There’s a stretch of Interstate 75 in north Florida that never fails to give me goose bumps. A few miles north of a small town called Micanopy the highway rises over a small crest and descends into a vast, empty basin called Paines’ Prairie. A hundred years ago it was a large lake. It became a prairie when a big sink hole opened up and gave the water someplace else to go. Truth be told, it’s…
There are a few of you out there who know I have no love of the local news – as presented by our local television stations. A prime example came over the airwaves this morning (or more precisely, the cable). The weather personality said it was pretty cold outside, and we should all allow a few extra minutes to let our cars heat up before our drive to work. According to two outside opinions…
This was the first place I lived away from home. The place was old, in a built in the tasteless, late ’50s kind of way. It had very little character, unless you like sprawling, soulless brick boxes.
Still, I remember the days when everyone laid out in the sun by the lake on nice days… except for when the alligators were out sunning themselves. I remember pizza deliveries, people leaving for…
I’m making the drive up to the State Hospital in Chatahoochee to see my mother this weekend. I’m not worried that the 12 hours in a car will do me much harm, but the exposure to germs gives me pause. Still, it’s been five months since I’ve seen my mother. I simply can’t stay away any longer.
I haven’t checked the weather yet, but it could be interesting. Chatahoochee is practically on…
For no particular reason, I was thinking about the things that I do poorly the other day. (You may be reading this and thinking about the same thing.) Last night I got on my bike and everything got a whole lot better. I’ve missed bicycling. I’ve never tried meditation, but I wonder if my bike has a similar effect (on me).
I hop on my bike, start peddling, and for long stretches I lose track…
Beth is a champ.
She missed her opportunity to test with the rest of her group last week in Tae Kwon Do, so we sprung for the private test. In my mind, the “private” test is a bit misleading. When you test with the group, you do the form as a group. When you take a “private” test, you do it by yourself; but you’re still doing it in front of the entire class (just not in front of all the…
Here’s a little something I that made me laugh, when I really needed to this morning:
November 3, 2007: Congressional Urge
October 6, 2007: A New War
September 29, 2007: Our Sick Children
September 22, 2007: Saving the Loaners
September 8, 2007: Down Under
And for you Nixon fans, my favorite:
September 1, 2007: Richard M. Nixon
A word of warning. Some of this stuff can just as easily make you…
Those are two beautiful words. I’m not saying this because I’m a lobbyist (I’m not by the way). Those two words are significant because we paid off our magnificent iMac today, courtesy of a bonus that appeared in our checking account today (and well deserved, if you’re willing to take my admittedly biased word for it).
I’d feel better if we’d paid off the cars, the roof (which we had…