On the history of vaccination and anti-vaccination

I post this with some trepidation. Wanderlusting the Jemez is neither a medical blog nor a political blog. I don’t really want this to be a political post. But vaccination seems to have become a political issue, so while I’ll make my best efforts to keep my blog apolitical, someone...Read more

You’d think with five cats in the house …

No wanderlust this weekend. I had one planned, but when I started up the car Friday, the engine ran a bit rough, and then the engine check light started blinking. This is not a good thing. The car ran well enough to take over to a friend (the blessed Jon...Read more
Wanderlusting the Amalia Tuff

Wanderlusting the Amalia Tuff

I visited the Latir volcanic field almost five years ago and saw some pretty interesting stuff. But there is a lot to that area, and I really only scratched the surface. So today I decided to visit the area again. So after breakfast and packing gear, I headed from White...Read more
Serpentinite

Serpentinite

This isn’t a wanderlust post per se. I spent yesterday catching up chores, so that I could do a wanderlust tomorrow (Labor Day) with a clear conscience. Hopefully my next post will be the usual photo-laden account of a geologic adventure. But sometimes I stumble across some facet of geology...Read more