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"I could perhaps like others have astonished you with strange improbable tales; but I rather chose to relate plain matter of fact in the simplest manner and style; because my principle design was to inform you, and not to amuse you."
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Day ten and eleven. in A small but passable life.
I had planned on Highway 1 from Morro Bay to Monterey but it was closed to thru traffic until sometime in September. The only option to see it was to drive up to the closure, backtrack back down ...
Day eight and nine. in A small but passable life.
We checked out of the motel in Thousand Oaks/Newbury at 10am. A pleasant four hour drive brought us to the next motel in Morro Bay. Emma Pennyworth (the GPS) only got lost once, in Lompoc. We wer...
Day seven. in A small but passable life.
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, five and six. in A small but passable life.
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...
Day three. in A small but passable life.
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...
Day two. Terrorist checkpoint! in A small but passable life.
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...
Day one. in A small but passable life.
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...
Tomorrow it is. in A small but passable life.
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...
One more day. in A small but passable life.
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...
Another DM from OD email. in A small but passable life.
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...
Heat is on, again. in A small but passable life.
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...
The rest of the story. in A small but passable life.
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 ...
Pre-roadtrip roadtrip? in A small but passable life.
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...
Back to 'normal'. in A small but passable life.
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...
Ten days . . . in A small but passable life.
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...
My first dirt storm! in A small but passable life.
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...
100 degrees. Already. in A small but passable life.
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...
Granny nanny errands, cont. in A small but passable life.
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...
Five days, unplugged. in A small but passable life.
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...
"Slowly dying of survival." in A small but passable life.
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...
Titanic isn't sinking? in A small but passable life.
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 ...
This is the end, beautiful friends! in A small but passable life.
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...
A productive day? in A small but passable life.
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...
Compensation? in A small but passable life.
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 ...
Congruency. in A small but passable life.
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...
