I crossed into Montana today on I -25. Again, so many memories, especially in the Big Horn Mountains. Unlike my trip through here in May of this year on my way to Ohio, the terrain is the color of oat straw. A few irrigated crops remain unharvested but everything else is down. I had hoped…
I have spent the last week in the cool, crisp, and charming Central Colorado Mountains. My friends live at 8000 feet but are surrounded by a string of 14,000 ft mountains. Daytime temps were in the 70s and nighttime temps in the 40s. Perfection. The best part of the layover – staying with wonderful friends. They…
My first landing site: New Mexico. Seems appropriate enough since some would say that I am alien-ish. After a medical appointment in Albuquerque, I traveled to the mountains in Central Colorado for a week.I am staying with friends who spoil me with home-cooked meals and insanely delicious strong coffee. Tango loves their dog Cody, and yesterday…
Tomorrow I leave Akron and return to my nomadic lifestyle. Excited? Yes! Sad? Yes! After spending 2.5 months with my elderly parents, it is time to head west towards my in-utero grandson and his parents. I go northwest for a short trip up to Michigan and the Lake Michigan dunes, then: South to Albuqueque North…
My mom is in a nursing home for one reason: she is in a wheelchair now and can no longer stand up without help. None of us is strong enough to help. Mom fell too many times and the next fall might be the last. For her and many others, falling means reduced mobility and a…
I discovered last August that the flagship Joann Fabrics store is about 10 miles north of Akron. It sits in all it’s gorgeousness in a grassy corporate complex, with the store on the right and the corporate offices to the left. The first time I saw the store, I swore that glorious strains of classical…
Soon I will be on the road, full of the traveler’s sense of adventure and freedom. The adventure sometimes includes just heading in a certain direction and traveling back roads, confident I will end up where I want to be. I might detour north or south to see a historic site advertised on a road sign.…
Hi, it’s Tango. Jane has forgotten how to write and conjugate simple verbs, thanks to “problems” with the blog site. While she sharpens her pencils, rereads Strunk and White, and clears the debris from her foggy mind, I will fill in. Here is the news: I am sick of city life. I should be herding grizzly bears in…
I slept well last night so I decided that this would be the day when I stay on the phone with Blue Host until my website problem gets solved. I wondered if the problem was related to all my banking changes last summer and not a technical support issue? I dialed billing this time and clenched…
Taking care of crabby elderly parents is tough, physically and mentally. Healthcare system workers – even docs – can be grumpy and uncaring. The senior care system is abysmal. One night last week the dinner menu: bologna and cheese sandwiches (I eat with Mom every night). Add to that, parents always saying “WHAT” because they cannot hear.…