TeJo

was to take my son’s girlfriend so they could get married before he shipped out on his first deployment. They had a courthouse wedding, then he left two days later. While he was at sea, the tsunami hit and his ship was one who supplied water and humanitarian aid.

I’m headed back in a couple of weeks to stay with her till their baby is born, because he will be at sea again.

Oh, did I mention he’s in the Navy?

was to visit a house that I and my sister am inheriting from my aunts who passed last year. It’s in Yorktown, and I love it. Lots of stuff to see and do, and a great jumping off point for day trips and short distance to lots of interesting areas. Virginia is beautiful country.

The first time I saw the Sangre De Cristos, I was driving up through New Mexico on the way to visit friends. As soon as I saw the snow capped peaks I felt my soul open up as if I were coming home. That was almost 20 years ago, and it still feels like home, although I’m so far away. I lived outside Denver in Conifer; at about 8100 ft., for a short while. Not nearly long enough. I’d move back in a heartbeat.

This place is like a religious experience.