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Sometimes I crack myself up.
If you want to fall asleep at will, there are several very easy tips I can share that will have you snoozing and snorting like a comatose overfed puppy. First make a list of all the lonely people you know, …
Just South of the Base
Come on Noreen; let’s get moving the ceremony starts in a half hour. Dick’s cackling voice bounced off the linoleum floors and bounded down the hallway to where Noreen was pulling the pink foam curlers from her hair with one …
falconry
I hate it when I catch sight of something that doesnt seem to fit the puzzle- like environmental energy activist Robert Kennedy jr. And his falconry addiction- that leads me to research about these things I've heard of but really …
that car wash
Ive been there twice. I should go tomorrow and leave it first thing, pick it up at lunch. My car is disgusting. It is a dog car, I've got two crates in the back, a little esky for keeping my …
We Baby Boomers are All That- are we?
Did I just wake up? Or did I just have an Oprah ah ha moment? Old people irritating me by testing (torturing) young people. Setting GNC- young girl working, old guy I'm guessing mid 60s quizzing her how many mgs …
Reaching for the Light
I've been sitting here for hours. hours. Trying not to spend money. Trying not to eat (again). Trying not to drink out of boredom. slippery slope. I took too many pictures on the trip. I made too many tiny little …
Reflections Day 3 or at least half of it...whew!
24.4.12 Up before the alarm, and my phone was now charged, so I plugged in the back up battery for my camera. Off to breakfast, bread, crepes, orange juice, coffee, jam and a little triangle of soft Swiss. I do …
How I ended up in Marrakech Part 2
I decided I would return in 2011 and participate in the Caravane. On my 60th birthday in 2010, I set a box in the corner of my party, asking my friends to contribute to my voyage, if they wished. I …
Reflections Day 2
23.4.12 Morning comes and I get up and take a shower before the alarm sounds. I go to the dining area and have a breakfast of bread and crepes and jam and dark strong coffee, and orange juice. I load …
reflections Day 1
I sit at home. Day 8 after my return from Marrakech. I feel like I am in a movie. Where are my travel companions, my new friends? Sunday 22.4.12 We arrive in Tata, almost 12 hours since I left the …
How I ended up in Marrakech the first time
My path to this journey began in 2004. I was on my way to work in San Diego, California on a commuter train “The Coaster”. I had noticed a girl sitting in the same car as I normally sit, and …
Skeeters
I worked in the garden last weekend. went to the orange big box store and the nursery with the decadent dessert shop. Unloading the car- 4 cubic yards of potting soil, one flat of drought resistant succulent ground cover, 2 …
TIGHT
my forehead is tight. My jaw is tense. it's only Thursday, and I'm beat. I've never suffered fools gladly. At least as far as I can recall And since I'm solo, there is no one here to contradict me. I …
She's back
I'm still editing and writing and trying to work. i've got tons of photos and videos, but i thought you'd like to see the album i just received from a new friend from this journey, a professional photographer from Italy,. …
day 7
Back in Marrakech after 10 hours in the bus yesterday. To dinner with my Italian friends Fausto Marcia Marina , Flora, Daniela from Switzerland, christelle a la Paris to the square for dinner of mixed fish and two coffees and …
Waking to the call of a Rooster in herb scented linens
I arrived at 5:25pm and it was still daylight. After long lines through passport control, made it to the currency exchange, and that took a while. Don't know if my guy was new, or there's some sort of alert on …
Peter Paul and uh Mary and Tallsharon!
I'm leaving on a jet plane. shortly. Glass of pinot and big glass of water without ice. Chicken on chibatta (sp) with brie Onion rings. with Ketchup. yeah. I ate so many vegetables today, and two apples. Left the other …
Batteries R Us
So, out of the blue, I've visited this business twice in the last month. I'm getting ready for a trip, and have a tiny Pentax digital camera - a couple years old, and I needed a back up battery in …
Boat Boy
Waking from a dreamless sleep, consciousness thrust its way into her body, rudely interrupting her plan to sleep in. It’s 3am and the house is mostly dark, except for ghostly shapes rising from appliances and night lights, and the reflections …
Saved by a Beer
We were the outsiders, the newbie, the targets, my wife might say. I saw John walk in with his new bride Sarah, out of the corner of eye, through the closed screen on the sliding door, the front door opening …