Desert Sage: Letters from New Mexico

The Day Google Accused me of a Crime

Raw recording of a talk I gave at the 10x25 Creativity Conference at Doña Ana Community College in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Oct. 24, 2025. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit desertsagenm.substack.com [https://desertsagenm.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Casings and Mud

The Aug. 3, 2025 [https://desertsagenm.substack.com/p/casings-and-mud] "Desert Sage" letter, read by Algernon. Related reporting: “Flash flood hits hundreds of homes south of Las Cruces [https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_68ef6435-2803-4254-8286-e7f13febd86d.html]” (July 23) “This Ruidoso barber shop has stood here for 50 years. It is now in a floodway [https://www.abqjournal.com/business/article_0a1602fe-b488-40cb-bf42-f8ae98423203.html]” (July 14) "' [https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_cd0eeaa6-f2da-4f42-9888-4955d6bff02c.html]You will be touched.' Ruidoso prepares for more storms and flooding" [https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_cd0eeaa6-f2da-4f42-9888-4955d6bff02c.html] (July 14) "After floods destroyed homes and left three dead, Ruidoso prepares for more rain [https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_898c50cb-a0c6-4aef-b7b1-ffb48d95df52.html]" (July 10) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit desertsagenm.substack.com [https://desertsagenm.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

The blowing leaf does not hate the wind

Algernon D’Ammassa reads his Jan. 26, 2025 “Desert Sage” letter [https://desertsagenm.substack.com/p/round-and-round-the-roundhouse-we] on his birthday, recalling a reporting trip to the New Mexico Legislature and looking ahead to a new job at the Albuquerque Journal. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit desertsagenm.substack.com [https://desertsagenm.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]