Month: July 2020
Last Stretch to Gallup, NM.
A little advice, Amigos: avoid all roads in Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas. We’re in Shawnee, Oklahoma right now. Stayed the night. Last night we stayed in Birmingham, Alabama. Pretty country, but bad roads in the Deep South. Luckily, the typewriters seem to be safe. Several are strapped in seatbelts in the Corolla I’m hauling behind…
Cibola National Forest
Today we decided to take a thirty-minute drive to our area of Cibola National Forest. Waiting for COVID-19 test results is for the birds. We needed to get out. Route 66 is a straight shot from the RV park to the forest. Most of what surrounds me are red rock mesas–which are beautiful–but I’m a…
Planets, Winds, and Pandemics – Gallup, New Mexico
Tomorrow we’ll head to Walmart for COVID testing. We were able to schedule appointments in the morning. I am doing rather well, and her brother is also on the mend. She is experiencing some labored breathing and is getting bedrest. I wish I could take her symptoms from her. She is well, but unaccustomed to…
Writing a Writer’s Manual is Fun.
I’ve been putting some more work into my online writing manual. It’s fun to buck the textbook industry. I and colleagues are occasionally solicited to put together textbooks for major publishers. Solicitors knock on the office door and pitch what pittance you would make in the process. The glamour of seeing your name on a…
The Untimely Typewriter:Daily Writings Against the Tides of Distraction 