OK, so for those of you who thought that Kip and I were escaping the winter? ya thought wrong. We got snow. A lotta snow. The college closed early today (at least they had the sense to do that), but when, after teaching my morning class, I emerged from the High Tech Building (which sports a pyramid on its roof),the white stuff was coming down hard. Only it was not blowing sideways like when I used to walk from Hartwell to Tuttle. It fell straight down and was even sort of pleasant. We are in the Rio Grande Valley, so I am wondering if there is a calming effect on the prevailing winds or what have you. I received an email this morning from a young lady in my comp class saying that she had to attend "traditional doings" at San Ildefonso Pueblo and would not be in class today. This caused me to wonder whether other Feast Days and Traditional holidays were coming up and did I need to know. Hmmm. When I checked in my guide book for "The Eight Northern Pueblos, " I saw that San Ildefonso Pueblo has "Vespers and Firelight Procession" January 22 & 23. OK, yeah, I would rather go to a firelight procession than a composition class--any day. I wonder how they carry the fire? BUT...the most interesting part of the day was the shuttle ride from El Rito to Espanola. There I was, jammed into a Dodge Caravan with a bunch of guys making crude jokes. I used to get paid a lot more for this, I thought. AND the vans were bigger... Actually it was very entertaining. But you had to be there. Especially when they were going on and on about Pat Benatar in spandex.