Disorientation - Oct 6 '05 09:37:22 AM
It’s funny how many months it can take to become familiar with a new space. You find yourself reaching for the coffee filters on the left instead of the right. You reach for...
Dog-Eared Dog - Oct 5 '05 01:43:33 PM
Hans the Miniature Pinscher was shaking his head. Uh oh. That meant another ear infection. Even though he’s a pointy-eared type, he’s good for an infection about once a...
A Vulture or Two - Oct 3 '05 12:30:05 PM
A great blue heron and a white egret were not the only birds competing for fish off the banks of our East Texas lake house. When a single fish somehow flopped up on the bank and...
Lewis and Billy Ray - Oct 1 '05 07:24:06 AM
It all started with the wild ducks. They squawked overhead as they came in for a landing right before our very eyes. Wildlife! Takeoff was an equally exciting event as we heard...
The Dead Zone - Sep 30 '05 10:17:29 AM
If you are lucky enough to take a morning walk in the country, you’ll be exposed to all sorts of noises – or complete silence. Our new little lake home is part of a larger...
Movers and Shakers - Sep 29 '05 07:20:08 AM
We were in the final throes of finishing our lake house. It was the second week in January and we had to vacate our rental home on a Wednesday, the last day of the month. Plenty...
Stocking Up - Sep 27 '05 07:48:46 AM
A few weeks before we began our East Texas Adventure, we realized that necessities would no longer be just down the street or around the corner – they would be about 15 miles...
Good Riddance, Rita - Sep 25 '05 11:42:05 AM
We spent all day Saturday in East Texas looking at the remnants of Rita. Both on television and from actual windows on our own world. She pounded us with gusty, non-stop winds...
Guy Places - Sep 20 '05 12:08:52 PM
You would think – what with the liberation of women and all – that it would never be a problem to enter shops in a small town. Right. You’ll usually be fine at the large...
Going Nowhere - Sep 13 '05 08:29:24 AM
As our little lake house was nearing completion, we began letting go of our temporary town. The holidays were approaching and it didn’t seem right to actually put up a tree....
Phone Book Library - Sep 10 '05 12:30:26 PM
When you live in a city, you get one big honker-sized phone book. It’s handy for sitting on to raise the level of your butt. You get two or more of them for each phone in your...