Hiking and sightseeing got rained out, but the real reason for the trip was to see my sister and cousins I HAD A plan. So did Mother Nature. Her plan topped Continue Reading →
Will an October trip be a good-bye to a river or just another fun reunion?
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The rumors of a border wall through Big Bend National Park have resurfaced and it would lead to the death of the heart and soul of the park and those Continue Reading →
Hay fever, a cold? Maybe a message to just chill and let things work out?
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SOMETIMES YOU JUST gotta throw in the towel. I had been planning to take off next week for a big two- or three-week road trip, a kind of break out after Continue Reading →
Sometimes businesses try to hard to be cool, and fail
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What the heck is a fluid kitchen and who thought it would lead to a WOW! customer experience? SOMETIMES A BUSINESS can try too hard to be cool. Back when I Continue Reading →
Great minds agree. There are times when you just need a little color in the place you live and this is one of those times
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GREAT MINDS and all that. I’ve not met John Wilson, who lives in central Texas, but we are brought close by loss. When my wife Connie first started down the dementia Continue Reading →
Childhood memories and maybe a reunion of sorts for an old man and the creative spark
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WHY DOES an old man with a tin ear have three musical instruments? Learning. I was sitting alone thinking about how I would spend the rest of my days when Connie Continue Reading →
I don’t what bug bit me, but I rediscovered some energy and had a heck of a busy day
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BOY HOWDY! Something must have sneaked into my coffee or iced tea this morning and infected me with an urge to do work. It’s been a while. If you read my Continue Reading →
A bit of an explanation for friends who asked about me and Dylan Thomas, whiskey and late nights.
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I SUPPOSE AN explanation is owed, based on inquiries I’ve received this morning. Last night, or maybe early this morning I put a post on Facebook about Dylan Thomas, who days Continue Reading →
A Vignette
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I can’t start any real spring cleaning or planting yet, but I can think about it….. I AM MOVING into Spring Cleaning mode. Slowly. Slowly because major reconstruction at our apartment Continue Reading →
A Vignette
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Shortness of breath, fatigue, achy joints…why? Maybe it’s because the man in the mirror is old I HAVE HAD a tightness in my chest that I couldn’t explain. Recent heart tests Continue Reading →
It is another cold day and maybe the best use for it is to reflect, to think, to consider the future
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I HAVE declared today a day of reflection. Seemed like the right thing to do with a cold day, clouds mixing with weak sun and coming off a few days of Continue Reading →
A Vignette…
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As I age, acceptance is becoming more of a thing, but in the end whiskey and a joint may qualify as medicines I READ AN article the other day about this Continue Reading →
A Wall Too Far….fear-mongering threatens a unique National Park and throws a dark cloud over wonderful memories
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The madness of our times becomes most stark when it destroys the planet and its treasures..may this madness not come to pass IT IS SAD to think about the death of Continue Reading →
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Looking out my window on an overcast, cold February day, I want the flowers back… I WANT TO look out my window and see flowers and trees. Ten years ago, the Continue Reading →
Today is the last day of the heart monitor, and maybe the first day of Spring
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THIS IS THE last day I wear a heart monitor. It’s a tiny thing, but it’s annoying. I’ve had it on for 30 days. My cardiologist thought it a good idea Continue Reading →