Readings with Authors Joan Brooks Baker & Sallie Bingham
Where Are the Snows of Yesterday?
As we move into another dry, warm winter here in the high desert Southwest, it’s sometimes hard to believe that this may be what we are going to experience for the indefinite future…
Fire Engines: Perhaps a Silver Lining?
I didn’t realize until Saturday that the Hermit’s Peak firefighters and their engines had come to us from all over the West.
Two Queens
What could be more different than these two queens?
Thread Dresses
Just as I was beginning to feel discouraged came a revelation as I was getting a cup of coffee at my neighborhood hangout here in Santa Fe.
These Small Blessings
Actually not so small.
Happy Pride
I doubt if any other town in the U.S. could celebrate Gay Pride with such a plethora of business and government floats. And with an enormous crowd composed of all ages and all genders.
Leaving
Whether I’m leaving on a short trip like this one or a long trip like the one next month, I feel the same mixture of nostalgia and apprehension…
Something We Can All Do…
It’s a small idea. A simple idea: One day a week we don’t drive—to let the earth breathe, as a friend of mine described it.
Bounty
The soft, slow ending of the summer here brings much needed rain, coolness, and the coming to fruition of many fruits and vegetables.