Shortly before noon yesterday I picked up my 10-year-old daughter Marie at Paseo’s Pottery. She had spent the morning there with her friend Isabella and her mom Angela, a potter herself, while I attended the last part of a five-day science writing workshop. After a whole week juggling with language and concepts in loud spaces… Continue reading The path is the goal
Category: Leisure
My birthday party with chipmunks
Last Monday, October 8th, was not only my birthday, it was also Columbus Day, a holiday observed in most US states to commemorate the discovery of the continent. And we were determined to make full use of Hannah and Marie’s day off school. Over the previous few days, most aspen patches on the distant slopes… Continue reading My birthday party with chipmunks
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