I forgot to mention that our power had been restored. It meant no more dead silent nights. Being someone that sleeps with the sound of a fan, that was especially great for me. I slept well. I woke around 6 and made coffee. I sat reading about the news coverage on my phone. I am sure I cooked some kind of breakfast but have already forgotten ( Read more... )

I woke up at 5 am. I had slept. Glorious day! I felt halfway decent and excited about the day. I called Charlie and Kathleen picked me up. When we got there we got started. I rubbed down the ribs. I got the smoker going. We worked on charlies chicken. We pulled the pork. I had made a Chiptole Red BBQ Sauce before the storm. Rodney had a ( Read more... )

I woke up. My candle was not burned down very far. What time is it? Who could tell? There is no power, nothing time relative except the sun and that was obviously a whiles away. The problem with drinking a bunch of beer before you go to bed is you wake up like that. Since I was awake I had to go. I got up and went to the bathroom. I turned ( Read more... )

We snaked our way along Forest Lake Drive. On the corner an SUV was next to a power line pole and it had metal wires all wrapped through it and around it. It looked like they had come alive and had crawled into every part of the car they could have. We did not see any more trees across streets that didn't already have chainsaw crews on them. We ( Read more... )

One of the complexities of being alive is the beauty within destruction. I have always been one to notice lighting especially the outside. This day was crisp and the clearest I think I have ever seen. It may be because my senses are sharper than usual but I do not think so. I think that the storm pulled all the moisture out. The air was dry ( Read more... )

The previous days events made it almost impossible to sleep. I kept waking up and drifting back. Finally around 4:30 I settled on not being asleep. When I woke up this time, I didn't immediately remember why I was sleeping on Jon and Laura's futon. I had done this many nights when we were out drinking and I had just stayed there. Then I ( Read more... )

The sound was cliche like a freight train, not that I can distinguish between a passenger train and a freight. It was an all encompassing roar. What I was not prepared for was the pressure. You could feel it sucking in and out and all around. That was not just in my head. We heard our garbage cans and other items banging around outside. We ( Read more... )

When I woke up that day, I heard loud crashes of thunder. The kind that make your windows shake and your hair tingle. I got up and clicked on the James Spann with my coffee. He told me how I had just escaped death. I had heard there was going to be bad thunderstorms but this was the first I was hearing of how bad the weather might be that day ( Read more... )

Well I am in. I love how young every ones user photos look.

This seemed appropriate and all.


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Its that time again. New Years fast approaches. I wanted to extend an invitation to everyone that does not have plans to the annual Pickens farm party. If anyone that I know is reading this and does not know what this party is all about or needs directions call me at 202-997-2354. This year the cook off will be pork tenderloin. At first I was ( Read more... )