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...
The future of the Texas virus – and the USA
COVID-19 has been winning big in famous states like Arizona, Texas, and California, but has also been increasing in most...
Durango, Colorado hike to Castle Rock in photos
FAVORITE TOWN. I can say truthfully that everyone I know who has visited Durango in summer, or Fall, say they...
Tribulation in Texas
A SCARY COVID-19 REOPENING SPIKECOVID-19 is winning once again in these states: Arizona (419), Texas (175), Arkansas (202), Mississippi (252),...
Red Rocking in New Mexico
Last week I came across a calendar I had designed for 2015. To tell the truth, I had completely forgotten...
COVID-19: deaths and reopening
INTRODUCTIONThe COVID-19 outbreak was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. This is...
Pandemic Analysis – How the US got behind Australia
A BBC News article from earlier this week stated that the severity (number of deaths) of COVID-19 in a country...
Pandemic Update – New Mexico, Kansas, and Australia
The numbers and graphs in this blog are updated to 3 May 2020. Enormous changes have occurred since my first...
Hiking among petrified logs
BACKGROUNDPetrified wood is created by precipitation of the mineral quartz from groundwater that flows through the wood after it is...