I am finally back in LA after two weeks away. Ray and I got up early this morning and drove in from Ojai. We left at 5:45 am to beat the traffic. We barely made it, encountering some major bogs as we approached LA. Luckily, Ray suggested a diversionary route which helped us avoid much…
Month: May 2016
My Mini-Bio for My Online Class
Hi all, Well, I don’t think it’s fair to ask you to write your mini-biography without writing one of my own so you can know me a bit better. This is going to serve as my blog post as well since it’s going to be my 20 minutes a day of writing. I hope you’ll…
Sunday evening in Ojai
I am posting this as I sit in the back of the van on a bed we have made for ourselves. We have a foam mattress plus sleeping bags that makes this spot nice and soft. Sarah and her family are sleeping in the Airstream, Rachael and Ariel are in a tent, and Bri and…
Holbrook, AZ and The Tedeschi Trucks Band
It’s 11:30 at night. We left Sherman, Texas this morning at around 9:30 am; just arrived in Holbrook, Arizona for the night. Of course, we are tanked up on coffee and wide awake…uh oh. Not good. Our goal is to arrive in Ojai around 4:30 tomorrow afternoon, which means we’ll be getting up at 6…
Preparations to Head West
Ray and I have been preparing all day today for our westward trek, which starts early tomorrow morning. We have wrapped up all the last-minute details that come when you live in two places. We had business dealings this morning, lunch with an old friend, spent the afternoon at the antique mall adding inventory to our…
Commemoration of Father James Garrard
This evening we went to an event at St. Stephen’s Episcopal church here in Sherman, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the death of Father James Garrard, who was the rector from 1968 – 1995. Father Garrard was one of those exceptional people who knew how to be a regular fellow while still being an exemplary…
Condo Cleaning and A Few Thoughts on the Role of Parents
Well, I thought we’d be leaving early this morning from Fort Worth, but instead, the more we cleaned the condo, the more we saw that needed to be cleaned. We ended up rushing to leave by 3:30 pm. Yikes. My day was spent cleaning all those icky areas that I didn’t think about until I…
Fort Worth Condo
We are here in Fort Worth doing the last minute preparation necessary for our new tenant who officially begins renting our condo here on June 1. We are leaving early in the morning to head back to Sherman but worked too late tonight to want to make the trek. This was Sarah’s condo during medical…
Repost: Brother George’s Last Day
Fourteen years ago, my brother George passed away. He was 54 years old. George called on the evening of May 2nd, 2004 and told me that death was coming soon. My response: “Can you hold on until tomorrow? I’ll get there as fast as I can.” His response was, “I’ll try.” Thanks to my husband Ray,…
An Early Morning Trip Out Into the Rain
Ray and I were awakened around 5:30 this morning by the rumbling of thunder and the flashing of lightning as a thunderstorm rolled into the Sherman area. Rain came pounding down, which normally would be comforting when all snuggled in bed, but not this time. We had not completely covered the trailer out back, which had…
20 Minutes a Day 