While the Northwest U.S. and Canada are suffering under their “heat dome,” with Canada thrice recording an all-time high temperature of 121F, my own neighborhood is experiencing a cold front. The weekend’s predicted rain in Taos Ski Valley was delayed— I got in two hikes, not one, before the skies opened— but when the rain […]

I’m in my happy place, which is to say Taos Ski Valley. But Nature is not in tune with my bliss. We thought a few days in the cool of the mountains would be an antidote to the misery of the 100-degree parched desert of our home, and we were right. We got reservations on […]

After weeks of frustration, things are finally getting done. I got the appointment I needed, I located a missing document, the laser printer I ordered a couple months ago is finally being shipped, the tractor got fixed, the hot tub ditto, and (after a couple hours chatting online with stupid robots) I got Comcast to […]

A few weeks ago I wrote about my post-COVID lassitude and the difficulty I was experiencing in shoving myself out the door and into the world even after the vaccines had made it safe to do so. Well, the lassitude is over. Two dinner parties last weekend, three the weekend before. Lots of hanging out. […]