Talk about the weather.

March 7, near Silver City, NM.
A sudden plunge in temperatures has us shivering and wet today, after a hot and clear day yesterday. We Europeans are not used to these yo-yo-like weather patterns, and to this day, after more than 15 years living in this country on and off, they still seem strange to me. North America is a land of wonders climate-wise as well for us Old World dwellers. There is the Grand Canyon, New York City, Death Valley, the Golden Gate bridge, the giant sequoias, but then again you get earthquakes, tornadoes and hurricanes too. Here in the mountains near Silver City, in southern New Mexico, the temperatures went from 80 something degrees Farenheit yesterday to 47 today. Not only did they drop nearly 40 degrees, but they did so in the course of the day, not the night, something unheard of in Europe; it was 62 degrees this morning when I went out to pick up some breakfast next door in the pie-car. But I should have known: yesterday I put away my winter clothes.