Yo George
Tori Amos – “Yo George” (Speedbliss bushwacked mix) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCsojSpdMyw[/youtube]
Rockin Girl Blogger VirusHead
Beverly over at Makanani has given me the “Rockin’ Girl Blogger” Award! This award meme was started by Roberta Ferguson. There are, of course, instructions to forward it to women bloggers that I think rock, so here are my picks: Frogs and Ravens Athana Laureth Mary Mousemusings Kieben
Stellar Delta Employee
I’ve been holding off on this last post about the trip to New Mexico because I had to locate the name of the fellow who saved our trip back from being something like a rerun of the trip out. Considering the content of the previous post, it should come as no surprise to you that – of course – the United Airlines flight was delayed. We were there super-early for an early flight. We wanted to check the monster bags…
Senator Caught In Madam Scandal Plays Victim
Sometimes when people pretend to be super-righteous in public they turn out to have a secret side – a double of all the things they have repressed and projected outwards in hatred of others. It’s a common phenom. I wonder why it so often takes a sexual flavor… Perhaps it’s a side-effect of the obsession the religious right has with sexuality in general? Right-wing Republican Senator David Vitter is going back to Washington, to pretend nothing has happened. He was…
Sandia Crest
At an elevation of 10,678 feet, the Sandia Crest (just outside of Albuquerque) is the high point on the Turquoise Trail. It was a long drive up, on a smoggy day. The summit was covered with this. The most interesting thing to me was a small plant covered with millions of ladybugs. Then we headed into Albuquerque, and prepared to fly the next morning.
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
We headed back to Sante Fe, in defeat. I was still very ill. After a long fast, I had recovered enough to tackle an easy trail. Michael drove us to the Tent Rocks. It was gorgeous. A black bug at the top, where I also found some small Apache Tears.