The Hatch chilis sound great, but I will continue to enjoy them prepared by the hands of experts! Always fun to drive through Hatch in fall, with seemingly every shop displaying big fat ristras of red chilis.

And the A/C dramas, yikes, it would be unliveable here without it, oppressively muggy, even by Louisiana-in-August standards. When I get back to NM, I will investigate the dripping that was coming off of one mini-split, won't run it again til I figure out what the problem is. Hopefully a clogged drain.

In New Orelans, where I had the great pleasure of joining in the singing at a meetup of the N.O. Quarter Shanty Krewe last night. What a great bunch of singers, and always newer and younger people entering the fold, even as the founder's hearty voice grows softer over time.

It was pretty touching to hear a young woman,heavily tattooed, lead us in "Wild Mountain Thyme". Gives one hope that the folky torches are getting passed on, one way or another.