can be so annoying. They can also be so cute. Not usually at the same time, not for me. I had to put Blaze, my new little kitten, in his kennel because he's tearing up my yurt! My new to me Mexican quilt I just bought is almost shredded! Argh! I feel a little guilty about his imprisonment, but my goddess, what about my sanity? He's cute, though, that's for sure. Healthy. Robust. Loud.

It's been a while since I've written . . . I'm still alive and well. Yurt living has been challenging. At... read more

Tomorrow is Y-Day. I get to move into the yurt and realize yet another dream. Life is good. Summer school is over, my summer is officially here. I am sitting in one of my favorite Pecos restaurants, enjoying a plate of huevo rancheros, thinking about all of the packing I need to do before I get the U-Haul tomorrow. This evening, I will meet a grandmother of one of my students. She is a curandera, and I think she's the one I've been praying to meet. We're gonna go see Jose Feliciano. It's gonn... read more

You know, for years I've envisioned living in a yurt in the mountains. I kept thinking I could buy some land, put up a yurt and live in it while building an earthen home. Well, I didn't buy any land, but the opportunity to live in a 30 sq. ft. yurt in the middle of a forest on a mountain minutes from my new school has arisen, and I am thinking I'm gonna take it. It's time to see if I really have what it takes to rough it, because while there is electricity, there is nothing else in the yurt. ... read more