New Mexico Steam

During our trip to Santa Fe last week, we took a day trip to Abiquiu, where we had some excellent green chile cheeseburgers at Body's, and then drove on up to the Ghost Ranch, and then further north, to Chama. The latter is a nice little town that seems to specialize in tourism, but it …

The Land Of Enchantment

Maybe it's just the intoxicated feeling caused by the lack of oxygen at 7,500 feet. Or maybe it's the universal friendliness of the people. Maybe it's the rich history—both human and geological—of the land. Maybe it's the mystical undercurrent of spirituality from the region's many Native American tribes. Whatever it is, New Mexico has a …

List: My Last—And Next—Five Books

It's been a pretty good reading year for me. Accent on the "for me. " There have been years recently when I probably haven't read more than four or five books the whole year. Well, I'm well past that number already for 2011, and we still have a couple of months to go, so yes, …

The 2003 Chicago Marathon

Eight years ago this morning, I took part in the Chicago Marathon. It was my first -- and so far only -- attempt at the marathon. Here is my mile-by-mile account of it, written a day or so later. To set it up, this was written for the "V-Team" bulletin board, which was made up …