I don’t know if this is a positive thing or not: as I grow older I see through people’s pretensions when I first meet them. Life experience seems to give us X-ray vision into a person’s motivations and behaviors. When we were younger, I think we projected all kinds of traits onto someone new and…
After a miserable cold and ugly sinus infection, I had that irrepressible urge that is useless to resist: get a make-over! On Saturday, I got a sassy, shorter haircut and dug out some decent clothes. The next issue: getting out and socializing. I have not had much luck finding a church here, so I visited…
Where is your dream vacation? If you could do anything you want today, what would you do? What makes you happy? Who makes you happy? Everyone can answer those questions, everyone knows what brings happiness and contentment to their lives. Sitting on a tropical beach, playing guitar, working the potter’s wheel; each brings a spike…
Sand! Sand in the sheets, on the floor, in my ear, and clinging to my shoes. Every day I sweep the camper and wipe the shoes. I cover the bed with Tango’s quilts, hoping to contain the sand on the bed surface. I am supposed to have outdoor flip-flops and indoor flip-flops, but I forget…
Reentry into civilization. Culture, coffee shops, healthy food, people, glorious people. In the parking lot, a cheery guy playing guitar to his lady, who was sitting in her car. Man in the choral concert Tuesday night with a man bun, something I have seen online but never in person. A friend from online who opened her…