Are You the Teacher of the Heart?

Leaving the Cold to Find More Cold

I am in New Mexico visiting Deborah J. Stein in her cozy old rambling New Mexico house filled with books and colour and art and art supplies, and so many words between us that the windows and doors were bulging, which was fine because it let in the cool desert air which I so desperately needed for my lungs.

I brought a Nutshell for Deb and she instantly made it look a thousand years old!

Now Deb has one of each and a Maker’s Pouch and so, so many delectable art supplies that she shared all week long.

New Mexico Light

Every day’s light was better than the previous day’s light. In sun and hail and snow and rain, scrumptious light. Can I stay? I am aching to stay.

Daily Walks, Loving the Very Rural Ramshackle

Drawing night in the snuggliest room.

Meanwhile, Back at the Five Acre Wood...

I fled the cold and damp and haha, jokes on me, arrived to another cold and damp that promises warmth beginning tomorrow. My crew stayed home and finally got to work on a long overdo project, read made art, and delicious dinners. I smelled it through the phone.

Walter’s kitchen desk full of books and words and sketches

Our Classic Sendak

Substack and YouTube

Everywhere, Astonishments! Letters and Books

Shops and Treasure in Santa Fe and visiting Eli Levin’s Studio in Dixon, NM. More on that at Substack this week, (fingers crossed. I never really know what I'll write but, oh my goodness, so much magic!)