Yesterday, around noon, it was sunny and cool, but warm enough to enjoy driving with the window down. As I headed back from a bank on Chapman Highway, crossing the river back to downtown, listening to Neko Case's Blacklisted, I sense the pitch of pre-winter and the music are perfect, that match in climate and tone that only happens now and then. ( Read more... )

Driving north away from Cave City, I knew I wanted to make good time before I lost the sun. I pushed the car a little bit, impressed at its performance thusfar and found it was hard to get a signal on my cell phone, couldn't find any sustained company for the longer leg of my drive.

( Drop n Jaw )

These are the kinds of things that make Jason ridiculously happy to be alive ( Read more... )

I keep an extra pair of cheap plastic sunglasses in my car just in case a kind passenger might have a need for them.

Something appeals to me about passing them over, without a word, smiling from behind my own cheap sunglasses as they take them from me.

Not sure what's up, but I woke up at 6:30 this morning. Lay there a bit til I realized it was useless trying to go back to sleep. Got up, showered, knew I didn't have to be at work til 1 ( Read more... )

I consider yesterday to be my own first day of spring.

( paths )

My car did more than well yesterday. It practically soared to Little Rock, without jerks, without coughs, without stalls, without warning dashboard lights. I had to rub the steering wheel appreciatively.

It was really good to hang out with creepy1966, to meet his wife T., see his daughter Lillian and his friend Arturo again. I sort of dallied in my mind ( Read more... )

So, I'm about to get in the shower and head cross the river to Little Rock. I would say a PennyCostal prayer of safety, but that may bring a Southern curse on my head and engine. So, if y'all will, just think me a clean push without rattles, ok? So I won't end up on the side of the road in rural Arkansas.

:)

First off, I am very happy to have a wonderful outing planned for my day off this Friday. I am going to test my GrannyHoopdie and push her across the Missus Ipp' to spend the day with creepy1966 . I hate that I won't be able -- because of work -- to make it Thursday night to hear his band play at Vino's, but I am poppin'-'cited to just hang out, maybe ( Read more... )

This past weekend was really nice.  For one, Joe and I did some more roadtripping -- lucky that, since we were surprised to find my grannyhoopdie could make it an hour out of town.  We headed down to Northern Mississippi, got lost in mind, pulled off to get a map (NO! not $5 when you can peek and go), got tempted by the chicken strips and corn dogs ( Read more... )