We woke to quietly falling snow this morning, and the back yard was covered with snow. Overnight we’ve gone from the familiar – lawn chairs, tool shed, and somewhere underneath…
Author: <span>Miki Vasquez</span>
We all develop a sense of place after a while. We’ve been spending time at the local hospital with a family member. We’re the kind of family that gathers for…
Do these names mean anything to you: ELIAB, ABINADAB, SHIMEA, NETHANEL, RADDAI, and OZEM? These were six prominent men, loved by their families and proudly displayed before the most revered…
Both President Bush and President Clinton called our home this week. (Not really, they were both recordings.) If you live in a contested state you probably have had the same…
We invest our time and energy, and we expect a certain outcome or reward. The paper announced an Orionid meteor shower in the early morning and I thought I’d take…
I buy the Farmer’s Almanac every year. I bought mine early this year just because I was in the book store and saw it on the shelf and thought I’d…
The last few days have been definitely fall days. Fall is the favorite of my seasons. I like the season changes generally, but summer to fall is something I look…
The Egyptians created the pyramids, which are a wonder. They sit flat, aligned and perfectly level in the Nile delta. How they got them that level, no one knows. I…
We’ve been in Santa Fe going on a few months now. Long enough for it to start to feel like home. Long enough to have family and friends stop by…
Rains have come to the deserts of northern New Mexico. Some of the trees we were sure were dead are sprouting some green after years of drought. Any time you…