Today I’m doing laundry and packing for my three-day sojourn to Mount Pleasant, where I will work my ass off and sleep only six hours a night while I perform the duties of the Seva Desk at Amma’s programs. It will be wonderful and exhausting and I’m really excited. (If you’re coming to see Amma […]

We did go! The eBay guy paid! I’d sat moping in the living room staring at the TV feeling sorry for myself, then decided to come upstairs to email the motel and cancel our reservation, and LO AND BEHOLD there was an email from Paypal saying we’d been paid! Fucking halleluia! I skittered downstairs like […]

The guy didn’t come through. So we’re not going. I’m out a hundred dollars worth of tickets I can’t sell, and probably the hotel fee as well for not cancelling 24 hours in advance. This sucks. I’ve never wanted a mere couple hundred dollars in cash so bad in my entire life. I’m going to […]

When Brett and I go to Chicago, we like to stay at The Lakeside Motel because it’s cheap, weird, and centrally located. The last time we went to Chicago was in 2002, and I’d totally forgotten the motel’s name and address. After literally hours of googling, I finally found it. Whew. And only 8 miles […]

We’re leaving for Columbia, MO and Brett’s mom can’t let our dogs out because she’s out of town too! We’ll be back tomorrow, but hell… Somebody please let my dogs out tonight? Tomorrow morning? Ack!

Joe’s sitting at a green table under a sign that says ‘Spanish 21’. He’s smoking a cigarette, drinking a cocktail. His hair is slicked back and he’s wearing a very stylish shirt. Jason and I stand behind him and watch him play four hands against the dealer. Brett approaches, seats himself, and places a chip […]

I’m on my way home from a two week vacation in Colorado and will soon resume regular updates here on the ‘box. Just you wait ’til you see the vay-cay pics… especially from the Telluride Blues & Brews fest! Yee haw!

Yesterday, Joy & Ella and I stayed at Ron’s all day. I knitted Brett a dark-grey-almost-black hat in a brown/garnet colorway for Telluride. We were planning on going after that to a giant Salvation Army-style thrift store that Joy had heard about, but we were tired and Ella was at the end of her stamina, […]

Brett has some crazy idea about leaving tonight… tomorrow morning, actually… “around two or so.” “Two? Or so?” “Yeah.” “In the morning?!” “Yeah. Gotta get through Nebraska while it’s dark out, you know.” Two in the morning?! Jeez! But I guess it will put us there on Saturday afternoon, a nice time to arrive. I […]