Wow. I'd like to say I've been too busy with noble pursuits to blog during the past couple of months, but that wouldn't be accurate. Not totally accurate, anyway. Mostly, I've been bumming around-- in the form of daily yoga (yes, I pompously and pathetically and only kind of ironically refer to myself as a yogi now) loafing about, watching the Wire, cooking, going on trips home to Santa Fe for cheap medical care, and agonizing about our upcoming move BACK ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
While I've been MIA on this blog that 2 people (my mom and whatever rotating friend I remind of its existence) read, I've been crafting and cooking a bit. And fortunately, for my wide and reaching blog audience, have had the presence of mind to take iphone pictures of my efforts. (FYI: the i-phone takes pretty decent photos.)
Also fortunately, I have included pictures from the mysterious and foreboding St. Catherine's Indian School in Santa Fe. My sister D is kind of obsessed, and we made two recent trespassing trips to check it out. (It's behind Rosario Cemetery for those in the SF loop.) I think the buildings have only been closed since maybe the late 80s early 90s, which is strange considering how derelict and abandoned the place feels. Our expedition reminded me a bit of a similar quest to the Hudson Valley Psychiatric Hospital near where I went to college in New York. My sister and I went to the school once at night, (with my wary boyfriend standing guard) and once in the early morning, which was when we took pictures (also the time that we didn't go inside) Somewhat alarmingly, we realized there was an alarm (pun intended) going off when we got closer to the main school buildings. Since we hadn't been inside, it was unlikely that we'd tripped the alarm, and that it had been going off all night, or for a couple days. Still, we hightailed it out of there, because SF po'lice and scary graveyard caretakers are not to be messed with.
Haunted historic buildings aside, the felt animals were presents for the 2nd birthday of my friend Nora. (An owl and a two-sided elephant, in case you couldn't tell.) Also the raw materials of delish salsa/pico de gallo, and some yummy dinnertime chilaquiles.
