They Really Are Crooks - Stealing Us Blind!

Just when we thought it couldn't get any dumber!

And now they want to put even more guns in the schools …. really!

Kool news… and hot air!

Many in the WH totally insensitive to average American citizen

Now this is truly dumb … and it comes from on high!

Å terrible loss and a new start

Recalling Employees and Then Not Paying Them

Long-time Southwest Writers Official Retires!

A Mystery Person Has Shown Up!

Since We Can't Negotiate a Solution, Maybe People Need To Sue!

Man, People Can be Dumb!

All this hatred and bullying must stop!

Let Me Know You Got It!

A Sale for MLK Day & Other Really Bizarre Stuff

White House Has Gone Crazy!

Our "Paid" Officials in Washington Have Not Thought Things Out Clearly…The Wall Is Not Gonna Fix Anything!

Let's Stop Treating Us Like We Are Stupid and Tell Us The Truth!

The Day the Snow Hole Took Over!

It's time to say good-bye to 2018!

Very quiet day… but not planned!

I want a Snow Day!!

Time to really celebrate Christmas … with a bowl of posole

Washington is Shut-Down…or Is It?

Now it's time to celebrate some fun stuff!

… and they still have their grubby hands out!

No Jury Duty Today So It's Time for an Ugly Christmas Item! Whipee!

I'm tired of everyone asking for money!

Christmas is back on and other stuff!

There are still some great gifts out there . . and here are a few

All these groups asking for money — do they really know who they are asking or have they just blanketed the world with their solicitations?

No Jury Duty So We Took A Roadtrip to Buckhorn Tavern

Part III of Jury Duty!

Part II of Jury Duty Starts Today!

Jury Duty Adds Complications, But It Is My Duty!

Holiday Crawl In ABQ's Old Town

It's disgusting and gross … and it is all on display just for you!

Where o' where have all the little red cups gone?

The great car accident that upset the whole day!

It's time to give thanks….

Gala Book Night: Biggest Book Event of the Year!

We Can All Learn From Our Past: Spend a few minutes with a really good historian this Saturday!

The news is making me sick…

Tragedies are all around us this season

Good time to shop … even if it might snow!

The crazy season is over; we are free of all the political ads!

Get a head start on your holiday shopping!

Books by Local Authors are the Best!

Upheaval on the horizon … who is a citizen and who isn't?

Halloween is coming, halloween is coming!

Sad news in the book world and the explosion of horrible political ads.

We did it again; we are in last place!

It is very sad to hear the news from SEARS!

It coulda all come crashing down at Balloon Fiesta . . .

It's time to update what is happening at UNM about their misuse of money and the status of Public Records issues.

UNM Kills Soccer and all its supporters.

I Love the fall — there are so many great things to do, like balloon shows, book awards, and loads of other things!

Balloon Fiesta is always fun every year, even if you have to get up at 4am.

We are so screwed… and other crazy things!

Another case of stupidity rules!

Strange Things Have Been Going On!! Sunspot and a whole bunch more…

First, UNM has a deficit of several million dollars and now the Basketball Coach wants loads more money to renovate the luxury boxes at the Pit?

It's a great day to grab a book . . . any book!

Exactly when was it that America stopped being great?

NM Made Another List!

Make great? or give Respect?

Our biggest book ever!

If you don't like the way Google shows you in searches do something about it!

Trump Very Offensive to Military Hero

Is this the height of waste and stupidity?

I just cannot imagine sitting next to this in the middle seat! Can you?

Judging people's character!!??

Dinner in a Box. Who Woulda Guessed How Good It Is?

Looks like customer service and retention are a thing of the past!

New Mexico is so proud to be #1 again!

Whole generation lacks understanding of history!

Politicians telling lies is so tiring!

A great dinner idea and a great book — check these out!

Stupidity Seems to Grow like a Fungus! It is everywhere and no one knows how to get rid of it!

UNM Regents Kill Sports That Work in Favor of Losers!

This sounds like a great pr move — they may not recover from this one!

Albuquerque is #1 Again This Year!

The newest idea in the kitchen — a meal kit! Actually a pretty neat idea!

Once again NM ranks highest: This Time in Car Thefts on a College Campus

Great Book Selling Event at Lavender in the Village

We are all thankful for our independence … so let's celebrate accordingly!

Who gave the order to stop lowering the flag as a sign of respect? Was it the Prez?

Sending our Prayers to the Capital Gazette family and victims

Once again, New Mexico is at the bottom of the list! No surprise.

The New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair has closed its doors after 57 years. Sad!

It's not that we are all gullible, but we do want to believe in something…

The White House is Just Making a Big Mess of it all!

The 57th and Final NM Arts & Crafts Show Coming — Make sure you get there before it closes!

The world is out of sorts: rent through the roof

Catching Up on the Good and the Bad!

What ever happened to civility and manners?

This Week's Wrap-up Certainly Eye Opening!

Terrible Flooding in Maryland — Our Prayers to all affected.

Thank you for defending our country and our freedoms.

You lose more and more control over your privacy everyday. And now this . . .

I guess we have lost our minds in the country — we are now losing our freedom of speech!

Another week and another tragedy. But something is seriously wrong in our land!

Read About Someone Interesting

Here is a really stupid way to take care of a problem — no brainer!

What a Royal Screw-up!

It's Star Wars Time Again

Congrats to all the Winners at the NM History Conference!

Have you read something fun or interesting lately? Thank a columnist!

15 Local Authors Participate in Rotary Fundraiser

[Local author Vaunda Nelson and 14 other local authors helped raise some money for the Rio Rancho Rotary literacy program.]

Don't you just love the wind!!!

Celebrating some of the best parts of our local libraries

It was a giant party at Bookworks last night!

Celebrate Books for Children!

Something for everyone …. April Fool's, Easter, Passover, and even Spring!

On your mark; get set; go get your pencils!

Let's all come out and support one of our local bookstores!

Celebrate a book with a child

Public Defenders office hires crook and puts him near the money pot!

How you handle the evidence is very important to telling your story.

Government agencies are required to allow citizens to have access to public records. But many do not …

The door at the White House is not just revolving, it is spinning . . . out of control!

Spring is great time to clear our desks and our heads!

OMG — It's crab meat day! This is special — you gotta get some!

We Must Treat Everyone Equally — Men & Women

Doing the Right Thing is Always the Right Thing!

Did you take the time to proof it?

A diamond in the rough — check out this fabulous restaurant!

Remember to Read to Your Kids Everyday. Their Future Depends on It!

Being creative and thinking outside the box are good things in my mind, but here is one good one and one bad one!

There are some crazy ideas floating around there! Let's see… teachers with AR-14s, $30M Military parades to make our President happy. Just how stupid are we expected to be?

It is time we all stood up and supported the children of America!

We had a jam-packed weekend of book talks and signings — restores one's faith in the importance of book!

State official refuses to allow a background check? What gives?

We Must Do Something About All This Insanity!

Just when I thought there was just one, then I remembered that it is plural "jerks"!

Honoring traditions… honoring storytellers!

Signs are supposed to be good things that help people . . . but here is an example of "BAD" signs.

Libraries are the backbone of every community!

The Game was a nail-bitter no matter who you may have rooted for. But the ads were very different this year!

Our society is not very good at maintenance, especially when it comes to infrastructure!

More stupid stuff than you can shake a stick at!

We all see the good, bad and ugly almost everyday — but usually not all three in the same day!

There are some crazy things going on out there!

Now this is a shocker!

And may the best books win . . .

This is so interesting and it may make heads explode in Santa Fe!

There seems to be an extra dosage of stupid running around out there!

My weekly fix . . .

Happy New Year and Let's Get Organized!

2017 What a total mess! Can we have a do-over?

I love ugly sweaters!

Fake News and Crazy Gift Ideas!

The Greatest Seasonal Gifts!

What should you buy the person who has everything?

'Tis the season!

It's time for book lovers to get in the holiday spirit!

Something is very wrong when a wounded police officer can't even get his bills paid. SAD. Why is this happening?

Change is the sign of the times, but this one hurts!

Something is really wrong with this one!

Thank you!

We all should have known this was going to happen!

And the winners are …. !

Putting naked pics on Facebook — what a stupid idea!

Thought Black Friday was just one day! Now I see it everyday!

Get a great book this weekend and slow down and give it a read!

Holidays season brings lots of book fairs and arts & crafts shows

Somebody has to do something about this! You can’t even go to Walmart anymore! Wednesday night’s shooting in a Walmart near Denver is the latest of avoidable tragedies.

November is perfect for reading!

How stupid does Amazon think we are?

In Memoriam: Art Brennan (1950-2017)

White House shows bad taste and disrespect to military and all Americans.

The shiny new thing versus the old reliable one

The Village of Los Ranchos Gets its First Little Free Library

The party is over! Now back to the real world . . .

We are a country filled with stupid people and morons!

It's a wonderful time of the year — roasted chiles, cool mornings, and hot air balloons. Our crew had a fabulous time this morning — we were there in spirit this am.

Had loads of fun at free public screening of Nasario Garcia Remembers the Rio Puerco which will air on PBS next week.

We are tolerating more and more bad customer service….. why?

All victims of violence are in our prayers.

Come visit with a movie star! Santa Fe author featured in PBS documentary at free screening in ABQ and SF

It is really fun when you find a great book!

Flu season is fast approaching. Are you ready?

Scandals abound in government these days at all levels; they just piss our money down the drain!

Something doesn't sound right in having Walmart employees in your house delivering stuff. And when you are not home. Just saying!

Help a kid learn to read and have fun doing it! Celebrate National Comic Book Day!

UNM Officials Make 1st Visit to UNM Press Warehouse Before Making Massive Changes — Optics are bad!

I wouldn't want to even buy a used car from Anthony Scaramucci! Such a bad example for our kids.

Things at UNM are getting worse. The news story about the UNM Press warehouse confirms they are going in the wrong direction!

TriCore Bad! Slim Randles Good!

University of New Mexico is piling one bad decision on top of another and now they should be whipped with an ugly stick!

Things sure are changing around here . . . and even faster than normal!

Up in arms over the demolishment of the University of New Mexico Press, an important part of NM life since 1929!

Come out and have some fun next weekend at the annual Lavender in the Village festival on Sat. July 15

Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe holds special show and sale of works by Charlie and Debbie Carrillo. Effort to support their medical expenses from a recent terrible auto accident!

Trump wants personal information from secret ballots. Don't Trust Him to Keep My Info Safe!

UNM Press and Albuquerque in trouble — reorganization and car theft!

It's awful hot out there! Seek shelter where it is cool — come check out some books and some great art!

Come to the Sacred Heart Spanish Market THIS WEEKEND in Gallup — see great art and attend a workshop on publishing your book!

The world is filled with stupid people in positions of power or as gatekeepers!

Higher Ed Day is supposed to be a time to celebrate the accomplishments of our colleges and universities. In New Mexico, all we get is the absolute failure of these institutions!

Many people make great websites and then make it hard for folks to contact them. BAD!

It is always exciting for a publisher to announce new titles. So, we are pleased to announce the release of Slim Randles' new book "THE FLY FISHERMAN'S BUCKET LIST."

If one breaks the law one usually goes to jail, especially if one fraudulently misused taxpayer money to the tune of $75,000. Golf trips by UNM employees on the public's dime is wrong. Not to mention the fraud that they perpetrated by saying is was a basketball tournament in Ireland. Bad. Very Bad!

There are lots of ways to begin a fabulous 3-day Memorial Day weekend. One of the best ways is to go and support an organization that is at the heart of a community — the library! In this case the Library at El Rito and two of its most well-known residents artist Nicholas Herrera and photographer David Michael Kennedy. We all need to get out there and support those groups and organizations that bind our communities together!

The UNM Golfgate moves into high gear! When will these people learn that you don't screw with peoples money?

It is time for a break in the routine … and El Rito Library has the perfect change-up. A Fundraiser pancake breakfast and a raffle with a fabulous Altar by Nicholas Herrera. You gotta see it. And you gotta buy a raffle ticket. Do it now before it is too late!

It usually takes a lot to make me sick! But UNM is gutting the entire UNM Press operation but is safe-guarding the sports program even when they break the law. Oh my . . . !

Book sales are off! Number of book stores is down. Money for libraries is non-existent! Oh, my. What are we gonna do?

Everyone loves a special offer! Here is three just for our readers. Special prices for a couple brand new books.

Green chile is the best! And when you can have it in burgers and other good food items, all the better. You need to check out a new location called the Steel Bender Brewyard. It's the bomb!

We all like new things! Don't fool yourself, new is fun and exciting. Even people set in their ways want new.

What has happened to common courtesy and civility?

Teachers have one of the most important jobs for the future of our country. However, they are not paid enough. But most people are willing to pile on the money for our celebrity and sports "heroes." We need to change this immediately.

It's always fun to get an extra boost to help you get through the week. Here are two to get you started … rabbits crossing and double corn.

It feels good to do the right thing. It feels even better when someone says "Thanks" for your efforts. But does that always work out? Maybe not . . .

Every now and then, it is a good thing to express one's true feelings about things. That's true in publishing as well. Publishers tell all about what makes a good or a bad author . . .

The public is getting tired of being told what we want and what is good for us. Maybe politicians should ask us before they jump off on some tangent. Case in point — the failed sugar tax!

New Mexico Dept. of Education teaches kids bad science and bad geography! Saguaro cactus do NOT exist naturally in New Mexico. Maybe they should rethink what books they give to kids free.

Sometimes we forget how important reading and books are. It has been proven that the more one reads at a young age the more likely one is to succeed in later life.

Do you know who you are? Have you ever explored your family history? Well, now is a good time to give it a look.

It is always exciting to get a delivery of new books. Sometimes the shipments are HUGE and sometimes they are much more modest.

Winning is so much fun! Winning re-confirms that one is doing something right. This last weekend we found out we did a lot right. Five of our books won top honors in two book contests and 3 others got 2nd place. Not bad!

Book awards give a little recognition to a vast array of books on the market. They help point out the good books. They are a very important part of the book trade. But, sometimes awards go all wrong …. REALLY!

Have you ever wondered about what would happen if no one came to your party? I'm sure that our Governor and our President have been thinking about this lately. They are both threatening to close up government if they don't get their ways. But it's possible that no one will care or even notice.

You find some of the most interesting and exciting things where (and when) one least expects them. Case in point, HUGE dinosaurs. Stop and they could just make your whole day!

It is really good to get away and clear one's head — it is a great way to focus renewed energy on the job at hand — which in this case is selling books. Flagstaff was the perfect place for that this last weekend. (Photo above: Winslow Public Library, Winslow, AZ)

A new way to celebrate this season: a little chocolate and a bunch of books!

Every town in the country can help promote literacy and reading. Take a look at the Gallup Public Library as an example. They do a really nice job in their relatively small community and it has a HUGE impact. Hats off to the Octavia Fellin Public Library and Gallup's city government.

The retail landscape is morphing as we speak. Man, there have been a huge number of changes lately. Stores closing right and left. Where are all my old favorites?

It's time to support a local author — this is a take off from the "BUY LOCAL" programs. Stop by and see Loretta Hall and her new book at Treasure House Books in Old Town Albuquerque on Sunday April 9 from 1 to 3pm. The book is "Miguel and Michelle Visit Spaceport America".

As you may have noticed, books are an important part of our lives. Not only do we produce between 20-25 books each year, but we read tons of them. We buy books and we get a "loan" from the library whenever we need more. April is a great time to remember the importance of libraries in all of our communities. Go check them out.

We launch new books all the time, but having a launch party at the Explora Science Center and Children's Museum is HUUGGGEEE for us! Stop by on Saturday and experience some fun stuff, including the release of Loretta Hall's newest book "Miguel & Michelle Visit Spaceport America" a great children's book focussed on our own great State!

This is the season when many publishers are filling up their warehouses with new titles that will be released over the next couple of months. We all want to get our new titles some special coverage so we offer a few deals just for you!

As Rodney Dangerfield used to say —"No Respect!" Here is an example of how books get treated all the time … with no respect. Someone did not get the memo on how one is supposed to treat books!

The backbone of every publishing house are the authors who create all those beautiful words. We are blessed here at Rio Grande Books as well with many great people.

Come hear all about New Mexico's contribution to space exploration at the Santa Fe Public Library. Learn more about this exciting history!

Yippee! We just released our first new title for 2017 — MIGUEL & MICHELLE VISIT SPACEPORT AMERICA by Loretta Hall. This is a fun book for children and young readers!

The Chocolate Eclair That Ate the World? Or was it the author who ate the whole enchilada? Plus, other rants and goings on.

A wrap-up of the First New Mexico Writers Dinner — a huge success by the way! And a few rants on the state of affairs both in the book world and in politics.

Come have some fun with some great writers at the NM Writers Dinner and then explore where the book biz is headed over the next year or two . . .

Four things that make one rethink the value of print books.

So many good ads on the Super Bowl yesterday — but many seem to go against common wisdom and still come out winners.