Petals & Debates

I’m on the road again. Well, on the air, really. At one time, I traveled pretty much nonstop. Like one to two weeks out of every month-type nonstop. I’ve gotten spoiled since that project was canceled. It felt traumatic to pack up and leave home for this two-week stint in New England. Alas. I’m hoping for some good photos. And…

En Route

We left Santa Fe this morning at 4 am, the full moon dropping to the horizon as we made our way to Albuquerque. I spend a lot of time in airports. But this is vacation, so I tried to set up this trip so we weren’t exhausting ourselves just to get there. It ended up feeling like leisurely hopping, from…

Glass Jellyfish, Italians and Time

Dale Chihuly glass jelly fish swimming through the atrium at O’Hare. Usually, I don’t have time to notice stuff at Chicago’s O’Hare “You might have a ticket but you can never leave” airport. But yesterday, I was there for a 3.5 hour layover, watching the rain turn to snow and fervently praying it wouldn’t turn into an overnight or, worse,…

But What IS Normal?

I left our new house today, almost exactly one month after we first arrived. And yes, there was an unreality to it. My schedule doesn’t often allow for an unbroken four weeks at home, so that was a blessing. But last night, as I packed for this business trip, a part of me pictured the old house in Laramie. As…

I’ll Think About It Tomorrow

This may be my last post for some time. So dramatic. But it’s all such a pain in the patootey that I’m feeling dramatic. Picture me swooning, back of my hand against my forehead. Oh Ashley! Too much? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But here’s the deal: I’m in the Burlington, Vermont airport, hoping to wing home through thunderstorms in Dulles to…