Why is everyone taking off their masks?

A day in the life of a waitperson hoping to hold on to life.

“Mr. Seemons. He was a good man.”

Another good man gone.

Pride: An end to many happy years; now a good long rest among friends

The obituary for Pride, an "all-around outstanding guy." He's with a bunch of friends.

Another cowboy gone. We enjoyed him.

It was Ronnie Patton's kind of funeral. Just too damn bad it had to be his.

Remembering my laughing Cousin Bev

The best audience any kid could ever hope for has moved on down the road, no doubt laughing all the way.

Shine on, Randy Forrester

 A fella who I didn't know – name of Randy Forrester – died yesterday in Santa Fe, and I've been thinking about him. So I figured I'd share some of my thoughts with you. They might interest you, particularly if you're a New Mexican, or wonder why anybody would choose to be one. I guess …

Why the quest for facts? So you can know.

Marie Colvin didn't have to die in the bombed-out debris of a Syrian hideout in Homs. So why was she there? You might want to think about it.

Santa Fe’s Luke Skywalker

A Santa Fe soldier gets the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Buck: A gentler of horses and humans

"Buck." A documentary about horses and humans -- the gentle and non-so-gentle.

Memories of a couple of miracles

& On the drive up to Denver last Friday to begin a long weekend of memorial services for departed friends, I realized that I had been well-prepared to mourn my old friend and college roomie Jerry Davies. By the end of April, Time had softened January's raw black-on-white bad news of his death and replaced …