I’m on the way to a short dental appointment in Santa Fe: distance from Llano Quemado (Ranchos de Taos) is about 70 miles. For unimportant reasons, I left early and have about 40 minutes to kill, so I stopped at the Oasis Cybercafe in Española where I am now…

Caffeine and comfort

It’s on the edge of town in an old adobe home. The proprietress has a huge Rastafarian mound of multi-colored hair (at least four colors) and maybe two dozen bracelets. I’m listening to the Grateful Dead on the in-house sound system and enjoying my latte in a small reading room with a sofa and a Queen Anne’s chair. I’m surrounded by potted geraniums, and no one is bothering me. Jerry Garcia aside, it’s quiet here — and I sure don’t mind Jerry!

And BTW, this is the only town in New Mexico (and maybe the U.S.) to have a highway named after a yogi. No kidding: as soon as I walk out the door and get in the car, two minutes later I’ll cross the Yogi Bhajan Memorial Highway. Make that a second or third reason I love this place.

Onward…