My Snowy Valentine

I'm going crazy trying to track all the important bills at the NM Legislature so I had to post something more nurturing, for all concerned. You're probably being driven crazy by all my reportage on legislation as well. Call about this! Email about that! Attend this hearing! Tedious, to say the least, but necessary when a 60-day session is roaring up in Santa Fe and so much is at stake.

At least that's what I tell myself when I start questioning my dedication and start dreaming about being so disconnected from politics that I'd be gazing dreamily out the window at the snow today while listening to some Pat Metheny or Joni Mitchell. Ah, sometimes I pine for the perks of a politics-free life. But then I remember I'm living in America in the 21st century. And just think how the legislators, staffers, lobbyists and the rest of the crowd that has to pretty much live in the Roundhouse for two months feels right about now, with not even half of the session completed. I do have compassion.

Anyway, hope all of you fit some sweetness and light and love into today's experiences, whether you have an "official" Valentine or not. After all, as Voltaire wrote,

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

Now, go savor some xo-co-latl if you can. Then watch this: