Blogs from Georgetown, Texas, United States, North America

Texas had been a solar furnace since early May. Each week getting progressively hotter and drier until by the end of august all the grass had burned brown and even the prickly pear cactus was a shriveled up pile of green spikes. Patty and I were desperate to get to somewhere ,anywhere cooler, even if for just a few days. Patty's Dear friend's daughter was to be wed in Santa Fe NM and we were invited. It's six hundred and sixty six miles from where we live in Central Texas to Santa Fe NM. At our stage of live the prospect of driving straight through was not an option. Lubbock Tx is about half way so overnight at the Generic suites motel and on in the morning to New Mexico. About 50 miles south of Santa ... read more

December 11,2010 In Georgetown transitioning from being a working man to being a man of leisure. If this was a movie I did something today which would be considered highly symbolic. I removed my work bag from the shelf I keep it on and always packed and put my bag with all my audio books and audio music DVD's, and favorite movie's DVD's in its place. Then I unpacked the work bag, discarding all no longer necessary work items and put the bag away. I have spent all of today inside as it looks cold outside. It is certainly windy. I don't see anyone else moving around out there except those who need to walk their dogs so it must be cold with the wind blowing. Will take care of "inside" task today and tomorrow go ... read more