Op Ed

"The War Department taking a family's land for the war effort is understandable,' write the authors of Los Alamos: the Ranch School Years, 1917-1943. 'Less acceptable is knowing that the family homestead became part of a golf course.' Well, 64 years after it was built by the Atomic Energy Commission, Los Alamos County wants to expand that golf course, affecting at least 25 acres (including the Walnut Creek and Woodland trails) used year-round by walkers, runners, cyclists, bird watchers and nature enthusiasts."-intro to my first-ever letter to the editor, in yesterday's Los Alamos Monitor.

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Snow Trails

"Every mile is two in winter." -George Herbert

That would explain why it took forever to hike 5 miles on Sunday...

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Fat and Happy

Conversation overheard between a couple visiting Santa Fe (these bears are on my walk to work):

Woman: "That's how they felt after Thanksgiving."

Man: "No, that's how they felt after eating a tourist."

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Composition

"Nothing is too long or too short either if you have a true and interesting tale and what I call a 'graphic' writing style combined with educational aims." -True Grit
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Grammar Joke

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Ahhhhhhhhh

"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water." -Carl Reiner
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Pin the Apostrophe

Or at journalists' parties.
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