After having lunch with Lea at a great little cafe called Evelia, I finally stopped in a little shop called Facón that’s been on my radar for a while. I brought home a ceramic Pachamama from northern Argentina near the Bolivian border. Pachamama is an Earth Mother type goddess worshiped by the Inca – I like to think she’s settling in to her new home with us!
We were off for both Christmas Eve and Christmas — both were quiet days for us. I was thankful for my annual Audubon calendar from Ginger, plus a donation to my favorite animal rescue, Out of the Woods. (Thank you, Ginger!) John cooked up some Kahlua Pig on Christmas. Christmas doesn’t seem to be such a big deal here and it’s hard to get in any Christmas spirit, but we enjoyed the days off. We also went bike riding on Christmas morning – lovely! We also got out again this morning – lots of fun. The bike paths are good and there are lots of parks.
This past week I read two books by Jane Campbell: “Interpretations of Love” and a collection of short stories, “Cat Brushing.” She is an older author, in her 80s, and while some of the stories are quirky and a bit odd (with a spoonful of science fiction thrown in), I do like her writing. This morning, I started Adam Higginbotham’s “Challenger,” about the 1986 space shuttle disaster.
John and I finished the second season of “Shrinking” and are enjoying “The Agency” and “The Day of the Jackal.”
As I write, John’s got several friends over to play a board game – he’s in hog heaven!