Last column in The Independent
Twenty years after I gave birth to The Independent, the weekly newspaper in Edgewood and I are finally cutting our ties. For me, it is…
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Celebrating in winter to beat the dark blues
It seems that December is the month of parties. The red ink on our refrigerator calendar makes it look like it was attacked by Vikings;…
An anti-bullying plea for the election season
Everyone hates a bully, right? And bullies who lie are even worse! Unless they are a political candidate with the correct party affiliation. Then it’s…
When is a tax break not a tax break? A recent Op-Ed in the Albuquerque Journal critical of exempting Social Security retirement benefits from New…
Editorial: Edgewood, lead by example
Edgewood’s town government has boiled over—into personal attacks, name calling and unproven allegations of corruption. It’s time we remembered that we are all neighbors here,…
Little action at testy Edgewood meeting
Members of the public again showed up to excoriate Edgewood’s mayor and two of its councilors, spurred to action by a group calling itself CORE,…
Wild Things: Ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis)
Ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis). This large hawk of the prairie and desert country is considered in a threatened status. Through loss of suitable habitat and…
Walking alone: Conclusion
Frank Cipriani’s house was what’s called Santa Fe style, a cross between 21st century Beverly Hills and 18th century Spanish America. It had a flat…
On why we love Thanksgiving and the holidays
When this is printed, we will all have eaten the turkey or turducken or the tofurkey. What ever we have eaten, it will require our…
Don’t blame the judges for poor prosecutions
So New Mexicans are blowing up the internet again about a “bad judge” who freed someone because of lack of evidence. This is a common…