After a long layoff, I spent a little time today trying to collect a few more facts about life in Colonial New Mexico. One of the source books I have enjoyed is “Bolton and the Spanish Borderlands”, which is a collection of writings by Herbert Bolton, an American historian from the early twentieth century...
Read more →Before us, the traffic light is red, so this morning I slow down with the cluster of cars ahead of me and stop on the hill at Lead and Second, a little away from the intersection, after going over the bridge over the rail yard tracks. A sedan pulls up beside me with muted...
Read more →With mom out of town tonight, Dad and I went to dinner at Dion’s, a local pizza joint, and I enjoyed gleaning a few more nuggets from him about his past. He was the middle of three kids, which has been noted before, but I learned tonight that birth symmetry is a Welton attribute....
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