Daily Archives: June 27, 2006

My old elementary school In Albuquerque, S.Y. Jackson: seems every bit as large as I remembered it. And the range of mountains that feels very close. The walk to the old house seemed very long when I was a kid. … Continue reading →

Albuquerque: went to Coronado Mall. My mom always went shopping there. Unlike a lot of older malls it seems to be doing just fine. They put in a big old Barnes & Noble and revitalized it. There’s an indoor glow-in-the-dark … Continue reading →

Walking around Crown Hill Park, the nature conservatory across the street from my grandmother’s apartment building. There’s a large pond in the middle of the park, 1.2 miles around. I walked it in 20 minutes. Gee, maybe I am in shape. … Continue reading →

Watching “The Sound of Music” with my grandmother on the large-screen community room TV in her apartment building. She was dozing through the first half but then woke up before intermission. It was about as coy as I’d anticipated (there … Continue reading →

La Salita, the Mexican restaurant in Albuquerque we went to when I was a kid. I went back. They open at 11:00 for lunch. I arrived at 11:15. By 11:30 every table was full and people were on the waiting … Continue reading →

I’m back in Chicago. Give me some time to catch up.