home sweet home.
May 15, 2008
10 days away from home, and one can get a little bit disoriented. At least for me, 10 days away from the mountains makes me dizzy. I had an awesome trip, celebrating my book with tons of kids and friends and family, but man, I am exhausted! We drove home last night just before sunset time, the mesa and mountains looking so vibrant and alive thanks to a much needed rain. My favorite part of the drive up from Albuquerque is coming out of the canyon, up the last roller coaster hill, when all you can see out from your windshield is a massive, wide and winding crack in the earth. My stomach drops EVERY time as it appears we are driving into it. The wild and beautiful Rio Grand Gorge. Instantly, I take the biggest, fullest, deepest breath I’ve had since I left, and I make Patrick pull over so I can ‘try’ to capture it for you. Just no justice here, but perhaps a taste.
The road continues thru Taos and climbs up another 1000 ft. As we near home, the skies rain more, and smell of pinons and sage just about knock us over–in the best way possible. Oso and Ladoo prance and cry sweet doggie whines of joy, and we run into our garden, squatting next to every little green sprig, and cheer. All is fine on the home front–except for the folded-over fence–yes, hibernation time is over, and our bear is back. (Guess Oso + Ladoo have been sleeping on the job!) 15 minutes later, the rain stops and paints an insanely beautiful rainbow in our backyard. DANG! I love it here! And thanks to the skies for raining ALL night long.
I’ll write a post soon about my trip! I had such a fun time at the schools. Also, tomorrow my student and friend from Sunshine School in Nepal, Surya, is coming for a long visit! What a sweet reunion that will be. I hope you are all doing well!
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HELLO!
May 15th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
laddoo? i don’t think ‘we’ve been introduced…
May 16th, 2008 at 5:05 am
ahh, yes! miss sweet little round Laadoo! she is oso’s girlfriend who has been staying with us for awhile! we wish we could keep her, but long-term, our house is just too tiny for 2 dogs. hopefully she’ll find a good home (nearby)!
May 16th, 2008 at 9:50 am
It is so nice to go on trips and have adventures, but you are right-there is no place like home! And being away from it makes you appreciate it all the more once you come back. I am so glad you are back to blogging. I have missed your posts!
My husband keeps trying to tell me that our little house is too small for yet another dog, but…. ;)
May 16th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Beautiful photos. Even though they are of a completely different terrain than where I am from, it really made me miss the north. Strange how thing like that happen.
I have been slowly making my way back to life and should be in the full motion of things soon. I look forward to your post about the trip and thank you for the comments about my book! They always keep me going
May 17th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Hmmm..
Yes, it is good to be back home and it is good to have you back in the blog too. Now, that I am seeing all these places through my own eyes ,your adoration of your place makes a very clear sense to me. I have just fallen in love with this place.Still a lot to explore and feels like engulfing all of the beauties, but too tired to do it all at once.
And what to say about OSO and ladoo, they are to make my stay even more memorable.
Thank you all.
And love you
May 17th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Jen, so sorry to have missed you. I tried to send an e-mail at work and e-mail crashed as I hit send, so I suspect the message never got through on Monday. Jonah had a m*****f***** scout event that collided with the book party, but even that wasn’t enough–he had to get an ear infection and then have his eardrum rupture to cancel out all plans. It was grim.
So we missed all the fun, all the book stuff, and you. But we have had a lovely time with antibiotics and being up at all hours of the night.
Glad you had a great time. Glad you’re home and happy. Hope the books a smashing success.
xo
Jim
May 17th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
And by “hope the books…” I mean “hope the book’s…”
Writers. What a bunch of detail freaks we are.
May 18th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
I bet the kids are loving your book. Must have been a great tour, but very sweet being home (beautiful landscape shots!).
May 19th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Sigh…rainbow.
May 23rd, 2008 at 8:59 am
Isn’t it such a gift to love the place you live :-)
I too just returned home (from 10 days in Spain) and found a happy little package from Amazon on my doorstep…
My Travellin’ Eye is FABULOUS!!!!!
I opened it this morning and read it through once, but am looking forward to tea time this afternoon, when I will enjoy at leisure all the wonderful surprises on each page. A published author! Congrats! It is truly visual magic (and as a bonus, the writing is great too).
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:06 am
hi there! it makes my day to get all of your messages. i love that the ‘internets’ have made for better+easier communication among friends!
Josh, it’s nice to see you pop over here–your recent show looks amazing!! Jim, yeah, yeah, nice excuse. Hee. really, though, hope Jonah is feeling better. And Nadine—i want to see Spain photos!