Lost Valley Ranch
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Home Sweet Home
... br> A few funny memories from our trip:
***T-shirt seen in Talkeetna, Alaska: “I hear banjos, paddle faster”
***Overheard while walking in Denali SP campground “so, you too are out tonight donating blood?”
***Homer, AK – 55 degrees and drizzle and the bartender says this is a warm day
***Standard Alaskan clothes – fleece and ...
It keeps getting better
... when I left. Finally, I feel that the worst is over, that he is not only going to survive, he is slowly but surely becoming his old self again. Right now he is trying to get into one of my day packs. Not being able to, he decides to curl up next to it instead. That is something the “old” Chauncey always did. Did his best to “occupy” my bags so I couldn’t leave.
In a couple ...
Getting Our Health Back
... cough, but nowhere near as much, and only when it is cold or when I physically exert myself, such as by hiking at altitude. It has been warm here lately for the most part. I am getting more used to the altitude. The cabin where I am staying is 8500 feet above sea level. The air up here is good. That is probably helping a lot. I suspect the pollution and dirt are clearing out of my lungs more and more each day. I am also feeling ...
Looking Homeward
... I need a grocery store rather than shopping from blankets on dirt floors in markets. I need a toilet. I am spoiled and now that I know it, I can be grateful for what I have.
I can’t begin to express how grateful I am for Susan McDonald, Mary Nelle and the other people who worked so hard to get all of those babies to families who wanted them and have loved them for all of these years. While all of the adoptees ...
Blasts from the past...and present
... babies. Circumstances for each family are different, but we each knew our children instantly because they were are children. I often think of something of I heard Cher say once. (On TV, we weren’t having lunch or anything.) In explaining her marriage to Greg Alman who was a mess, she said that her son was meant to be born and the Universe came together to make that happen. I believe that. Joie had already learned not to cry when she arrived at ...