Brachiopods, corals, and crinoids, oh my!
The Los Alamos Geological Society field trip this weekend was to Fossil Ridge, a choice site for amateur paleontology since the late 19th century.Read more
Miscellanea
Among my many interests is gardening, though I haven’t indulged in it much over the last few years. Los Alamos turns out to be a challenging place to garden in; water is expensive, the climate is hot, and the soil can be very, very rock. Still: Lilium, but I don’t...Read more
Wanderlusting Cuba
The small town in northern New Mexico, not the island nation. Though I’m guessing the island has some interesting geology.Read more
Wanderlusting Mesa De La Jarita
I began my long weekend Friday with an eye appointment, which largely trashed my day due to having my pupils dilated. (The good news is that the eyes look healthy.) I got some things done in the house, but could not venture outside for long until late afternoon. Saturday Cindy...Read more
Wanderlusting upper Water Canyon
I would have titled this “Wanderlusting American Spring” but, since I did not actually visit the spring itself, that seems a tad inappropriate.Read more
Wanderlusting the Pilar staurolite beds
This week’s wanderlust was a hiking adventure with the Los Alamos Geological Society to an outcrop of superb staurolite-bearing mica schist in the Picuris Mountains east of Pilar.Read more
Young men and old teeth
Yesterday’s wanderlust was a trip out to the San Juan Basin to revisit a couple of fossil sites I was introduced to by the Los Alamos Geological Society.Read more
Wanderlusting the Harding mine
Saturday the Los Alamos Geological Society held a field trip to the Harding mine near Dixon, New Mexico.Read more
Wanderlusting Tyuonyi Overlook
Friday was supposed to be the day to paint Nathan’s room. However, I also had to take the dog to the vet to have her stitches removed, and Nathan hadn’t yet gotten up when it was time for the dog’s appointment. When I came back and he emerged from his...Read more
Wanderlusting Tetilla Peak
The 27th Annual Kent Is No Longer 29 celebration kicked off last Friday morning. Gary Stradling picked me up in his jeep and we headed to La Cienega, where the geologic adventures would begin.Read more