When I walked into the grocery store, the 2 or 3 people near the registers just sort of... stared.  One woman blinked several times.  I smiled (not that anyone could tell), half waved, brushed off some snow and made my...

Leaving LA we headed for Joshua Tree National Park for no other reason than we had no where else we wanted to go, it’s in the direction of AZ, and Yosemite is just too cold right now. It really is...

"I like it," said Evie.  "Me too," said Jack because Jack always says me too no matter what Evie says... for now.  Internal eye roll from me.  My whole being was crying out, "I can't stand this ****," but I...