Territory Fever Part V: The Arrival of M.P. Stamm to the Territory and ABQ
On the other side of Albuquerque, that is to say, once the tracks had been laid, various railway companies competing …
Category Archives: Memoir– Segments
Territory Fever Part Four: Minnie’s Father in ABQ, and a Sudden and Plausible Alliance
Before their marriage, Rodey had learned much of the Coddingtons and their own tribulations, how they were descendents of William …
Part III: Territory Fever: An Albuquerque Family’s Story: The Arrival of Helen Rodey– and Other Matters
Whose imagination doesn’t cast a wide net over a presumed happy past, before the memories of the all too real …
Territory Fever Part II – the Rodey-Coddington Connection
Minnie Coddington was elated. She had won permission from her father, working on his good nature over time and despite …
Territory Fever: A New Mexico Family’s Story Part I: Irishman Rodey Arrives in ABQ
Territory Fever: An Albuquerque Family’s Story Part I: An Irishman Arrives in ABQ My great grandfather Bernard Shandon Rodey stood …
America’s Iconic Bald Eagle Abandons Her Nest: The Convenient Narrative Arcs of the Post-Truth World
Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation has been assured, a fait accomplit, but the casualty of the ongoing divide, the deepening canyon with …
Stay Out of the Bedroom, Out of the Car: Survivors Must Look at How They Set Themselves Up to Be Victims
On the eve of what promises to be a hearing fraught with land mines for both sides ie. Kavanaugh vs. …
What Thou Lovest Well Remains Thy Country – Reflections of an American Poet
I love our country—as John McCain has said in the words immortalized by his death several days ago—not only as …
A Telegram to Our Allies: Why Life Under Trump Is a Welter of Anguish
Quite recently the world watched in dismay as thirteen Thai boys and their soccer coach languished in a water-filled cave …
Trump’s Rageful Ignorance Inspires Our Outrage; How Our Fake President Is Winning the War on Civility
I have to wonder tonight about whether The Times Literary Supplement would today publish my friend Dawn Potter’s piece of …
Loquaciously Yours 