I didn’t ask my sister Hope what her rooster was doing in the house — except that roosters have always had the run of the place wherever she lived — and suffice it to say this sound-sleeping cat was surprised when she woke from her nap. No injuries were reported, only confusion. For more rooster …
The only thing that might make the morning better is a little rain this afternoon. Fine breeze through office windows early, undermining the usual high pressure and heat of June. Clouds gathering now and we hear thunder over the Jemez. Exciting to me but, I have to remember, not welcomed by everyone here. Cooper has …
I usually snap the light in the evening to the west and north. South and east drew my attention tonight.
Here I am at home on Sunday, last day on a newspaper payroll, gate swinging open to retirement. Sunny day. Good coffee. Office window open to the breeze. Coop at my side. Sunday media, in which I am no longer complicit after 40-years of toil, a mouse click — or not — away. I have …
Over the Jemez this evening. Lori and Mike’s rescue girl Sara, watching the Muppets earlier this week. She’s come a long way from being a lost or dumped pup on the West Mesa and clearly likes the comforts of her Placitas home. She reportedly also likes watching Animal Planet and the Westminster dog show. …
I’m having my morning coffee at my desk in New Mexico and talking on the phone to my sister Hope, who’s on horseback in Montana. When the phone rang, I was thinking about a funeral for a young woman, daughter of a friend, in a small village church, just south of Santa Fe. Sometimes during …
One day I see things greening up and the next I sadly head to a young woman’s funeral. Hard to find your balance sometimes. But I wish peace and beauty for the family of Lara Calloway.
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