Go with the beeswax

I found this wonderful beeswax candle shop in Santa Fe and brought some candles back to California. I really liked this family owned and run business and learned a lot about the benefits of beeswax. I share some info from their website http://www.santafecandle.com/ below:
Most candles: toxic leftovers.
Most commercial candles are made of poisonous chemicals. Paraffin [...]

home is where the heart is

They are pretty creative in New Mexico. I really respect the beauty and energy they put into their living spaces. I wanted to share some of the interesting abodes of our friends.

Gustav lives in a converted church in Cordova. He truly is in the presence of saints and angels!
Alberto created this beautiful school bus home [...]

Straw bale house in New Mexico

This is the beautiful straw bale house that our friends Glen and Eliane built in Madrid, NM. We were lucky to house sit this palace for the month of October. Glen designed and constructed the structure himself and even includes kitty tunnels and sunning perches for their pets. The main living space is one large [...]

Sad side of Santa Fe

Driving into Santa Fe we were listening to a radio show about the homeless in this town. I did not verify these figures, but it was stated that there are 500 homeless children here and very few programs for homeless families, kids and women. Many of these hidden beings are sleeping in cars and couch [...]

Art born of a need to tell

The Los Desaparacito/The Disappeared installation is an outstanding collaboration of nine galleries around Santa Fe, NM. They are all part of this exhibit of artists whose lives have been profoundly affected by the political upheavals in Latin America over the last thirty years.
I went to the opening of the exhibit at Site Santa Fe.
“The works [...]

Santa Fe bellies

Since so many of my friends are belly dancers in HMB, I thought I would put up a few photos of dancers out here. Ander and friends played for these two troops at the Santa Fe Pumpkin Festival - yes can’t get away from those pumpkins!

I liked the belly limbo these women did.

what is this tree?

I see this tree all over Santa Fe. I really like the leaves and pods on them. I’ve started using the little stems that fall of the tree in an art piece. Does anyone know what the name of the tree is and if the seed pods are used for anything?

my favorite shop

Every time I go to Santa fe (I think I’ve been here at least 8x) I stumble upon this shop and then remember that I love it. The place is call Mira, which means “look” in Spanish. I like the eclectic nature of the store. It is full of treasures and interesting clothes. They [...]

Shooting stars and cocoa

Saturday night we went to a magical party in Santa Fe. We heard that it was a star gazing party. After driving around in the dark and making a few u-turns, we found the marker on the road, a blue star on a white sandwich board, and then we found another blue star [...]

candlelight and whirling red skirt

Our friend Tantric Paul took us to a wonderful place called the Green Tea Palace. It is a little place near the Santa Fe plaza, is 2 months new and run by Leland and Vera. The cafe was beautiful in candle light and spiritual art from around the world and also the art of their [...]