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Yearly Archives: 2017

In Berkeley for Graduation

Tue, 16 May 2017, 10:00 PM (-06:00)

We went out and about. We hiked a coastal ridge trail to Pirate’s Cove. And of course, we (and a few others) watched our graduate graduate. Thumbs up!

Behold The Joy

Mon, 15 May 2017, 09:53 PM (-06:00)

With a bright sun shining and Pomp and Circumstance playing, the graduates streamed into the stadium, walking to their seats on the field. We saw them come in. We saw the radiant smiles. The relief. The joy. We all saw it. We all shared it. Tomorrow they would finally be able to sleep in without guilt. […]

Orange Over the Mountains

Mon, 15 May 2017, 09:28 PM (-06:00)

Flying west, we passed over the mountains.

From 30,000 Feet to Sea Level

Mon, 15 May 2017, 06:01 PM (-06:00)

1. Flying Over We left Austin on a Thursday afternoon. And as we flew over fly-over country, we saw the red monuments of  Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. source: maplogs And we saw the winding water of Lake Powell up to where in the distance the water abruptly stopped at Glen Canyon Dam. source: Lake […]

Reluctantly and Begrudgingly

Wed, 3 May 2017, 07:37 PM (-06:00)

I sat on the floor in the kitchen this evening next to Charlie as he ate his dinner, reluctantly at first as he always does, and then only begrudgingly, as if the kibble had no taste and offered nothing of interest. I kind of understand where he’s coming from. My tastebuds are still recovering from […]

Sitting Outside Being Not

Sun, 30 Apr 2017, 06:46 PM (-06:00)

It was chilly this morning — by Central Texas standards. At lunchtime in the park, we sat in the sun to warm our bones. It will be blisteringly hot soon enough. So the cool air blowing against our faces as we walked thru the woods was medicine for the soul and inoculation for the coming […]

I Thought It Was Going To Be Easier

Sat, 29 Apr 2017, 03:56 PM (-06:00)

Old People

Sun, 23 Apr 2017, 08:02 PM (-06:00)

It was lunch time. We were eating barbecue. We do that a lot, he and I. He was telling me something about a friend he has back home. She’s a woman roughly his mother’s age, if I got the gist. He stopped for a moment and looked at me. (It was just the two of […]

Getting Caught in a Blood Trap

Sun, 23 Apr 2017, 07:53 PM (-06:00)

Julia texted me from Kentucky with what I thought was a question. She asked if I knew what color blood is when it’s in our arteries and veins. There’s the easy answer, and then there’s the question of blue-blooded veins. And seeing as how I didn’t really know the answer, I made our back-and-forth texting […]

boogie on

Fri, 21 Apr 2017, 09:55 PM (-06:00)

This is what happens after a dinner of TexMex followed by an evenings of iTunes. Forgive me, please. It’s Friday. Might you recover from the week you had! … and enjoy the weekend!