I have slept in unusual places. It began the day I got married. We left our wedding reception in a hale of rice. With the passenger side window stuck open, I got the worst of it. Rice and all, we headed to San Francisco, to the place I "thought" we would spend the night. Unfortunately, …
Yesterday marked our first full week on the road. It's been great. It's also been hard. Much of the time it felt like the steep grade on highway 140 in eastern Oregon. We made it but not without a great deal of sweat and wringing of hands...well, that was mostly me. This first week was …
Things have been quiet at my house. I mentioned a few weeks back a yard sale was in the works ... but there was some question if it would happen. It hasn't. It isn't....not even a remote possibility. While I was out-of-town last month, Doug hurt his knee. We wait for a surgery date. Each evening as …
Before our move to Alaska, my life was pretty safe. I'd never really met an on purpose mean person. I was about to. The tow truck operator .... I do remember his name but will keep it to myself. From now on I'll refer to him as "the man" and his place of business as "the shop". I forgave …
"HE is before all things, and in HIM all things hold together"... Colossians 1:17 Wish I'd known that verse before we left Destruction Bay. But maybe it wouldn't have mattered. What I did know that morning .... God's handiwork dazzled our eyes around every turn. It was too big to capture with a cheap camera. …
...if you've started reading our great adventure today, you can find parts one and two here and here. We've a few more pages left to this story...... It was snowing lightly that first morning in Haines. Reports said blizzard, so we hurried thru breakfast. We should have savored it ....it was to be the last "normal" meal for a while. …
I've known my husband over 43 years. Doug is an original thinker. He's not afraid to try the untested. He has faults, but being wimpy is not one of them. It's one thing to sit behind a computer screen and type what you believe....it's something totally different to stand in front of people and say and/or do …
My youngest son turned 29 last week and it reminded me how much I hate flying. Conversely, I flew a lot last week and that always reminds me of Daniel. Does it not occur to anyone but me how unnatural it is to hurtle thru space in a metal object? And while you're up there …
Spending last week in the Washington D.C. area was terrific. It was a rare chance for me to unwind, take walks, read and reflect. Although Doug's primary purpose was work, we managed to pack alot of miles, a lot of sights and a lot of good food into the in between spaces. I love good southern …
I was intrigued to find poet Walt Whitman had been at the Battle of Fredericksburg during the Civil War... bought a thin booklet about his life and some selected writings at the bookstore in Arlington. He was 42 when the war started. His younger brother George joined the 51st New York Volunteers. Hearing his brother had been hurt, …
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