Thomas’ Car Sees the World
2014-06-01
Thomas’s Car sneaked into my bag
A gift from a little boy.
But everywhere we go
That car is a nag
Though it’s just a toy.Continue Reading
A Sketchy Experience in Los Angeles
2014-05-31
MTM loves him some sketchbooks. Moleskines. Leather bound journals. Museum folios. Handmade pages bound in glass.
The last one in the list was a gift from me. To commemorate my Natchez Trace walk, I bought MTM a Donna Branch. We decided to use it on this trip to record memories and messages from our 10th anniversary.
That’s why our first day stranded in Los Angeles was fitting. I perused the LACMA website and found this:Continue Reading
Silver Linings Playbook
2014-05-30
Yes. It’s true. I almost threw things at 2am when we found out our flight to Sydney was cancelled. Backdraft from another plane blew an orange barrier into one of our engines. What was estimated to be a four hour delay morphed into not leaving Los Angeles at all.
We cannot flee LA until tomorrow night.
While I will miss much of the Rotary International Convention, I’m grateful for several truths:
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