A Big Birthday

Cue music: I'm A Man, The Spencer Davis Group, 1967, Vocals by Steve Winwood HAPPY 18TH, CRISTIAN BENJAMIN CAYARGA-CAVALLI

Skies like These

Summer in Santa Fe means tumultuous thunderstorms and fabulous sunsets...superb skies for a Sheila O'Hara visit this weekend!

A Sad Day

The Willoughby branch of the Moir family has had a sad weekend. Our neighbor, Doreen Skully, died in her sleep on July 1. Today would have been her 54th birthday and instead there were calling hours at the funeral home. The cause of her death is unknown at this time. The funeral is tomorrow. She was a great neighbor and friend and we will miss her a lot.

A Cherry Pie for Fourth of July

Can she bake a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Can she bake a cherry pie, Charming Billy? Sheila, you would be so proud of me! It was a twice-baked homemade crust, three trips to the cherry tree to pick enough sour cherries for a pie and one hour of cherry-pitting to make a success! And dig those crazy Big Smith overalls, my standard Independence Day garb. They're the real deal, obtained, of course, from a yard sale years ago, in a dark little barrio house, where these counter-cultural clothes lay carefully folded and unworn since the 60's! Mom and Dad can just look down at Willoughby South from their heavenly perch for a fine show of fireworks! Happy 4th of July to All!