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Monday, April 4, 2016

Relapse

From warm sunny days to a relapse of winter, and now back to sun and warmth again... I've got doors open to the lovely weather; the green haze in the trees grows stronger daily. The couple of hard freezes over the past couple of weeks did not, glad to say, discourage the budding leaves on the lilacs, either. Congestion has cleared from sinuses and chest, so I feel much better, but after just a little activity, my get up and go, as they say, has got up and went. Maybe it's the lack of morning... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 31, 2016

Some of you will laugh...

I just did a little detective work--it didn't take much--when I noticed that there have been an awful lot of views of one particular photo over on Flickr. Not one of the recent ones, but one that does have a springtime theme, so I figured... someone is really into spring! Several times a day... many days in a row... https://flic.kr/p/bxGN4E So I looked a little further at the stats page which tells me more specifics, like the search term being used. "pussy" Someone out there is really into... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Getting to know you...

My step-grandson, is in town, hanging out with Uncle Charlie for his spring break. It's a complicated family, and it's a very good idea for this 17-yr old young man to have a break from it. So, "spring break" is particularly meaningful. There have been times I didn't much like any of the kids in that family. Keeping in touch and up-to-date keeps assumptions and assessments from getting stuck in the past. Well, we haven't had that. So I had some trepidation about this visit, but in fact, it has... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 28, 2016

Monday morning

Still moving through this cold which is currently tickling my breathing apparatus lower down, while the throat is no longer scratchy and the sinuses have mostly cleared. I take an intense expectorant and cough suppressant, and am preparing a large pot of berry/herbal tea to keep the cough from becoming a thing in itself that will take weeks to clear. The pot... recently acquired in Scipio, Utah at a little antiques shop a few doors down from the repair shop where work was being done on the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 25, 2016

home...

All seems well, live things still living, and the flicker still pounding his wee bird brain out on the side of the house... Alice and Crumpet are lively as ever, perhaps they are glad to have me back again to sit by them and give them cardboard tubes and stuff... I brought home a cold, first I have had in ages. Not feeling exactly up to snuff, but I will get back here soon when things have settled a bit. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 24, 2016

Fuguey night...

If you are watching my Travelblogue, you know that yesterday was a bit of a trying day, particularly when we discovered that the reason we seemed to be fighting the brakes for a considerable distance was that one of the stage tires was falling off. By nightfall, though, as described in the Travelblogue, we were really considerably fortunate in our bad luck, my brain settled into a state of fugue and confusion, not made any better by dancing around on Facebook, Blogit, and gmail. Short and medium... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Just when everything was going so well...

First, the sudden return of winter changed our route southwards. Second, the trailer has lost a wheel bearing which took us a while to realize, and while it could have been better, it could have been worse. We had just pulled off the highway into a little town called Scipio, Utah, and saw white smoke at the back. That was the tire rubbing against the bottom of the trailer. Immediately around the corner there is a little auto fixit place, one-man show, and he says he can get the parts MAYBE by... Sign in to see full entry.

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Just what we hoped to avoid...

Winter storm has hit the very route we had deemed the safest for the travels: snow, a little, and ice, somewhat. And wind over the prairies. We are in Evanston, Wyoming at 9 am, waiting a little. I-80 doesn't seem to get the same kind of traffic as some of the other east/west interstates, so I will give it a bit more time to effectively dry out the road. Temps are right around freezing, not really cold-cold, so that will help. I've got excellent all-weather tires, but not chains which are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 21, 2016

Moving on...

Turning our noses towards home this morning, after an exceptionally fine weekend in OlyWA. Not just because of the classic NW grey drizzle, but because of the company and some truly memorable eating experiences! Amanda, a good friend and former housemate from the Springs now lives in Oly, and we met up with her for a lunch at one of those places we always go to when in town: an actually good Chinese and sushi buffet. After lunch we walked at Tumwater Falls Park, another almost-always visit. That... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 19, 2016

Internet connection achieved!

We have made it to Olympia, WA through minor adventures like forgetting to check the gas when we left the motel this morning, and after getting on the interstate, seeing the Last Drop Light come on... We made it gingerly to the next station 7 miles up the road, and put 33.6 gallons of gas into our 34 gallon tank. Then, because of the orientation of the pumps and the size of the lot, ended up with someone volunteering to help back up the rig. I haven't got the hang of it yet, of steering so as... Sign in to see full entry.

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