Well, Amoeba spent a week in Louisiana, came home for a few days and then flew off to Hawaii. He came home from Hawaii for a few hours — literally just long enough to get the clothes in his suitcase washed and repacked — and drove to Seattle where he [...]
There is a building downtown that has known several incarnations in just the short time I have been visiting and living on this island (2007-2011). For Amoeba, who has been here off and on since the late 1970s, the building has had four lives. I have no memory of it [...]
I was in the coffee shop Tuesday when it started to snow. We looked out the window and ohhed and ahhed, then went back to sipping our beverages and chatting. I love the coffee shop because it is designed like a living room and everyone chats with everyone. After awhile [...]
Amoeba and I enjoyed out cross country drive.  There seemed to be a lot of big rigs on the road. Every time a rig would pass us, or we would pass a rig, Amoeba would say, “What recession?” Apparently trucking companies still have plenty of goods to haul. Almost every [...]
Blondie is upset. First she was pulled over for failing to yield the right away at a stop sign. She plans to fight the ticket in court because the sign doesn’t say yield, it says stop. Then the cop asked to see her insurance card. She handed him her Blue [...]