vacation time

I just decided yeserday morning that I am going to be on vacation until after the holiday. Have I ever mentioned that I love my job and the freedoms it affords me. So I am here in austin for a few days and then who knows where I will go next. I've got lots of …

Laredo

Melly called and asked if I wanted to join them for a shopping excursion to Mexico. I thought it was a good chance to see something different with the safety of people who'd already been. So, I said 'why not'. We rented a car and drove south from Austin. It took use several hours. We …

things I love about the hill country

that there is a river every ten miles... the 20 degree temperature change when you coast down into a valley on any Texas blacktop at night... pedernales falls... the smell of juniper and cedar... night skies where you can see the stars fall into the distant coast... that there is a river every ten miles... …

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 …