I realized I put up a picture of our first house in New Mexico in a recent post…but my tag line says I’m in New England. I think I have yet to mention about our time there….we spent 10 years in New Mexico actually. During that time we lived in several different spots in and around the high desert town of Taos.
Taos is quite a unique place. It sits at the base of the Sangre de Christo mountains. These are the highest peaks in New Mexico, and are the southernmost extension of the Rockies. 
They are very beautiful, and are home to the sacred Taos Mountain.
Taos Mountain is special to the town in many ways and many locals believe it has a power all its own. There are interesting things that happen in Taos and I’ve heard lots and lots of stories….experienced some of them myself too!
We moved to Taos after I graduated from The University of Pittsburgh in 1997. Mr T. and I had been through there (actually, we stopped to have lunch and walk around) once on a cross country trip the year before. We knew immediately we were going to go live there after I finished my last year of school.
And we did. Much to the surprise of most people in our lives we moved – without jobs or a place to live, 
we just packed up our stuff in our VW bus (she was purple, and we called her Stella!) and headed west to Taos.
We eventually both got jobs and places to stay and, and we fell in love with Taos, as most people do.
After about 3 years there we decided we wanted a home of our own. So, we bought a 
piece of land out in the desert and hired a contractor and he built us a small house. This was before Mr T. was a carpenter of any kind. After that I. was born. We had him at the Northern New Mexico Midwifery Center which was amazing and a whole other story for another time.
At this point, Mr T. had begun his career as a builder and he put an addition on our house there in Tres Piedras. Then we sold it! We moved into a rental and were expecting baby 
number two, K. We had him there at home with a wonderful Taos midwife, and promptly begun construction on our second house.
This place was up in the mountains in a spot called Valle Escondido, The Hidden Valley. It was a mountain home, much different than our adobe in the desert. This house was wood and was built in the trees. We lived there for about a year and a half until we had the 
idea to move to New England….which we did - and now we’re here!
We have some amazing friends we left behind there in that amazing place called Taos. We miss it a lot and talk often of returning for a visit. I. in paticular wants to go back there. He has some memories of some special places including his school, The Taos Country Day School and The Guadalajara Grill – his favorite restaurant.
I wouldn’t give up my time there for anything, but, when it was time to go, it was time to go….and now here we are, in coastal New England, ready to build yet a 3rd (and hopefully final!) house!! Looking back is always a special thing – and it sure is amazing to see where we’ve come from!
{ 2 comments }