Places
The convenience of isolation
When we lived in Medford, MA, we had two major supermarkets within a mile, yet I often found myself looking at the refrigerator an 11 pm and discovering that I had no milk for my morning cereal. We now live in Aguanga, CA, which is ten miles from anywhere and 15 miles from the nearest … Continue reading
Wile E. sighting
Two days after I saw the roadrunner I saw a coyote, just outside the park gates. I guess those cartoons had more basis in reality than I thought.
Beep beep
I saw my first roadrunner yesterday. We were walking the dogs around the RV park and it just walked out of the bushes about 20 feet in front of us. Having been raised on Roadrunner cartoons, I couldn’t help but look around to see if Wile E. Coyote was hiding nearby, perhaps with an Acme … Continue reading
The trek-ula to Temecula
We left San Jose last Saturday, heading south in search of warmer temperatures. It was a 2-day trek with two wildly different segments. The first day was a bucolic trip down the central valley, a mostly-flat and fairly boring trip. There were a lot of orchards and vegetable fields lining I-5. The only hilly and … Continue reading
Temecula address
For those (very few) of you who want to write and/or send gifts, here is our new address: General Delivery Aguanga, CA 92536 I will describe the new place and our trip down here soon.
A dog’s life
We leave tomorrow to head down to Temecula. We are looking forward to the drive as sitting still for two months seemed unnatural after three straight months of travel. But it will be just two days of travel, then 3 to 4 more months of staying put. Although they haven’t said so, we believe the … Continue reading
Winchester Mystery House
This is a catch-up (catsup, ketchup?) post. We went to the Winchester Mystery House exactly one month ago – January 6th – but I haven’t gotten around to blogging about it until now, partly because the few pictures that we took (interior photos are not permitted) didn’t come off the camera until this morning. The … Continue reading
Alcatraz
We will be leaving the Bay Area in a few days and will be leaving a lot of “wish list” things undone. We aren’t going to drive across the Golden Gate Bridge and we aren’t going to ride the cable cars. But we can cross off Alcatraz because we went there last Sunday. It was … Continue reading
My traditional January cough DIDN’T arrive
Unlike most previous years, I did not hack my way through January. So even though December here was one of the coldest, rainiest ever, and January was cooler than normal, my body seemed to appreciate the lack of 0-degree windchill days and stinging sleet. Winter in California ends in February, so if I hang in … Continue reading
Happy birthday, sucka
Yesterday was my birthday. I got some nice cards and some warm telephone calls. If you called or sent a card… thank you! If you didn’t… I know where you live. The big fun event of the day was dinner at the Claddagh Restaurant in Gilroy, one of the finest Irish restaurants we have ever … Continue reading