When you splash your sister without getting punished

My school owns a piece of land on the Santa Fe river, which we call the Preserve. Every Thursday the 7th and the 8th graders spend half a day each to work on killing nonnative plants, bringing back native plants, measuring stream flow and counting fish population. Part of going to the Preserve is getting muddy… Continue reading When you splash your sister without getting punished

At the time of Queen Isabella

During the last weekend of September, Hannah, Mom and I went to the Santa Fe Renaissance Fair in the open air museum El Rancho de las Golondrinas. As we knew that many visitors would come dressed as people from the Middle Ages, we also “disguised” :-)! Stands were scattered all over the grounds, but I… Continue reading At the time of Queen Isabella