“What happens when people open their hearts?”
“They get better.”
Haruki Murakami
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Heloise Christa, Sculptor
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Wait.
Don’t go too early.
You’re tired. But everyone’s tired.
But no one is tired enough.
Only wait a while and listen.
Music of hair,
Music of pain,
music of looms weaving all our loves again.
Be there to hear it, it will be the only time,
most of all to hear,
the flute of your whole existence,
rehearsed by the sorrows, play itself into total exhaustion.
Galway Kinnell
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A lesser moustache, under the impact of that quick, agonised expulsion of breath, would have worked loose at the roots.
P.D. Wodehouse
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Hello, hello! Bird is the word today. Witness the splendor of Cedar Waxwings noshing on neighborhood crab apples. They are such beautiful creatures! There were at least twenty of them flitting about the tree, and Greg, Juniper, and I stood for several minutes in wild wonder.
Let’s break for lunch! I was craving sesame chicken and got right to it. It did not disappoint, my friends.
Crow and hawk, mid squabble! Look at all the beautiful shapes, colors, and feathers. Love, love, love…
Moody light over Taos, so beautiful!
Taos Mountain enveloped in snow
Picuris Peak
Sangre de Christos
For our return trip home, we found a cool casita just a “block” away from our Taos land. We know the neighborhood, but this was the first time we actually set foot on the property, having bought it at the height of the pandemic, and walked the gorgeous views.
We also had a wonderful breakfast (how excited I am to have New Mexican style food I won’t have to make myself!) with our delightful realtor and equally kindly person, Yvonne Trujillo and her husband David, talking land and concrete and wells and everything in between. How real this is all becoming, thrilling and frightening, too. Please think good thoughts for us!
I am ridiculously content, sitting in the wood stove warmth of the Sugar Nymphs Bistro in Penasco. We love this place, as the service (our sweet server was named Colleen!!), all the food, and especially the desserts, are top notch. This is my absolute favorite seat in the house, right by the stove and with a great view of the art lined walls.
We also, for the first time, made a couple of wine and cider tasting stops at Black Mesa and La Chiripada. Both were marvelous, with super friendly staff. We bought quite a bit for two people who don’t drink on the regular!
Taos Mountain from Picuris Peak and zoomed from our neighborhood. We’ll have a view of this stunner from our back porch. Huzzah!
Tags: New Mexico, Traveling
