Month: August 2008

Sweet Rainy South

On the flight from San Francisco to Dulles yesterday, Lulu read while I slumped in a blessed Ambien-induced stupor. At the Alamo car rental place we ignored the dozen PT Cruisers on the lot and opted for the one Toyota. Soon we were headed through the southern night’s cacophony of crickets, arriving at the Holiday Inn in Orange County, Virginia at midnight. Around 2:00 a.m. I took another Ambien. Waking up at 8:00 was a […]

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Alone in the Mountains

I just got back from my first solo backpacking trip. The mountains were magical but not enough to lift me from my funk. Here’s a slideshow I made. It starts at Plumas-Eureka State Park and the nearby Johnsville Cemetery and meanders on up to Rock Lake and environs, where I camped. I put the thing together with software I learned about at a Knight Media training session. It’s called SoundSlides. Its being super-easy to use […]

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