Lanie brought a fresh tray of drinks out to patio and set it down on the wooden cocktail table in the midst of the grouping of four deck chairs. The sun was beginning to set so she lit a large pillar candle ensconced in a glass hurricane…

Do you ever get in one of those moods where you can't stop listening to the music of Robert Schumann? I'm in one of those moods, one of those Schumann moods, right now. I've been in a Schumann mood for weeks now. It comes and goes with me. I remember back to the summer of 2004, I couldn't stop listening to Schumann's piano music, particularly Carnaval and the Humoresque.

You know, Schumann is believed to have suffered from manic depression. He had mood swings. He lived…

fear of becoming a curmudgeon

and other grim dungeon tales

bless my tortured soul…

Sitting here at Tiki Tom's RV park on Tiki Island, Texas. Tiki Island is the last exit on South I-45 before you cross Galveston Bay from the mainland onto Galveston Island. We moved down here on March 26, 2010. The next day I got to visit UTMB ER and enjoy most of the weekend there. (see "My little medical adventure")

I had never before been to Galveston. There is a ton of stuff to do here. And lots to see. Pru has paid a visit and Monday Chris Cary and Linda Diane drove down and we…

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don't get caught waiting by the phone

watching and waiting for water to boil

while bathsud…

I'm sitting here waiting for time to pass. I have an appointment at the University of Texas Medical Branch in two hours.

The appointment is for a stress test. I can't eat or drink anything for 3 hours prior. Funny how easy it is to go without eating or drinking during a normal, routine day. But tell me I can't, and all at once I want to very badly.

Last Fri. night I was, as usual, sitting at my computer, merrilly typing away, while eating candy covered almonds and…

Snow Day…

moonray fun

Soak up the moonray fun.

Every Word You say…

sophy's tears

once if ever elusive

lovely sophy in…

Wow! It's been a while. I left Tampa, Florida on the 16 th of March. Even though my right front brake had overheated on the way into MacDill AFB, the dealer found nothing wrong during the tear down and inspection. So he cleaned it up, lubrcated the calipers and put it back together.

That evening while checking tire pressure prior to starting the trip, I discovered that one of my rear tires had deflated down to 40 psi. It should have been 100 psi. So Tue morning it was off to a tire…