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Still not in Kansas anymore

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After nearly two years, we are still adjusting to life as relative strangers in a strange land. Only 3.5 hours by car from my hometown, it's still nothing like home. We try to find the amusement in it all as much as possible.Today, I received a catalog in the mail. In the first pages are hunting clothes. Then you find gun holsters. After that are $2000 pairs of binoculars (for hunting'?). And then I saw something that I was sure was a wine refrigerator, but it was a food dehydrator. A... Read more

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Hydrangea

From Continuing Adventures of Cha-cha, 1 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles

I love hydrangea. And all the tons of rain we've had lately has been very good to the ones in our front yard. Please enjoy them with me. Read more

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Drowning in Reading Material

From Continuing Adventures of Cha-cha, 3 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles

(Another pic from springtime in Borrego Springs) Whoever says that newspapers and magazines are going to die out is just plain wrong. That is, if our house is any indication. This year, I was enticed to subscribe to three additional magazines (all three for a grand sum of about $10 -- Oprah, Smart Money, and Good Housekeeping). On top of that, Sweetie renewed my coveted Practical Photography (a British mag). And, we get the New York Times 5 days a week, plus the local "rag" 7 days a week. ... Read more

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The Sun, the Sand, the Jumping Chollas

From Continuing Adventures of Cha-cha, 3 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles

The Blog has really been taking the backseat lately, and I do apologize for that. On our recent visit to California to visit my mom, there were a few references to my lack of updates.Things have been busy. Sweetie and I resigned ourselves to living in this town, after my job search in more "civilized" areas (ie: cities where we aren't among a minority of people who don't drive a pickup truck -- though nothing against pickup trucks) turned up dry. So, we bought a house.And now we must tend... Read more

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Hooray for Healthcare

From Continuing Adventures of Cha-cha, 4 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles

Praise the Lord. I am so pleased that the healthcare bill passed. I don't really care what might be wrong with it. There will always be something wrong with such a bill. But what's right is so much more important. That we will no longer be a country that thinks it is acceptable to leave 32 million people (my mom and a colleague among them) uninsured. It's quite possible that my taxes or premiums could go up. Even on my pathetic salary. But, maybe I will no longer have to make career or... Read more

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Punch Brothers and other fun

From Continuing Adventures of Cha-cha, 5 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles

On Friday night, Sweetie and I dragged ourselves back to the college after a long day in order to see a group called Punch Brothers with Chris Thile. I wasn't really sure what to expect. I had the impression that I SHOULD be impressed that they were playing at our dinky little college. Well, they are hard to define. A bit of bluegrass. A bit of alternative. And a ton of technical musical supremacy and creativity. There were some rather serious bluegrass fans in the audience and I... Read more

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Winter Tells Us Who Is Boss

From Continuing Adventures of Cha-cha, 5 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles

Snow descended upon us in mass quantities Friday and Saturday. I love that my employer doesn't allow people to go home until AFTER the county has said NO ONE is allowed on the roads except for emergency vehicles. I love when the head of security sends out a message, that we all read at work because we haven't been allowed to go home, that tell us it's EXTREMELY DANGEROUS to drive and that you should STAY WHERE YOU ARE.What I really do loveI love being married. This morning I was preparing my... Read more

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Where Am I'

From Continuing Adventures of Cha-cha, 5 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles

Nothing like a trip to the local mall to remind me where I am living.I avoid the local mall at all costs, and I don't think Sweetie has even been there once.But, I need to get a tiny little battery at Radio Shack. There was quite a line when I got there, but there's always a line, so I decided to just suck it up and wait.And wait.And listen to the man in front of me fighting very loudly with his S.O. on his cell phone.And listen some more.And more.And then make a desperate face at a... Read more

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Winter Tell Us Who Is Boss

From Continuing Adventures of Cha-cha, 5 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles

Snow descended upon us in mass quantities Friday and Saturday. I love that my employer doesn't allow people to go home until AFTER the county has said NO ONE is allowed on the roads except for emergency vehicles. I love when the head of security sends out a message, that we all read at work because we haven't been allowed to go home, that tell us it's EXTREMELY DANGEROUS to drive and that you should STAY WHERE YOU ARE.What I really do loveI love being married. This morning I was preparing my... Read more

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Sandhill Cranes Part II

From Continuing Adventures of Cha-cha, 6 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles

Sweetie and I got home yesterday and realized that we hadn't quite found the perfect vantage point for seeing the cranes. So, after a bit more research, we ventured out again this afternoon. We first drove down across a bridge, and turned into a curious little village. If you want to know more about that, you'll just have to ask me.We eventually reached our planned destination, but there were too many trees in the way. Sweetie scrambled down an embankment slightly, but then the 1000+ cranes all... Read more

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