@detroitmechworks Maybe depends on the weather and road conditions. I wonder if this winter's going to be like last year was, with all of the snow and ice?

But in general still just chilling.

Thinking we could really use another c99 meetup next month... if anybody's interested, I can make plans.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYHPT87RF74]

@detroitmechworks Reminds me that my mother raised 5 kids and was quite a good baker. Now she is in a tech nursing facility with multiple health issues including Alz/Dem. So thankful for all the years of her great food, served so lovingly....

This especially chaps my @ss.

If the tax plan is passed, giving huge breaks to the 1% and raising the deficit $1.5 trillion, Republican leaders will rediscover "the deficit crisis" and move aggressively to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) November 22, 2017

But Norquist et al want to return to the rate during colonial times, thinks that would be great.

They also used to shit in a pot and throw it out the window onto the street. Turns out taxes are used for stuff like not throwing your feces on the street. https://t.co/q9usT4b2Gz

— Dave Anthony (@daveanthony) November 23, 2017

But in general still just chilling.

Thinking we could really use another c99 meetup next month... if anybody's interested, I can make plans.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYHPT87RF74]

@divineorder There was also a vagrant which should never be there. I want to say that it was a barred goose, not at all normal for the area. I seem to recall that we were directed to some locally famous eatery by the locals but can't think of a name.

When we are home for a few months at our place in Santa Fe we volunteer with WildEarth Guardians.

Recently we were assisting with an event in Albuquerque and met Robert Kennedy Jr. He was there to promote a new partnership for the Rio Grande River.

Perhaps you know that this mighty river, which runs from Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico, is the border between TX and Mexico and is fed by a tributary from Mexico. Some years it barely reaches the Gulf.

Humans yeah, but also much wildlife depends on it. One of the greatest wildlife spectacles in North America occurs at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge on the Rio Grande near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Thousands of Sandhill Cranes, Snow Geese and other geese and ducks migrate there each winter. Seeing them all lift off at dawn with the cacaphony of sound is truly amazing. Bald eagles and coyotes feed around the edges. Something else!

If you are interested in what Kennedy was up to check out this article about the work ahead.

Want your kids to care about conservation? Put down the screens and go rafting. Just ask Bobby Kennedy. https://t.co/VjFtNJ7YZN

— WildEarth Guardians (@wildearthguard) November 22, 2017