(sunday afternoon)
Ah.. days of autumn. Blue skies, sunshine, perfect temps and a really dirty car. Well, it's quite impossible to wash "Ruby" here in the apartment complex. no hose.. no connection.. no good place to make a mess. Now, just down the street is a carwash that we could drive ole Ruby through, but at $18 a wash (and that's minimum), ( Read more... )

Last year, when I decided to create this LiveJournal site for my own as well as everyones occasional & casual enjoyment, I also made a firm commitment to myself that this web journal of ours would not get into two (always volatile) subjects: politics.. and religionToo many times have we all experienced unnecessary conflict and heated debate with ( Read more... )

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You know... we ALL could be here right now:


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..Our life in the big city.. well, we are still doing little more than just routinely puttering along here so there is nothing new at all to report on, at least nothing of any interest for anyone reading this ( Read more... )

Dear old friends and family and any other strayed reader.
Yeah, we know.. it's been a while since Patti or I have been moved to put anything onto our journal here.
It's certainly not because we have no time.. we've got plenty of that.
In fact quite a bit of our time is spent right here in front of the ole computers surfing around or writing ( Read more... )

Today is the daughter's birthday. Holy Smokes! Was it really 22 years ago?!.. argh! Where does the time go.. now fading into the ever receding past...?..
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Ah the road.. the road!
Josh, Luke and Mark.. and Sixto the dawg.. all enduring life friends (in spite of occasional growlings and fisticuffs amongst themselves on the road) have been plying their way along the southern "Fried Chicken Route", their 2005 looking-for-America and long planned roadtrip for some 6 weeks now ( Read more... )

Everything that one takes as "normal", as one’s own “ordinary life” can change in a second.
How many of we human beings, ever vulnerable to becoming damaged through accident, experiencing destruction, have thought that thought, and have discovered the absolute and disheartening truth of this? One second in time and everything has changed.

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..over 24 hours have passed and nothing has gone wrong.
Still, I am suspicious and paranoia lingers strong. Let's keep this up, O pioneer princess. Maybe if we just stay inside with the doors locked...maybe we can do another 24.