People & Lifestyle Editor's Blog
Author John Steinbeck called it the "Mother Road," and while Route 66 no longer is part of the interstate highway system it remains a highway of legend and dreams and a very big part of the West.
Earlier this summer I took one of my seasonal drives through the West, I-40 to be exact. I like I-40, because it's pretty straight, and going through parts of Arizona and New Mexico (weather permitting) legally I can drive at 75 miles per hour. Stops basically are for gasoline and a restroom.
If you plan on visiting California, New Mexico, or Oklahoma in the near future, three of the West's great museums - the Autry National Center, the New Mexico History Museum, and the National Cowboy Museum - are presenting outstanding exhibits that yo...
Sure, I know, it's early December and you've lots on your mind. Probably you've yet to pick out a tree, put the outside lights up, and remember where you put the illuminated, plastic made-in-China Santa Claus that traditionally goes in the front yard...
Politics is the art of making yourself look good, so maybe that's why there's so much finger pointing about how many jobs really have been created by the borrowed money flowing from Congress.
Wow! Who ripped a couple of months out of my calendar?
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