It’s only 43 degrees at five o’clock Saturday morning. However, the big news happened yesterday. After taking Bernie and Chris for their exercise, cutting their exercise a bit short, we went to the storage facility, and I hitched up the Casita and brought it home. A few days earlier I decided I wanted to spend …
Month: December 2017
What an amazing day!
It is three o’clock Tuesday afternoon on, December 26, 2017. I’ve been looking forward to this day for some time… although I didn’t know this would be ‘The day.’ I strip off my second pair of vinyl latex-free paint-splatted disposal gloves. I stretch my full-length body; both arms grab the sun-drenched sky, both legs achingly …
Early Christmas morning
A half-moon and 46 degrees in an ink black Christmas morning. Last night... about nine... I witnessed a few fireworks. Nothing elaborate like on the fourth of July. Silent splashes of color... too far away to hear any sound. It was quiet. No cars, no sirens, no dogs or coyotes sounding off. Not a deep quiet... just a …
Merry Christmas
Burr… Sunday with the sun coming up on December 24, 2017. It’s 43 degrees with no wind. Bernie and Chris are super frisky this cold day before Christmas. There isn’t any sign of construction workers at the future mental hospital site. The men have been working furiously for the last week… pouring cement foundations and …
Casita – Quartzsite trip report
Like most things I plan (or over-plan), the Quartzsite trip didn’t pan out as expected. With a very small fanfare (a couple of neighbors saw us off with ‘have fun’ waves). That was early Friday morning, just after seven. Those same neighbors spotted the car headlights and Casita trailer lights as we pulled back to …
Casita update
Monday evening I’d decided to move the Casita from my storage spot, A-66, to my home. Very early Monday morning, it was only forty-three degrees in front of the house, but when we arrived at our exercise spot, the temperature was thirty-seven degrees. I didn’t wear gloves. Bad mistake. Tuesday morning at seven was …
Quartzsite, AZ (before it happens)
My friend, Marilyn, asked me a question about Quartzsite. I tried to leave a comment and included a picture. I wasn’t successful. So, I am creating this special blog entry to explain today’s blog about Quartzsite. FIRST… Our next week camping trip to Quartzsite will be in the same general area but NOT to attend …
Construction smells
The fresh cement smell assaulted my nose this morning. Sunrise had appeared at seven-ten on Sunday, December 10, 2017. On weekends we take advantage of no construction happening. I use two separate locations to exercise Bernie and Chris. On weekdays, we travel to vacant lots about thirteen miles from our home. Although construction goes on …
A memorable morning
I struggled against the 30 mile-per-hour wind, my pants plastered against my straining legs, my upper body leaned forward, my windbreaker arms flapped, its fabric painted me. The chilled northwest wind never lets up. December 7, 2017, proved a bear I battled for my morning exercise. Chris' nose pointed into the wind; his ears pushed …
Is this my future? Can it by Yours?
At 9:30 Monday morning on December 4, 2017, this headline caught my attention. https://www.infowars.com/3d-printed-suicide-machines-will-usher-in-a-silent-genocide/ Could this be in MY future? Can it be in YOUR future? Be honest… if you are over fifty… haven’t you at least thought about YOUR remaining years… and what control you want to have over them… especially… “when it’s Your …
Challenges & Adventures 