A new chapter in the history of a very old trail

Posted on September 15, 2015June 2, 2016

The last riders into Abiquiu on the Old Spanish Trail. They arrived this week.

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Pride: An end to many happy years; now a good long rest among friends

Posted on April 9, 2015April 10, 2015

The obituary for Pride, an “all-around outstanding guy.” He’s with a bunch of friends.

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Another cowboy gone. We enjoyed him.

Posted on December 7, 2014March 9, 2015

It was Ronnie Patton’s kind of funeral. Just too damn bad it had to be his.

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An internet flash mob of Peppy’s protectors

Posted on September 24, 2014December 9, 2014

How a Colorado sheriff learned of the power of an Internet Flash Mob… Could it be a sensitivity-training session for the New Mexico Livestock Board?

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Saving horses: It’s no longer ‘in lieu,’ it’s ‘in lunacy’

Posted on September 14, 2014November 5, 2014

Back in the old days, say a month or two ago, the New Mexico Livestock Board allowed at least an opportunity for the state to save some money, and for some dedicated people to save a horse’s life. That was the old days.

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Ebola worries big news back East. In New Mexico? …ehh, not so much

Posted on August 18, 2014August 25, 2014

How the eastern media doesn’t cover the west, Chapter # 9,672.

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New Mexico Chili: Aphrodesiac for adults only?

Posted on April 17, 2014May 24, 2014

If New Mexico chili doesn’t make you cry, this will.

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An unfoalding story of goodness — so far, so good — then, damn!

Posted on August 6, 2013December 20, 2013

A horse rescue operation in the mighty ruralplex of Abiquiu, El Rito and Medanales. Needed: donations, hay and a home for a couple of skinny horses.

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Jemez Coop’s timed-release election: Old guys still in; newer guys, buh-bye!

Posted on July 30, 2013October 3, 2013

Jemez Coop election results — oldies get another ride, newbies get bounced. But did anybody win?

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Friday flood rips up & wets down Rio Arriba – Is it a disaster?

Posted on July 22, 2013June 30, 2014

A big rain cloud over Rio Arriba County dumped water into the arroyos from La Madera to Abiquiu, flooding houses, plugging acequias, blocking highways and prompting some action from county and federal officials. The media, it seems, ignored it.

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