Though I suspect she was out for the tip and I was pretty sure I'd seen her somewhere before, I only half-heartedly flirted. Mostly out of self interest thinking I should work on my skills occasionally so as not to lose them entirely. I was happy with the 'what can I get you darling' and …
My life has become something I can't begin to recognize. Sharp stabbing pains strike without warning. I spent the last week training people with my painted on smile and pretend levity. What is most sad is how much my teaching and facilitating skills are admired. Maybe instead of adrenaline, I am running on pure charisma. …
It's great to be home?
So I spent the entire last week in Denver only to come home and be trapped by an ice storm. Texas is a funny state. I suppose I could go out and drive but really why would I want to risk the fate of other drivers. Slip slidin' away Denver was wam and soothing like …
Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas…
Today, I found some pleasure shopping in the mall of all places. I had a running track record of not being in a mall in over three years but for the second time in three months I have entered the mecca of materialism. Although, today, I embraced it with gusto and offerred up all my …
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Each morning I wake to a new set of tears and pain in my chest. It's not a heart attack. At least I hope not anyway. Life has this perverse and unflinchingly cruel way of making you travel in circles. One minute you are spinning on the happy side with centrifugal force pulling you …
Dixie's Road Trip 