My turn to write the weekly blog. Sandy is in overdrive getting ready to leave tomorrow (Tuesday) for the Handweavers Guild of America’s convergence in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Three of her favorite coats will be on the runway in the “Moving Fashion Forward” show on Wednesday evening. With our busy days, trying to make time to […]
Off the Beaten Track “Gems”
Sunday and Monday we celebrated my birthday by visiting some of my favorite off-the-beaten-path “gems” that make New Mexico so delightful. A drive up the High Road to Taos, lush and green due to the monsoon rains having soaked at least this part of New Mexico’s northern terrain. Small artist communities like Truchas, Chamayo […]
Saving the World, One Garden At A Time
As we have mentioned in our recent blogs, it has been a very cold and windy spring in the East Mountains of New Mexico. Warm days followed by days of freezing cold and a late snow have nipped buds and damaged many of our plants. It has been too windy to even clean out […]
Every Dog Has Its Day
Part of our spring routines is getting our dog herd cleaned up. We have found a wonderful groomer Korreen Giovenco here in the East Mountains, whose business is named “Doggie’s Day Out.” Lee scheduled each of our dogs for a day at the spa. The house dogs, Osita and Yeti, went first. Because they sleep inside […]
Soigné d/b/a Slow Fashion
This weekend one of our sons, Chris, who did his culinary training at Le Cordon Bleu and has worked in fine dining restaurants in NYC, Boston and Girona, Spain explained the subtlety of the wonderful French verb “soigné(e)” to distinguish between fine dining restaurants and excellent restaurants. Fine dining restaurants are staffed, physically designed, and completely orchestrated […]
Finding Whispirit’s 2016 Groove
All of us at Whispering Spirit Alpacas are concluding a much needed break over the winter holidays which graced us with travels to Spain & France, time with parts of our family and opportunities to ponder ideas for our Whispirit 2016 creations. Traveling gives us a great chance to change our rhythm, take in […]
It’s a Dog’s Life
When we returned home to our ranch from Wyoming, both Lee and I were eager to be with our dogs. We have five dogs now, Butch and Atticus, the two Great Pyrenees as well three mixed breed dogs, Osita (“Little Bear”), Yeti (yes she really does have large feet), and Salty (whose full name is […]
