There are three types of oak tree in Guadalupe Oak Grove Park, and one of them is evergreen! This is a lovely neighbourhood park which attracts dog walkers and people like Jamie and myself looking for a nice short walk before it rains. The three types of oak […]
We have arrived! This has been a long day, but I am glad we started out early. We left our hotel in Winnemucca at 7 AM and arrived in San Jose at 5 PM. It is a distance of about 415 miles (668 km) but it involved driving […]
Today we drove from Idaho Falls, Idaho to Winnemucca, Nevada, which is roughly 445 miles (716 km). This is a long unexciting section of the journey with very little to look at. The most challenging part was making sure I didn’t run out of gas during the hundreds […]
Today we drove from Shelby, Montana to Idaho Falls, Idaho which is 441 miles (710 km). The roads were bare and dry, the weather was good, and there was very little traffic. We listened to more episodes of The Strange Case of Starship Iris and Dear Hank and […]
Today, Jamie and I began our trip south for the winter. Jamie is keeping me company, managing all the electronics, reminding me to eat, and generally making the time go by much faster than it does when I do this alone. We drove from Edmonton Alberta to Shelby […]
I am now fully recovered from the fall I had last spring; my hips feel good and my wrist is working well. There are only a few minor issues to remind me of the pain and drama, but I can live with having one finger that doesn’t bend […]
[The following is the third part of a story I began here and continued here.] In 1971, after I had left my marriage and moved in with a college friend, Nancy Miller, one of the things I had to resolve was that AR had taken off with the cheque book […]
I am a snowbird who travels south for the winter. When I get there I have a bird of paradise plant on my patio.
