Heard this on the radio today; it reminded me of Jessica's post and of swimming in my teens down at the lake in Jacksonville, FL ( Read more... )

I'm departing this afternoon from cvirtue & metageek and their children's home in Chelmsford, Ma, and flying back to the West Coast. With the time change as well as Jet lag I will no doubt be fuzzier than usual when I arrive back in SFO. Thank goodness ingridthefair is picking me up from the airport, as I suspect I'd prefer to just lay down on a bench and sleep when I arrive ( Read more... )

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I hope everyone had a great, not overly stuffed Thanksgiving. After a week driving from San Diego across the Mojave, Joshua Tree National Forest, Owens Valley, up through Death Valley, around Mono Lake, and home (1113 miles on the rental car), I am back at Jen's house in Rancho Cordova for a really terrific Thanksgiving. Duncan is home, which is ( Read more... )