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Travel

TO HELL AND BACK

A couple of days ago, Bob and I found ourselves in Hell, so named for its black limestone formations. The folks from Hell, Grand Cayman have made a cottage industry of selling trinkets. We parked next to the tour buses, strolled past the pods of cruise ship day trippers and the Canadian posing as Satan, […]

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Walkaholic

WILD FLOWERS

Walking in a new town is an exploratory adventure involving barking dogs, songbirds, dead ends and wildflowers. My quest is a ninety minute loop away from heavy traffic, with a nice balance of shade and sun. Not that there aren’t places to walk in Denton. There is a public walking trail a few miles from […]

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Our Life

AND AWAAAY WE GO!

After two winters in ”el norte,” we’re moving 800 miles south. I believe we overshot our stay by about six months. It might have been better if we had left before the second winter, before we had another six months to accumulate more stuff and most importantly, before I had another six months to become […]

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Corporations

AN INTERESTING WEEK FOR KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN

You can’t make this stuff up! Last Wednesday, KFC issued a press release about asking the pope to bless their fish sandwich: KFC APPEALS TO HIGHER AUTHORITY BY ASKING FOR PAPAL BLESSING FOR NEW KFC® FISH SNACKER SANDWICH New Fish Snacker Offers Modern Take on ‘Loaves and Fishes’ for Today’s Lenten Observers LOUISVILLE, KY – […]

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Biodiesel

ONCE IN A BLUE STAR

Once in awhile we are fortunate enough to stumble upon a bit of magic. Tuesday night was one of those times. Bob and I were in San Antonio for the Sustainable Biodiesel Summit on Saturday and the National Biodiesel Conference Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and decided to take a break and have dinner with Charlie […]