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Still Not Carolina in My Mind

On May 26, 2014 By wastedpilgrimIn LifeLeave a comment

I don’t travel much any more, and I was a bit surprised at how much I enjoyed my recent nine-day sojourn through ten states. What I expected was that I’d have a wonderful time on the way out to the westernmost terminus, Gainesville, then get antsy and impatient on the way home. What surprised me …

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Songs and French Names, Etc.

On May 16, 2014 By wastedpilgrimIn LifeLeave a comment

  I didn’t expect to write a blog today, thinking there was too much driving to do and I’d be either busy or bummed by the time I got to my destination, which is a motel room in Texas. It was, oh, 360 miles or so, which is less than yesterday’s mileage, but yesterday was …

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On the Road Again

On May 14, 2014May 14, 2014 By wastedpilgrimIn SportsLeave a comment

For 20 years, I flew an average of 50,000 miles, but I haven’t been on an airplane since November 2012. That may change this summer. I spent six nights in motels in 2013. For 20 years, it was 100-plus. I’m a bit rusty, but so far, so good. I think all I needed that I …

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Going on a Tour

On May 12, 2014May 12, 2014 By wastedpilgrimIn Life2 Comments

Oh, what a busy day. I’m leaving on a long trip in the morning. I’ve got lots on the plate. I’ve got to visit some loved ones this afternoon because it got postponed Sunday, which is why I was cutting the grass yesterday. I’ve filed my monthly sales tax, balanced my accounts, paid pills, caught …

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Stuck in a Rut, Part Four

On March 18, 2014March 21, 2014 By wastedpilgrimIn FictionLeave a comment

This short story began with a song I wrote with the same name. With the song as a base, now I'm making it up as I go along. Tripp told Josie to be standing out front of the Columbia airport – it was allegedly “international” though most of its planes flew to places like Atlanta …

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Little Things Mean A Lot

On March 13, 2014March 13, 2014 By wastedpilgrimIn HumorLeave a comment

It’s funny what you miss and what you don’t. (I could’ve seemed intelligent and grammatically correct by writing “what one misses and what one doesn’t,” but hell, I’m already writing in first person so what’s it matter? Nowumsayin?) For instance – imagine Warner Wolf saying “in an upset!” – I haven’t seen The Weather Channel …

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