a handy rule of thumb is to consider world music “indigenous music […]

So far the day has been spent in another lengthy round of trench warfare with my tractor, Beam. Veterans of the late, lamented Genie and dm.net may remember the tragicomic history of my relationship with this machine. When I first moved to the country I acquired Beam, a Murray tractor with a powerful Tecumseh engine. […]

The online auction to benefit the Clarion Foundation begins today. Clarion is, of course, the premiere workshop in fantasy and science fiction. The proceeds from the auction will benefit the workshop. Please drop by, spend money, and come home with nifty items. I know I want Howard Waldrop, in his Peter Lorre voice, answering my […]