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  • Opinion: Life story not complete without goats, Clovis

    Ryn Gargulinski, Guest columnist|Updated Feb 19, 2023

    If you’re ever going to write your life story, there are two things you need to do first. Number one is to stall for about 20 years. Writing your life story is one big, scary feat, after all. Just keep in mind the longer you stall, the longer your book is going to have to be. Number two is make sure you have experienced all that life has to offer – and that definitely includes goats, Clovis and Tucumcari. If you get one of the three, you’re on the right track. Two out of three is golden. But three out of three is where it’s...

  • Breaking up best thing I ever did

    Ryn Gargulinski, Guest columnist|Updated Jul 28, 2018

    Dear Alcohol, It's been 19 years (July 23, 1999) since we broke up. I would say our time together had been fun, but it really wasn't. Sure, we may have hit it off at first — you wooing me with the promises of what you could give me. Confidence. Euphoria. Escape. But whatever you had initially provided, you eventually took away — and then some. You also did it all with a few black eyes, broken windows and a burnt laundry hamper in the process. Past photos of our time tog...