January 2006
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the Road Post, Part 2
Today we drove from Tucson across the remainder of Arizona, through the southwest corner of New Mexico, to El Paso. I-10 travels directly along the border with Mexico for dozens of miles after leaving El Paso. On parts, we could see to the right the shanties covering the hills of Juarez, and to the left the more modern building of El Paso. It was a very industrial city for the most part,...
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the Road Post, Part 1
We are definitely on it. Brett flew out a few days ago to help me pack. We left San Jose this morning at 7am. We stopped for lunch with Geoff and Kat in Los Angeles. We are now speeding across the southern California desert on I-10, rapidly approaching Arizona. The mountains around Los Angeles are much bigger than those in the Bay area. The drive so far has been very beautiful. More later. ...
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Concourse B
One of my secret pleasures is sitting next to the window in the food court of Concourse B at Hartsfield International watching the sun rise, all the while sipping some variegated fru-fru coffee drink from the Seattle’s Best above the escalator that goes down to the tram. The employees at this Seattle’s Best always have a lot of soul, and it reminds me of the one aspect of the South...
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the Holidays
The Lower Roof
The bittersweet holidays have drawn to a close. Back to normal. But first, a quick recap.
Perhaps you have caught on before, but my town, or at least neighborhood, takes holidays, or at least decorating for them, very seriously. So much so, that between Thanksgiving and Christmas, there are actually horse drawn carriage rides down my street for sightseers. The clip clop...
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