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Runnin’ around

Upon Seeing the Met Masters at MFAH

TxAnne is right; the art at the Met exhibition will knock you down and sit on you. Continue reading

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Off to See the Wi . . . uh, Impressionists

So we’re going to see an exhibition of Impressionist painting at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston this Saturday. Continue reading

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Soda run

But not just any soda, of course.  The soda. Continue reading

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What I Did on My Holidays: Baltimore/Washington DC, Part the Final

We went to bed in our own beds that night. Continue reading

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What I Did on My Holidays: Baltimore/Washington DC, Part 5

The mill was almost devoid of tourists and the interpreters seemed quite happy to have someone taking an interest. Continue reading

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What I Did on My Holidays: Baltimore/Washington DC, Part 4

All my grandparents were born between 1898 and 1902, before the Wright Flyer ever left the ground. Continue reading

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What I Did on My Holidays: Baltimore/Washington DC, Part 3

That’s right. I rode on a carousel. Me. At my age. Deal. Continue reading

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What I Did on My Holidays: Baltimore/Washington DC, Part 2

Of all the days in all the years in all the world to visit Mount Vernon, this was one of the really inauspicious ones. Continue reading

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What I Did on My Holidays: Baltimore/Washington DC, Part 1

Getting through Tennessee involves I-40 which, right behind I-35, has got to be the worst interstate I’ve ever had to do with. Continue reading

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Mission accomplished

Bed found in time to fall into it:  no Continue reading

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