December

Ready to hang stars out front with David.

We discovered a cat-proof Christmas tree.

Neighbors we ran into on our Christmas Day walk. That’s Qunicy and her dog, Xena Warrior Princess over there on the right. This is Lauren above (right) with her friend from Puerto Rico. Tom gave me 2 gift certificates for appointments with Lauren, Bodyworker Extraordinaire.

When I see Quincy I always ask her what she’s reading. This time she gushed over Jon Fosse’s Septology and Ali Smith’s How To Be Both. Oh. My. God. I downloaded Septology and discovered that it’s comprised of one long sentence that runs through seven volumes.

I’ve become a regular at Chatter.

Happy New Year! We celebrated with Gruet, pistachios, and whipped cream from a can.

November

new carpet

lunch at The Range: delicious conversation and food

Anne Marguerite’s View From the Other Side

an afternoon at our Albuquerque Museum

October

poster for Anne‘s show

Barbara catches Comet Tsuchinshan on her iPhone!

celebrating at Duran’s

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.

Old Friends

Can you believe I was out of copies of my older books? Just ordered more, including the hardcover Mimi’s with ribbons!

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 friend Anne’s exhibit runs through the end of December at FOG. This painting is one of my favorites:

Mt. Shasta Night,  oil & acrylic on paper, 22 x 18 in. framed  2023  $650

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