Author Archives: merilee

Here is my scary police story. I was driving about an hour after dark, northbound on Rio Grande Blvd. in the section of Albuquerque known as Los Ranchos, which has its own local government and police force. This was about … Continue reading →

If I were a small business owner right now, I’d be nervous, to say the least. Maybe terrified. Maybe feeling, as the saying goes, like a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Small business is risky … Continue reading →

If somebody at your workplace gets infected with COVID-19, you’re going to get some help from the state, probably pretty quickly. The initial contact is the state’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau, commonly called OSHA after its national counterpart. New … Continue reading →

My friend’s husband, who has dementia, has been in a memory care facility for several months. She’s been writing a blog, anonymously, for a couple of years (“The Remembery Chronicles”), so I’ve been observing the experience at close range. It’s … Continue reading →

New Mexico is three degrees hotter than it was half a century ago. That is established fact. It’s probably going to continue to get warmer and drier, but that is prediction based on probability and could change. Three degrees doesn’t … Continue reading →

Hobbs, New Mexico, is planning to have a high school prom. In Texas. The scheduled date is July 16. It’s not an official function of the school, according to the Hobbs News-Sun, but a volunteer project organized by parents. They … Continue reading →

The incident of violence in Albuquerque last week in which a protester was shot brought the wrong kind of attention to New Mexico. It detracted from our generally good record of peaceful demonstrations and our superior performance in reducing coronavirus, … Continue reading →

In preparation for the upcoming special session of the New Mexico legislature, we’re all nervous. Due to revenue lost through business closures, spending on emergency health and education, and the international price war in the oil industry, New Mexico has … Continue reading →

If you’ve been seeing the TV commercials for candidates for Congress in New Mexico, you’ve seen two very different concepts about what voters want, divided by political party and by geography. In Congressional District 3, seven Democrats are on the … Continue reading →