From the Ridiculous to the Sublime

After sixteen months of being sequestered at home and only seeing people with masks on their faces, this past month has been a whirlwind of activity. Santa Fe is filled with tourists once again, and our summer festivals are back, even if at a reduced scale. It never rains, but it pours. In addition to teaching two overlapping workshops on zoom, I also had two overlapping sets of old friends come into town. I was…