Monthly Archives: May, 2009

Family Happenings and a Server Down

Life has taken many twists and turns over the last few days.  I’m coping, but it seems like I will be taking another trip, and possibly more soon after that. Like does that, don’t it? Also the web server that serves this blog had a hard time coming back up after an update.  It took [...]

A Nook and Cranny Story –Three – A Brick

This is actually the second shot at writing this chapter, I shelved the first.  I learned a couple of things.  I really enjoy writing, as I have written this chapter completely on my vacation.  Some of it was in the car on the way to Centralia, some was written in a cafe in Seattle (thanks [...]

Beautiful Bonsai – Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection

For years and years, Dogen and I, as we drove to and from Seattle would watch the signs that read Weyerhaeuser Bonsai Collection and say to ourselves, “next time we will definitely have to do that.”  We took the collection so for granted that we almost missed seeing it all together.  Alas, they closed the [...]

Peek-a-boo – 3 – Getting Robbed in Vancouver

I had two disappointments this morning.  Both disappointments were tales of loss.  The most recent one was just a bummer.  The first one started with a blinking light on our hotel room phone last night which we ignored till morning.  Honestly, if we had picked up the phone in the wee early morning when we [...]

Peek-a-boo – Shanghai Style – Duck Me!

Yesterday, I talked about our gustatory sci-fi experience. a Chinese meal that was near movie like experience.  The spices and the flavors exotic, and the waitress with a second sense as to just how exotic those on the table could go.  Last post was a perfect early vacation experience.  Tonight, was a perfect mix of [...]

Peek-a-boo – A fish out of eXistenZ

Tonight we reached Canada and will rest in the fine city of Vancouver, but I can tell a quick story of a culinary adventure we had in Seattle. Dogen and I usually won’t shy away from a gustatory adventure and this time was no different. We ended up having dinner at this small and somewhat [...]

Peek-a-boo – Witten thoughts from afar

I thought I would just pop in and say howdy do.  I’m having a great time and actually am writing quite a bit, but I’m going to hold back a little bit from ya.  A little verbal tease I know you are probably tired of hearing this but I have really been having a great [...]

Last Post before Break… scribefire on linux

Tonight (Friday night) I’m installing a few more necessary items on my tiny laptop, some that I will need to take care some things once I take off into the wild blue yonder.  There may be a few opportunities that have come up recently that I’m giving thought to, and I haven’t made up my [...]

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