I'm in Santa Fe New Mexico with Robert and Fumiko.  We got in on Saturday night.  We're scouting for our all-Japanese tour in November.  Yesterday we met my old friend, Jaye Oliver, the graphic designer, and she drove us around.

My favorite place here is the International Folk Art Museum--filled with astonishing crafts from around the world.  I love it!  I feel like making art again.

I bought a pair of wedding dolls--black skin and white clothes.  We all had tea on Canyon Road the art gallery area at a tiny coffee shop, Cafe des Artistes, owned by a Parisian man.  He turned a garage into this shop!  We felt very cozy as the snow began to fall in Santa FE!

I have to go.  We are meeting Jaye to drive out to talk to Raven, a man who leads sweat lodges--one of the sacred Native American ceremonies.  We want to offer a sweat lodge on our tour, and it will be interesting to go out and meet him on the Poaque Pueblo which is 20 minutes north of Santa Fe.  An adventure today.  We had planned to continue to Taos, higher in the mountains, but it may not be a good idea with the ice, snow, and winds up there.  We'll see.