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There will be a slight delay in continuing the adventures of Richie and Ruthie. I had started part two twice and got as far as the Atlanta portion and arrving in Oregon. However guess who didn't copy it first before clicking post and which website had me logged out.

Attempt number two was completed a few minutes ago. I even for a change proofread it, copied and saved as a draft.

But I mispelled a word in the title and in trying to figure out how to edit THAT lost ...

Ruth and I departed Fairborn Ohio to the Dayton International Airport Vandalia Ohio at 3:57 am on a Friday morning Oct 22nd for a 6 am flight to Portland Oregon by way of a connecting flight from Atlanta Georgia.

Thursday had been spent packing and getting money from the Credit Union and doing almost nothing more then waiting for this day to arrive. I'm (for once) NOT in my do I have to go moods and grumping about life in general. By nature I am home body. I can travel and if ...

The mark of past tense verb
Tis' a scar that affects our life-line verse
And even the trite small-talk under blue skies.

When everything is under-sea
Painted with a white landscape
Of non-time, non-memory
Those moments we forget
Become the futures neglect.

So silent a lake-pond spring is
In the summer it is almost rancid
But in winter it is frozen deep into tedium
And atoms hibernate in stillness.
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So I was down in L.A. visiting my sister for a few days for Halloween, well obviously not for actual Halloween Day since I am here now, but we had some Halloween related plans, some cool events going on down in L.A. and I use to frequently spend my Halloween's with my sister but I haven't been since she had kids and the experience was both frightening at times, as well as miraculous.

I have this joke that my sister is trying to secretly kill me, because it seems like every time ...

For anyone who loves Mozart's operas the recent series of recordings by Rene Jacobs are an absolute must. These historically informed performances bring a muscularity and a clarity to the music that is often obfuscated by performances employing large romantic-scale orchestras. Rene Jacobs' recordings have absolutely shaken up the world of Mozart's operas. Earlier operas that were once largely ignored such as La Clemenza di Titto, and Idomeneo Re de Creta are put forth which such clarity of thought ...