December 2022
Books read: Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah Earthsea: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri New Mexico Triptych by Fray Angelico Chavez Trails walked: Sprague Lake from East Portal in Rocky Mt National Park (Dec 7th) Pella Crossing near Longmont (Dec 14th) Slide/Picuris/Klauer Loop near Taos, NM (Dec 19th) Taos Pueblo near Taos, NM (Dec 19th) Song of the month – Life on Earth by Hurray for the Riff Raff Scientist Spotlight – Omar Hurricane, Nuclear Fusion Physicist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ December Summary: Another year in the books. It was a tough year. Besides the usual war, famine, pandemic, school shootings, political divisiveness, and climate crisis; on a personal level, I also lost my mother-in-law and my mother this year. But as the cycle of life always proves, good things happened also. There have been billions of dollars (some of it actually bi-partisan) allocated to fight climat...