Turkey Trousers and Kleptomaniac Foxes
Voila! I have, at long last, visual proof that turkey pants, err, trousers, I mean, were actually worn by our London bird. In England, you see, ‘pants’ means ‘underpants.’ I [...]
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The Long Way Home
I failed to mention that Tex and I would be taking the long way home from London. In fact, we took a 14 day cruise across the Atlantic Ocean! I [...]
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NaNo NaBlo Wipe out!
Well, I crashed and burned on both NaBloPoMo and NaNoWriMo this year, but I am still glad to have dabbled in both. Because of the NaNo efforts, I met a [...]
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Big Grandma is Watching You!
I saw this atop a cab in Ft. Worth. I wonder if there are any other Grandma signs around town? Maybe, at the entrance to the hospital, there’s a reminder [...]
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Bon jour, y’all!
“Bon jour, y’all!” is how the server at the local French restaurant greeted us. This collage of phrases was melded together with a heavy Texan drawl and seemed utterly natural [...]
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Monet, the Fishing Spider
When it comes to spiders, I experience equal parts fascination and freak-out. So when I realized the one in the photo above was mere inches from me as I sat [...]
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Raindrop Halos
The rain in Spain may fall mainly on the plain, but in Texas it just bitch slaps you wherever you may be. Texan rain resembles the tempests you see in [...]
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Expired Inspiration
It’s late, I’m tired, and not too inspired. The opposite of inspiration is expiration, and while I’m not yet ready to expire, I am more than ready for bed. Despite [...]
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From Hopi Kachina Dolls to Phillip Glass
Big power lines like this remind me of Hopi Kachina dolls. Can you see what I mean? It’s in how the ‘arms’ jut straight out from the ‘body,’ and how [...]
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Do you want to explode?
I have noticed that the air in Texas quite often smells of steak, and not just when there’s a restaurant nearby. I’ve caught whiffs of char-broiled beef at the library, [...]
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