The impetus for this trip was a program we had seen on CBS SUNDAY MORNING, that was showing in Washington DC. It featured an exhibit glasswork that had been created by a man named Preston Singletery. Work that was cast, carved, and blown. Marlina looked at the schedule only to find that it was only …
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7 months later starting again , but ya gotta wonder.
Follow your 7 P’s. Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance The day before we leave I get my RSV AND Covid booster vaccinations. I had not had a reaction after my last one. I wake up on Friday at 12:35 AM shaking with chill, a fever, my feet are freezing and aching all over. …
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Sleepless
Let’s start with a video of the Hockney exhibit Today we took the Tube to Battersey Power station. This was built in the Victorian Era, was coal fired and finally shut down in1983. It was about this time that the train came off the track and the back pain worsened. Within a few days we …
Getting to know you , the health system that is
We arrived Monday morning and walking was not fun. Pretty much discomfort with each step. When I had received massage treatment at home that had helped immensely. So I found a phisotherapist and saw her that afternoon.She was very through and I was walking better. Had dinner on the way home, but the walk back …
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If it’s not the sprinklers….
How not to end or start a trip. 12 days ago I was in the backcountry,minding my own businesses, doling some wash twisting back and forth, when I felt my left lower back tighten.Oh crap! It stayed tight but by the end of the day, it started spasming. Of course my heavy duty meds were …
Drift Away
Several weeks ago Marlina asked if there was someone I wanted to se at the Freight and Salvage. I procrastinated and then saw this singer guitarist named Ruthie Foster. I listened to a couple of samples and thought she sounded intriguing . I told Marlina but we realized we could not go because of a …
Quien es mas macho?
The alarm went off after a wonderfully restful sleep. It’s 6:15 and dark outside. Someone is washing their car because I hear the water splashing . I look out to find rain. The weather forecast was for overcast. Well, they got that part right, they just missed out on the precipitation part. Well I guess …
Good Drama
Mike picked me up about 6AM and we headed to Carmel. We arrived to a dark parking lot filled with people arranging belongings and getting bikes ready. The plan was Mike would ride the 1st 55 miles down the coast to Lucia. I would drive the car to Lucia and start my ride there. He …
Attention! Attention!
Thursday afternoon I checked into the hotel.During check in the manager is having a running argument with her partner.She says I want to check something in your room, have to talk with someone,so I’ll meet you there. I put my bags on the bike and head down there, she says everything looks fine and hands …
