Monthly Archives: November 2013

Them Horses

Posted on November 28, 2013 by

Like them horses that only know how to plow we’re going to the snow … Indeed, to snowplow – to teach skiing In the winter, it’s all we got.

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The Destruction of the World Trade Center – a cover-up?

Posted on November 24, 2013 by

Kathy and I visited the World Trade Center in 1983. I have a photo of Kathy on the top of one of the Towers, holding a brochure that is titled: “The closest some of us will ever get to Heaven”. … Continue reading →

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First Snow at La Bolsa etc.

Posted on November 24, 2013 by

Snow now blankets the ground at La Bolsa. Now, just where is La Bolsa? Allow me to explain. La Bolsa is a sub-unit of Embudo, which is an ill-defined area found along the Rio Grande (NM), with Rinconada at the … Continue reading →

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Bald eagle – first sighting of the winter!

Posted on November 23, 2013 by

Today, well in advance of the usual schedule, a bald eagle showed up at a favored perch – a riverside dead cottonwood which is visible from the road in Rinconada. My prior post, of 11/20, reported the arrival of the … Continue reading →

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Rio Grande Fishing and Nature Report

Posted on November 20, 2013 by

It’s not over yet … but it’s close, I think. The dry fly fishing, I mean. Yesterday afternoon was still and sunny, and the BWO mayflies were coming off in enough numbers to bring lots of fish to the surface. … Continue reading →

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Rio Grande Fishing and Nature Notes

Posted on November 18, 2013 by

Although the river is still running relatively high (648 cfs today), it has cleared up considerably … and BWO mayflies continue to hatch. Yesterday, I located a pod of rainbows (stockers) that were rising, and fooled a couple with a … Continue reading →

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Peak Freedom

Posted on November 16, 2013 by

While doing something else, Kathy turned on a “TED” talk. The presenter was an extremely knowledgeable third-world black woman whose name I didn’t get. The gist of her talk was that the eyes of the undeveloped world were on China. … Continue reading →

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Quirky

Posted on November 16, 2013 by

I work at a “quirky” ski area small and out-of-the-way where the founder decades dead is our avatar A German Jew, better yet, smart enough to have left in other than a cattle car and start a ski area here … Continue reading →

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Fall Squash

Posted on November 13, 2013 by
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Views from the Hill

Posted on November 13, 2013 by

I know of no name for the hill that stands across the river and downstream of our place. It’s one of a few basalt-capped hills that have been thrust up by the Embudo Fault, with the Rio Grande running between, … Continue reading →

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