I've had something like six weeks in Deer Trail, and I'm noticing things I never noticed before. Like cows. And everyone knows Deer Trail is the home of the first rodeo, right? Then there's the Bijou telephone Co-op, and Asshole's Garage. Yep, that's what it's called....
Some fun in Deer Trail. The local electrical service company told my parents they had to have a service upgrade to correct a code violation. The contractor they sent - Leo's Electrical Service of Hugo, Colorado - provided a dozen new code violations that leave the...
DC is kind of empty for the holidays - at least, that's how it seemed to me. It's such a transient city - many of the people you meet are not from here, so they go elsewhere for family events like Christmas. I certainly do. But not this year. This was Kyna's first...
Kyle came up with the idea - we'd all go to St. Louis to attend Pat's daughter's wedding. Pat and Kyle were best friends growing up, and Pat's family and our family were the closest of neighbors. So... we made our plans. Kyle arguably had the best night of all of us,...
This will be my longest blog yet - tons of fun with Kyle, Maureen, Lauren, Dad and the cats in Alaska for Thanksgiving. Kyle and Maureen live in a beautiful high-ceilinged house near Palmer and Wasilla, Alaska. Lauren spends her weekends there, often doing homework -...
Dad came to DC in September for a reunion of sailors from the U.S.S. Hornet. Dad's in the upper right corner, the classy looking one. I heard stories... these guys have lived a lot. I never knew Dad was an electrician working on the gyroscope of the ship. There were...
There's my sister, Lady Liberty, and me! I felt so close to the Big Green Goddess after our visit to her island. Kyna had never been to New York, and I'd never been to see the Statue of Liberty. We took a few days between her posts and went to soak up some...
Oh, Mexico. You never know what you'll find. We had rabbit tacos at a roadside restaurant, and outside this car was sprouting... something. I had had a PERFECTLY AWFUL experience at a conference in a nearby city, and returned to the capital with my mood gloomy and my...