Happy New Year, everybody! Isn’t this just an amazingly hopeful time of year? Looking back on what the last year brought into our lives, we begin to see forward into a year that’s full of promise and hope. It’s so
Good-bye and Hello!
Thoughts From an Airport
I’m sitting in McCarren International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, getting ready to fly up to Portland, Oregon, to spend the next couple of weeks over the Christmas holidays with my son and his family. Although I dearly love to
Baby Got New Shoes!
Li’l Homey got new shoes this week. The ones she had were in perfect shape, with probably less than 2000 miles on them, but they were car tires with a very low profile and I kept dragging the tongue jack
Giving Thanks… a little side dish of humor
What is sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander but is not necessarily sauce for the chicken, the duck, the turkey or the guinea hen. — Alice B. Toklas We’re having something a little different this year
The Awesome, the Not-So-Hot, and the Downright Freaky – What a Week on the Road Can Look Like
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – or what I’d rather call the Awesome, the Not-So-Hot, and the Downright Freaky. It’s what this past week on the road looked like for me. Let’s start with that last bit, the
There’s Something About a Breakdown…
Oh my, where do I start? Breaking down is probably the number one thing that keeps so many people from even starting on a road trip. We freak ourselves out with the “what-ifs” and the “I don’t know how to’s…”
It’s the Pits – or What a Stop at the Olive Pit Looks Like
I’m here in Northern California in olive country. It’s also almond and walnut country, and home to the Sunsweet-label dried plum industry. The Rolling Hills Casino is located here as well as the Sevillano Links Golf Course. The town of