Monday, September 17, 2012

Touristing - Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos

Another great day yesterday.  Did yoga in the backyard among the quaking aspens - leaves not golden yet - but still gorgeous site.  Spent a delightful walk and time at Mabel Dodge Luhan house and grounds.  She was a wealthy socialite who came here in 1918 from Buffalo, NY and married a full-blooded Taos Pueblo man by the name of Tony Luhan, her 4th husband.  (He and his buddies built the major portion of the house and other buildings.)  The part of the house under the portal (low part) is 200 years old.  The rest was added in the 20s. If you look closely, you can see roosters perched on top of the weather vane and roof of the low section.  That's me in the center.  In addition, there are several more buildings and a rock labyrinth - a BIG one.

It's me in the middle of the labyrinth.  Susan is in the center photo.  (The photos and the text keep moving around as I write this.)........  It's hard to describe how much we are both enjoying this place.  It's like being in a foreign country!  I spent much of yesterday reading shaman stuff in preparation for tonight's journey with Jim Langerich.  Beginning to get a little better feel for what shamanism is all about. .......Susan is stuck in 50 Shades of Gray on my Kindle.......  The five cats are doing well - in spite of the fact that I had been closing the utility room door where their litter box is (unknown to me) - No wonder they keep staying outside so much!  At least the litter is still clean - the garbage truck came before we thought to empty it. (I did get the can to the street.)   Maybe next week we'll have something to add from the cat box!  ....I give up - this write is driving me nuts with its mobility!  Too lazy to learn how to manipulate the pics and words.

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