Good Morning! That was the greeting, cheery, bereft of any tinge of rancor, missing that subtle hint of big city irony when I hear a “good morning” in places like Austin. Or Dallas. It’s about half a block from the motel’s cabin to a convenience store. I helped myself to a tub of coffee to … Good Morning!

Trim the library Pick 100 books you can’t live without. Tough call. Probably impossible for me. But imagine that you saw the perfect trailer, an ideal new home, and the only problem was it was just a little shorter than where you currently live. The bathroom was big enough for a real shower, the bed … Trim the library

I still remember the singer’s song. It was an “open-mic” affair, one evening, and the guy was obviously from the coastal bend area. The lyric, the refrain that stuck with me? “Thirty minutes from the coast and three minutes from hell….” Not my sentiments, but an artful expression of longing, desire, and location. Lulling: home … Going coastal

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Weather report? Fashion choices? Or just travel expenses, again? Between the morning clouds and the late afternoon thunder-boomers, I worked in a few miles on the trail. I stopped and picked up a book, something for getting stuck in the airport, should that occur. [url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345330129/fishinguideto-20]A Door Into Summer[/url] by Robert. A. Heinlein. My reasoning is … Living in the present

I made ominous noises about “wanting to go to the coast” before I departed overseas. I caught break. Weather’s been miserable, or lovely, depends on point-of-view. Clouds and rain. Dampens one’s spirit for a coastal adventure. But does bring about a longing for a soak in a tropical sun, fresh seafood, and sand between the … Small plans – going coastal

Last fall, it was the Dali exhibit, plus, more than anything for me, seeing two particular plays done better than I’ve ever seen them done before. Forewarned is forearmed, I suppose. We’ve got tickets to Jerry Springer the Opera, Hamlet, and then, at the [url=http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/]Shakespare’s Globe[/url], Much Ado, Measure for Measure and the ubiquitous, R&J. … Big plans

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