Autumn. As always, after a too-hot summer, want to go camping and hiking in the chill. But kiddo’s high school sport schedule is insanity, and I didn’t plan ahead. What to do?

Pic of camping trip last fall to tide me over.

This blond tart approached me in a coffee shop and gave me a kiss. A year later she owns my lap, the house, and everything in it, based on the reach of her hair.

They announced last week that the 2028 LA games’ softball and canoe events would be held in OKC, and all I can think is, my OKC? This OKC?

Headline of the day

…as opposed to tasteful stabbing? Restrained stabbing?

Imagine, if you will, that you are interviewing for a post-graduate position in the medical field. There is an emphasis on professionalism. You’re young, nervous, wearing an ill-fitting suit. Your every word is judged.

With trepidation, you enter the conference room where your fate will be decided.

Nothing does photo drama quite like sand dunes in low light.

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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last tv show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?

Oh yeah, I’m screwed.

Merry sleepy Christmas Eve

Great Smoky Mountains NP, TN.

One thing I love about the eclipse experience is how it rewards attention to detail.

Pour courtesy of husband.

‘Atta boy.

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