For the past 3 weeks we have been living in a school bus on a beautiful farm in La Bajada, NM. Next to the bus is a geodesic dome built by an old hippie Roberto who is still very present and haunts the grounds. Our host Joe is a true anarchist and slightly crazy. His dog Violet loves ladies and cuddling and Rachelle thinks she is the best dog she has ever met. Typical day starts at 6 and includes hard labor, good food, lots of reading/meditating, watching one of Joe’s b-movies and listening to him yell at NPR. There are too many social injustices in the world. We are learning a lot about the cultural intricacies of a traditional rural village in New Mexico. There are continuous disputes and we are feeling all of the strong energies from these issues and probably from the thousands of Nuke heads in Albuquerque. The farm site is located on an ancient site of the Pueblo indigenous people and when we till the soil we find 1000 year old pottery shards rumored to hold the souls of tribal members. Needless to say we leave everything we find on the ground… We have been lucky to spend some time with Chris in Sante Fe watching movies, going to the Zendo, visiting museums, and hanging out on the campus of his school, Institue of American Indian Arts. Next week we leave to go camping with Robin in the Gila Wilderness and then on to a dude ranch high in the mountains!
