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Historic Register plaque for the Balinese
Courtesy the United Van Lines gorilla crew who packed and unloaded my paltry possessions. Everything finally arrived in Galveston two days ago, some of it actually intact. Imagine that.
Far worse than damaged stuff, though, is a damaged relationship. And for some mysterious reason that continues to elude me, I’ve had more than my fair share of disintegrating relationships over the past year or so. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul 31 2009
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… and already a criminal!
Yup, here I sit, in the pickup, parked right alongside The Commodore On The Beach Motel, stealthily stealing its wireless broadband, just to feed my Internet addiction.
I bet there’s a twelve-step program for this.
So I pulled into town yesterday afternoon, after a side trip to visit my dad in East Texas. That’s where I’ve been, dear readers. The Peepsters doesn’t have any sort of Internet access at his house, and the tiny little burg of Gilmer, Texas hasn’t a single Internet cafe, so Yours Truly has been off the air far longer than she otherwise prefers. But I’m back now, thanks to my criminal mind and a purloined unsecured WiFi connection at my former motel digs on my last trip to the island. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul 26 2009
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I almost went there today.
If I weren’t so feeble-minded and had remembered to google it last night before I went to bed, so that I’d have the exact location of that Texas intersection, I would have taken the extra couple of hours to drive up, north and east of Amarillo as I passed through today, just to stand there for a little while. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul 22 2009
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Er, cat stories, that is. My little black boy is still with me but frankly I’ve had enough of my own cat stories so let’s just sum up and move on.
Grand canyons, for sure!
The end to the Jeepers saga, for those of you not following the comments trail, is that he came through just in the nick of time and left a small gift this morning in the litter box, a little tithe to the local Latter Days, so all my worry was for naught.
With this final success, he’s now graduated to the status of perfect little traveling companion, and especially today, putting up with me and ten full hours on the road with ne’er a complaint. What a little trooper cat! Read the rest of this entry »
Jul 21 2009
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Reporting in from central Utah, specifically, the little town of Price, the beginning of the spectacular canyons of southern Utah. Breathtaking!
Canyonland!
This is one of the most awe-inspiring landscapes I have ever beheld. Sure wish I could take the scenic tour of Bryce Canyon and see it all again but time—and kitty concerns—just don’t permit this trip, alas.
Speaking of my little black boy, we had a “moment” in the truck today, and it didn’t smell so good. Gad. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul 20 2009
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And no Willys either, in beautiful (ahem) downtown Mountain Home, Idaho. Nope, it’s just me and Jeepers tonight.
Jeepers at the motel
That’s because Willys is now a (happy) new resident of the small little backwater community of LaGrande, Oregon. And I will personally guarantee that he’s absolutely thrilled to be there and not here with me and Jeepers, not in a cat carrier, not in the truck, not on the road. No, all that, I believe, was killing him.
After I was forced to place Willys back in the truck last night in a last-ditch attempt to get a little long-overdue rest for the drive ahead, I found him this morning in much the same state as I left him last night. Distraught. Ill-tempered. With patches of hair rubbed off from twisting and Read the rest of this entry »
Jul 19 2009
