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  • Welcome Back Carter

    It’s time to watch the Consumer Price Index again.  The CPI is published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics(BLS) and the recent release shows an inflation level that hasn’t been seen since Obama was a president. “The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent in May on a seasonally adjusted basis Read more

  • On the Road and Around the Pond

    On the Road and Around the Pond

    Oh the Road & Around the Pond This is an exciting time of year as we await the appearance of babies. We have does with rounded bellies. We have yet to see a fawn.  The fall burning of tree stumps around the yard resulted in holes and burrows that were not always filled before winter Read more

  • Mexican Cornbread

    In the mid-eighties, I taught at Trinidad State Junior College, where I learned that the names Carson, Bowman and Simpson belonged to Hispanic students.  I recollect one beginning student hanging back at the end of class, to ask “Mr. McCurry, did you notice that we were the only white people in this class?”  I hadn’t Read more

  • My first days in Trego

    My first days in Trego

    This past week held the anniversary of my moving up to Trego to join my wife, Sam… As such, it also held the anniversary of my meeting the best firearm evangelists I’ve yet encountered. Read more

  • Movies for the Faceblind

    One of the aspects of modern life that is complicated by being faceblind is television. There’s a rather small part of the brain dedicated to facial recognition (and to recognizing a number of other things, as it turns out). Without it doing that job, the faceblind are left unable to recognize faces. There are a Read more

  • Game Cam: On the Road & Around the Pond

    Game Cam: On the Road & Around the Pond

    Although the deer still need brushed, the beginning of horns are evident on the bucks. A young bull elk  looked surprised to find a road/driveway. Domestic and feral cats along with skunks are traveling the road/driveway regularly. A grizzly passed through without stopping. On the pond the ducks refuse to stop for portraits The goslings Read more