I’ve been gone from home for a little over a week and my garden has undergone a transformation. Also, the kitty did a good job of keeping an eye on things.
The Roots of Microsoft in Albuquerque
A few years after we moved to Albuquerque, I was working as a contractor for a small print and web shop. The owner was a long-time Albuquerquean with a million stories about people he had run into over the years both famous and not-so-famous. One day he said, “I knew Bill Gates.” “You did not,” … Continue reading
Dry Grass Riverbed
This river is dry more often than it has water in it so the grass grows up tall and thick during the growing season. Then when the rains come, the water mattes the grass down. Apparently this year the grass dried up and stayed smashed down. It’s such a cool effect, a river of dry … Continue reading
Machu Picchu and an Artist
I heard a really cool story from my mom and dad the other night. We were going through some old correspondence from around 1970. In the pile was a card from an artist called David Silverberg. I asked who he was and how they came to run into an artist at Machu Picchu. Mom told … Continue reading
