new carpet
lunch at The Range: delicious conversation and food
an afternoon at our Albuquerque Museum
October
the opera dinner
Eddy and Ed
Don draws a dog in my copy of his new book.
Do these socks go?
September
Our favorite Mexican restaurant: La Guelagetza
We love Abby Maxwell.
TV Series of the month
She sang at Nexxus. Dorene danced with me.
Book of the Month
Sisterly love
Ed claims the grass patch.
August
Anne's Owlet (detail)
Mr. Doubt does the squats
Garbage
Margy's show
Don's book came out.
a good book
Recycling
Milagro Vineyards
Milagro loves dogs ...
especially Bostons
on sale at Costco for $199
some rain
Anne's new website ! Designed by Linda D.
arms, legs, and tails
July
Our (part time) next door neighbors were here for the whole month! Don’s book, Animals of the Alpine Front, will come out on August 20.
June
Eddie and Ed, two sisters who moved in with us on June 30
Tom at New Mexico Museum of Art-Vladem Contemporary
a handsome gentleman
Deb, me, Eric, Tom
Tom and Deb
Bill, Sue, me, Tom waiting for the train
My poster for Anne's gallery
Sam now and then.
May
One too many margaritas on our birthdays
April
Painting by Paige Smith-Wyatt (the Coralles Art Studio Tour)
Looking forward to the opera in my new sneakers
Out for a stroll at Los Poblanos
In case you ever wondered what a peacock looks like from behind.
Juan Wijngaard’s studio on the Corrales Art Studio Tour.
Goodbye February, Hello March
Old Friends
Can you believe I was out of copies of my older books? Just ordered more, including the hardcover Mimi’s with ribbons!
Posters for Anne Marguerite’s Gallery
Coming March 8: Norito will exhibit her sculpures and Anne Marguerite will show her new paintings at FOG.
Eight-Year-Old Ariel Interviews Me
The Long List
We woke up to this!
We built a snowman for Dorene & Don, and the next day we received this text from Dorene (below, far right).
I Loved January
Writing at my desk in bed, coffee, popcorn, Prosecco with orange slices, candles, fires, salsa, Barbara Pym, squeezing a bike ride in before sunset.
The Holidays
Le Chat Lunitique
I hate getting off my bike once I get going. I can hardly stand to stop in order to turn on my bike lights, to fool with my phone, make a rest stop, or to take a photo. But I had to pull over on my way home this evening! The air was magical.
We hung stars in front of our eight townhouses! They come on at 5:00 and turn off at 11:00.
With help from Tom and David.
Such a better deal than 100 bucks for a dead tree. Hope we can keep them alive for a little while! Bought a humidifier.
A not-so-successful tangle of lights. Left, a festive taco dinner.
A new viewing platform! A 5-minute walk from home. Benches. Sit and read, drink some wine, watch the sun set. Maybe see a flock of sandhill cranes.
My favorite concert of the whole year: Majel Connery performs The Rivers Are Our Brothers at Chatter and Late Works. You can hear this incredible piece on Spotify, and many other places.
October
Don’s birthday.
Opera: Bluebeard’s Castle
Albuquerque Museum
Carlito Springs
Dressed for the eclipse
Lunch at Los Poblanos
Don signs his book A Storm in the Stars, about Mary Shelley
Don’s book event
At Margy’s show
Bike-In Coffee
Hops
Thursday night musicians at Hops
Still Banned.
RILEY’s in the Rockefeller Center lobby Simon & Schuster window display. Banned Books Week is Oct. 1-7. I’m proud to be in the company of these great writers and illustrators.
Caroline Starr Rose Interviews Me
We talk about what it was like to do illustrations for Mem Fox’s book Our Dragon.
Hellnar
The beach at Snaefellsnes was made up of not sand, but of smooth stones. “Stories of Snæfellsjökull glacier‘s power and mystical energy have been around for centuries. It’s the reason Jules Verne chose it as the location of the entrance into the center of the earth in his novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth.”
I loved the stones so much. I kept collecting them, arranging them and photographing them, as they were too heavy to take with me!
This little café was a walk down the road from our house. When we first discovered it, it was closed. But the next day it was open, and we had fish soup and wine on the deck overlooking the water. Still searching for the perfect fish soup…
I found these treasures on the beach below the café. (See photo below.)
Lots of strange but beautiful vegetation
In Hellissandur we finally found the perfect fish soup. This is at Matarlist, our favorite restaurant of the whole trip.
By the side of the road
Another waterfall (Bjarnarfoss)
Budir Beach
Read about this woman! (Guðríður Þorbjarnardóttir)
Found.
Our home in Hellnar