There is a distinct and sudden feeling of Otherness, the second you cross over the border from eastern Texas into Louisiana. Reclaiming the helm at a welcome center just across the line, I immediately cruised us through Shreveport, and knew I was in the right state because the pro-environmental billboard on the side of the…
Category: Moments
Recap 1: The Last Days of Colorado
*BVoooooM!* That is the sound I keep hearing in my head, now that I am back online. You know, that “Ham Radio Coming Back On the Air, Pump Up the Volume Style” sort of sound. Hello world, greetings from Louisiana. As I write this, I am drinking an Abita Jockamo IPA and am at the…
Keeping it Together
Ow. I checked my mailbox on my way inside from walking the dog this morning, and our yearly Starfest postcard was waiting in there. Just, ow. Anyway. Greetings, world, from my very last Monday at the place I work, ever. What a strange, strange feeling. It is not without its certain sense of expected liberty, but…
Looked After
Something, or someone, is looking after me this morning in the smallest, yet most helpful, ways. My husband inadvertently stole my lighter this morning. I’m fairly certain it was not on purpose. His stuff and my stuff were all sitting in one pile, and I figure he just grabbed it all and ran. I laughed. …
Gifts
Once upon a time, there was a woman. She worked in a hospital, and one day she was discarding a needle into the standard red box that used needles go into, in that medical-facility sort of way. Despite her great care, she accidentally grazed that needle, and it broke the skin. That needle had been in…
Follow Your Crazy 