Welcome to my blog - I'm using this site to document the stories, strange events and odd folk that I encounter in my neighborhood of Lower La Cienega. Currently, I've lived in La Cienega for a little over a year and it's been one of the most bizarre and beautiful years of my life.
As an old spanish land-grant, La Cienega follows a waterway south of the city of Santa Fe and is home to many descendants of the original spanish settlers.
Some traditional ways of life are still evident here. For example the acequia system draws water from holding ponds and is used to irrigate fields of corn and red chile. The acequias are managed by an old guy called the mayordomo- the ditch master. This acequia was only recently run through pipes right next to my house. However, it stills runs openly throughout many parts of La Cienega.
As I mentioned, traditional crops are still grown- my favorite is the local red chile. It is sun dried on the grower's roof and is pumpkin orange. Yum!
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