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A small but passable life.

by Neogy Titwhistle

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May 07, 2018

Day seven.

We were checked out and on the road by 7am. We were headed to the aquarium in Longbeach. We arrived at about 9:30am. The first part of that adventure was finding a place to park in a parking gara...


Day four: I had to get out of the room. I decided to take a walk. I googled for stores, thinking snacks. It seems this motel is in a food desert. The closet big stores were nearly four miles away...


May 03, 2018

Day three.

It was a cloudy windy day with intermittent rain. Not a good day for our planned excursion to the zoo. We had to get out anyway. We decided to drive to the beach. It was only fifteen minutes away...


It was freeway driving. Pretty boring. A huge solar farm. A huge wind farm. Sand dunes. Pretty light traffic. There it was- Highway 94. Interstate 8 veers a little north. Highway 94 veers a litt...


May 01, 2018

Day one.

I had planned on leaving around 10am. But since I was awake and up by 6:15am and had both my coffee and packing and closing up the house done by a little after 8am, we went ahead and left. It too...


April 29, 2018

Tomorrow it is.

We ran a few errands this morning. Bonworth’s for some clothes shopping for Mom. Walmart for last minute odds and ends. And then we went to Village Inn for lunch. Why? Because Mom wanted to and i...


April 28, 2018

One more day.

I didn’t do anything except the usual today. I did manage to dig out the old carry-on from under my bed platform. And I dug out one of two pair of pants I own from the winter duffle. It is the br...


April 27, 2018

Another DM from OD email.

What did the new guy say, something like 400 to 500 daily users here now? It is sure feeling like a ghost town. I received an email today- “Your reclaimed OD needs some attention…” I have ignored...


April 26, 2018

Heat is on, again.

When I sat down with my first cup of coffee this morning and turned my on my phone I found a message: “Good morning! I know you’re not going to be awake for…two more hours? But I just wanted to s...


April 25, 2018

The rest of the story.

Sitting in the early evening warmth on 4th I could plainly see why Edward Abbey called this place home. What did he say? Something about living in a city where all the young women are half naked ...


April 23, 2018

Pre-roadtrip roadtrip?

A pleasant, unexpected turn of events. That it was. I’ll start at the beginning. I have an email account. I’ve had it for years. Mainly have it to have something to do every time I get online, wh...


April 20, 2018

Back to 'normal'.

Well yeah, a ‘normal’ day. A day without interruption in routine. Coffee this morning. Finished reading “Alan Turing: The Enigma” by Andrew Hodges. I’d been reading that one for quite awhile. I k...


April 19, 2018

Ten days . . .

Monday I took the car in for servicing. And some issues were found. CV boots were blown and serpentine belt needed to be replaced. And the right front tire was worn down a bit. Not bad for a thir...


April 15, 2018

My first dirt storm!

We found the dermatologist office in a strip mall. Not next to the place we were told, but behind it. And that required driving back out at the light and then back in at the next light. I went i...


April 12, 2018

100 degrees. Already.

No. The dermatologist appointment is tomorrow. It wasn’t today. Confirmed by looking at the calendar on the frig. Maybe Mom has it written in the right square. Sometimes, mostly, she gets it righ...


Saturday I took Mom to her appointment at Nationwide. She had her eye exam. She had ‘help’ picking out new frames. One for the bifocals and one for the trifocals. I stayed far away. But I was clo...


April 06, 2018

Five days, unplugged.

Last Sunday the internet went down. No internet on any device. It’s a common occurrence and usually resolves itself in a day or two. Not this time. So yesterday I used the smartphone to find an 8...


The full moon is looking awesome tonight. I bought a huge 24.5 fl. oz. bottle of Kroger brand cocoa butter lotion. I’ve been liberally slathering it on after the pool time and shower. I still hav...


March 31, 2018

Titanic isn't sinking?

Okay, so the ship isn’t sinking. Too bad for the folks who jumped to another ship or who are clinging to lifeboats. I was just hanging out on the railing observing the panic and chaos. I had no ...


Well hell. Another one bites the dust. I really thought Simple Mind could make a profitable go of it. I’m not going back to OD even though I have a lifetime membership. That’d be like a landlord...


March 26, 2018

A productive day?

Coffee and reading this morning. No breakfast. no lunch. The wind had died down a bit so I headed to the pool. Listened to NPR while I was there. Got home and laid down to listen to more NPR. Mom...


March 25, 2018

Compensation?

This morning I finished reading “It’s Even Worse Than You Think” by David Cay Johnston. I’d watched a few of his book tour talks on youtube and decided to read the book. Nothing really new, that ...


March 24, 2018

Congruency.

Yesterday I finally pulled the third to the last tooth. It had been wobbling around for a couple of weeks, long enough for me to forget why my tongue was always tired, from bothering with it. I j...


March 21, 2018

Purple Biscuit?

I finished reading “Survival” by Ben Bova which is the fourth book in the Star Quest series. I don’t know if there will be more but there could be. He’s definitely set the stage for an infinite n...


March 18, 2018

Another pointless entry.

I made it to the pool for a couple of hours in the afternoon the last couple of days. Mom and I went to Walmart today. I followed her around while she shopped. Then we went to Village Inn for lu...


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