For all of us who are influencing the development of daughters and granddaughters (and nieces and young friends) here are a few thoughts.
Blog Posts about New Mexico
Remembering Pip
July 9, 2024: Pip is suffering, he has suffered in silence and withdrawal, sleeping outside at night for the past two weeks. Now his stomach is full of tumors, he can’t eat, throws up what he drinks. I will work on remembering all the years of his blessed companionship.
Feeding the Fish
Some years ago a man I was in love with at the time persuaded me to have a large fish pond dug near my studio. I think it was his attempt to be part of my necessarily solitary life there…
The Great Take Back March
The wailing heart-broken sounds of old mountain melodies brought Kentucky here to the high desert.
As We All Move Ahead…
A few days ago in Santa Fe, I went to the first big Native Fashion Week in a cavernous room in the Convention Center.
My Friends the Ravens
I keep waiting grumpily for a spell of warm, settled weather. But not my friends the ravens. This is the weather they adore.
What Gives Me Joy
How lucky I am, how lucky we all are, who can find moments of joy to set against the chaos that surrounds but must never be allowed to overwhelm us.
The Kindness of Strangers
We have friends, we have family, but in many of the ordinary events of daily life, they are not at hand. Strangers are.
For Arthur
I used to see Arthur Firstenberg on Saturday morning at the Santa Fe Farmer’s Market, walking alone; I never saw anyone speak to him and the casual gossip I picked up was that he was a nut of some kind, preaching a gospel nobody wanted to hear.
Bow Down to the Earth
As we hurry and scurry about, the birds are still attending my feeder and the crows are performing their ballet in the sky.