Once again I've been caught out by the end of summer. I don't know why it's so shocking - it's not like it hasn't happened every September since, oh, the dawn of time. And yet. It feels like in the space of a week we've gone from 'OMG it is so hot my face is going to melt off my head' to cold, grey, and damp. I actually started wearing a jacket ( Read more... )

Ways Summer Solstice is Celebrated in New Mexico ( Read more... )

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Quiz Time, Internets! Which am I freaking out about more right now ( Read more... )

Guess whose state is totally on fire? THIS GIRL'S, THAT'S RIGHT ( Read more... )

Nnnnrgh. It has just finally slipped below 95 degrees, now that the sun is going down. This afternoon, while we were hiking all over the West Side, it was 99. My mom's apartment? Currently doesn't have a working cooler. The whole Corrales Bosque is closed for fire danger. Summer in the desert can bite me. I almost cried when I got back to my dad's ( Read more... )

Three Things (The Exciting New Summer Edition ( Read more... )

I maintain that if you are capable of sitting through an entire Mariachi performance without wanting to get up and dance, or at least clap along, I am going to start harboring serious doubts about whether you have a soul. I do not think anyone at the concert I went to tonight had that problem, though ( Read more... )

On the one hand, New Mexico just elected its first female governor.

On other hand...New Mexico just elected an anti-choice, anti-immigration, anti-gay rights, pro-death penalty Republican governor. That should make the next four to eight years fun.

*sigh* Someone remind me why I want to move back there when I graduate?

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1. One of the first, best signs that autumn is approaching is when you go to the store and everything smells like roasting green chile ( Read more... )