Monthly Archives: November 2011

There’s only one chair in the house, so no one can sit around the table and eat together. I thought about it, and decided that we could pick up a log and maybe make a bench that would seat a … Continue reading →

The oldest boy had put down in his yearbook a few years back that he wanted to be a vet when he grew up. So, we stopped at the vet school. I wanted to give them some practice with initiative, … Continue reading →

We went down to Austin to meet some of my family. They treated us to an “all you can eat” chinese buffet which the kids really enjoyed. They never get to go to buffets – a McDonalds or a Taco … Continue reading →

We got close to the property site well after dark. As it turns out, the area had no street signs (or they were worn), so after going down a few streets and looking for the spot, we kind of decided … Continue reading →

I drove back out to East Texas on Friday, stopping to get gas at an Exxon station in Shepherd. There was a female dog at the truck stop that had been there since the day before. The truckstop owner was … Continue reading →

Bully Rescue I went down south for a couple of days. Buster had not made it through the last winter. I had thought he would have, and probably would have died this summer, but he didn’t make it. He was … Continue reading →

I went by my old place in east Texas – the first one that I had bought for $550 a few years back. Going in the old lot. A look around. I guess it had been seized for back taxes … Continue reading →

Over in Louisiana now. Stopped at Poverty Point Resevoir to walk my dogs. At the trailhead, I saw 2 dogs run off. They are beautiful (about 6 mo to 1 year old pups), both female, and bonded to one another. … Continue reading →

A growth Spent the night out in Selma at the National Voting Rights Museum, and woke up to cross the bridge with the dogs at sunrise. It was a beautiful sunrise over the fog-covered Alabama River. The site of the … Continue reading →

There had been over a million steps for diabetes across most of the eastern united states, the south, the midwest, texas. I had even crossed into Mexico (illegally), and done quite an adventurous tour there, distributing flyers to raise awareness … Continue reading →