"If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie, I'd just as soon stay home..."
Getting the band back together
Tag: Maiden Voyage
One year
Today's header image doesn't depict Ernie or Mercy, and it wasn't snapped anywhere close to northern Arkansas...
Idling (but not idle)
It’s Day 399 of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve. Deb and I are fine. Tick-tock...
Two weeks in springtime
It’s Day 377 of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve. Deb and I are ok. Two weeks ago this morning we embarked on our maiden voyage with Ernie. The time has flown, and yet it feels strangely like we’ve been doing this longer than just 15 days...
Too short & very sweet
This is Day 370 of 15 Day’s to Flatten the Curve. Deb and I are ok, thanks. According to folks who keep track of such things, locally we may have had as much as ten inches of rain in 24 hours...
Cast off
This is Day 363 of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve. Deb and I are better than we’ve been in months. Today has been circled on the calendar for weeks...
Road-ready
It’s Day 360 of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve. Deb and I are fine. Wednesday was a day for tying up loose ends. We had groceries delivered directly to Ernie...
Quotable
It’s Day 347 of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve. Deb and I are fine. Yesterday we took a big step toward Ernie‘s maiden voyage — everything I’d gathered and packed carefully into totes, as well as all manner of large, loose items...
Day 325: Call it by name
This is Day 325 of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve and Day 85 Ohio’s WuFlu Curfew. Deb and I are doin’ well. Each of our escapes last year came to a close, of course, when we arrived back at Second Chance Ranch and shut the engine off. The header image today...
Day 323: That’d be great
It’s Day 323 of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve and Day 83 of Ohio’s 21-day WuFlu Curfew. Deb and I are ok. The weekend of our “maiden voyage” with the Bumper Bunker last July was hot and oppressively humid. Temps in the mid-90s were...