by Deonne Kahler | Feb 17, 2015 | Home in Taos, Travel
New products! I’m now selling greeting cards six to a box, with a mix of color and black & white, for $19.95 plus shipping. Email me to place your order. Other news: I placed third in a photography contest, and there was even a prize! I’m thrilled. (I...
by Deonne Kahler | Feb 13, 2015 | Travel
Funerals bring up other feelings in addition to sadness. With Grandma there was a sense of relief, which seems unkind, but it’s not. She’d been mostly sad and lonely since her husband died four years ago, and her health was terrible – she was...
by Deonne Kahler | Feb 5, 2015 | Travel
I’m back from Grandma’s funeral, which was beautiful. All the kind wishes, shared stories, and outpouring of love showed just what an impact she had not only on her family, but on the community. To get to South Dakota from New Mexico, you have to drive...
by Deonne Kahler | Jan 28, 2015 | Home in Taos
My grandma, my mother’s mother and my last living grandparent, died yesterday. She was 93 and passed on peacefully in bed after a good, long life. (This, after my friend’s death last week. Sad.) She was a devout Catholic of Bohemian descent (her sisters...
by Deonne Kahler | Jan 22, 2015 | Home in Taos
It’s been a rough week. It’s actually been a rough few months, with three family members on their way out of this world, and two of those three with illnesses taking them much too young. Then this Saturday, my good friend and fabulous poet was killed in a...