“We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.” (Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson) David and I both grew up in the Mojave Desert of Southern California. And we are both so happy we no longer live there. If you love…
Read Across America Day
Today, March 3rd, is the NEA’s 17th annual “Read Across America Day”. That sounds like a great reason to talk about books. I joined a new, online book club the first of the year. We vote on a book to read each month. So far we’ve selected: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (January) My Mother She…
The Blue Whale of Catoosa
I’ve been hearing about the “Blue Whale of Catoosa” for quite some time and after reading this Buzz Feed post, “The 45 Best Things About Living in Oklahoma”, I was determined to see the whale for myself. It occurred to me as we were driving up to Joplin on Sunday that we probably weren’t too…