I admit it, I'm complaining about the heat. It's been forecast to hit 95 or 96 the last couple of days, and for the mountains of New Mexico, that is exceptionally hot.But it's hit 100 every day lately. Our air conditioner hasn't worked this year, and rather than spend still more on it, my husband ordered a large swamp cooler. It's due to arrive about the time the temperatures should drop. But hey, there is still plenty of summer ahead. I'm sure we'll be glad to have it.As for now, in the evenin

The next four evenings, we will take our dinner to the sofa and settle down to watch the women's semi-finals, the men's semi-finals, and then both finals. With Rafa Nadal out, the men's competitors are younger. I'm a fan of another Spaniard, the young Alcaraz, who likes to be called Carlitos. On the women's side, I've been enjoying the Ukrainian who has been out while having a baby with her husband the Frenchman Gael Monfils. Actually, I don't even know if she is still in now. Another of my fa

I just got a message that I've been here 4 years, didn't realize it was that long!

Yesterday morning I thought I'd catch up on emails. But for some reason, instead of going to my inbox, I decided I would see what was in the STARRED section.Oh man, there were literally thousands of emails I had put there and never done anything with. Some had red stars, which I figured meant I once thought they were important. Some had other colors, and I had also made liberal use of the question mark icon. There were also quite a few, like notices of books being held for me at the public libr