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Magpie Waltz: December 2006
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The musings of a road trip enthusiast who loves anything shiny. Sunday, December 31, 2006. Rachel graduated from the University of Texas School of Communications in May, and we all converged on Austin for her convocation and graduation ceremonies. Hijinks ensued. Also in July, Jeff and I traveled to Marfa, Texas, to visit Rachel. See entries on Marfa and the trip in the July archives! Although we put the front bathroom reno on hold for yet another year (let's see how we're fixed after the first quarter o...
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Magpie Waltz: January 2007
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The musings of a road trip enthusiast who loves anything shiny. Thursday, January 25, 2007. Or, Proof Positive that I Am a Nerd. Today, I had one of those bouts of complete elation that come only rarely in a lifetime- something I thought was lost to me forever came back into my hands. This book was one of the textbooks for the Anglo-Saxon class I took my first semester of grad school. I was an aspiring medievalist, and a class where I was required to read "Caedmon's Hymn" and Beowulf. When the cloud of d...
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Magpie Waltz: November 2006
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The musings of a road trip enthusiast who loves anything shiny. Monday, November 27, 2006. Okay, so I missed a few days during the Thanksgiving holiday, but I'm still on schedule for hitting 30,000 on the 30th. I actually had hoped to go over, but having to make up for those lost days seems to have put the kybosh on that. Unless, of course, I really hit a stride between now and Thursday. So, as of today- November 27- the counter looks like this:. Posted by Cathy VanPatten at 11:40 PM. A Weekend in Madison.
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Magpie Waltz: September 2006
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The musings of a road trip enthusiast who loves anything shiny. Friday, September 22, 2006. New Windows and a Tornado Warning. Today workmen came to replace our front facade windows. It's one of the two big-ticket items on the condo association's improvement schedule for this fall, the other one being the replacement of the building's back exterior stairway. It's gonna be an expensive autumn, folks! Was it any wonder that our living room was really, really cold every winter? Well, no more! And then we he...
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Magpie Waltz: October 2006
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The musings of a road trip enthusiast who loves anything shiny. Saturday, October 21, 2006. A Sojourn in Waynesboro: Part 3, The Town Itself. Feast your eyes on Waynesboro's downtown circa fifty years ago:. And yes- I know it's not the greatest picture, but it's the best I could find at short notice.) Taken from a vantage point near the foot of Main Street hill rather than the top, the photo reveals something different in the distance. Where is that nice swath of green? While I agree that quarrying an en...
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Magpie Waltz: March 2007
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The musings of a road trip enthusiast who loves anything shiny. Saturday, March 17, 2007. A little slice of urban life:. This morning when we went to the car to begin our Saturday errands, we found a set of keys on the front seat. Now, the car was locked (as it had been when we walked away from where we parked it last night), all the windows were intact, nothing seemed amiss. but here were these keys, devoid of any identification. Hmmm. They were not Jeff's. They certainly weren't mine. Since Jeff is an ...
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Magpie Waltz: Eleven Things
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The musings of a road trip enthusiast who loves anything shiny. Friday, January 07, 2011. I stole this idea from my pal and former colleague, Erin. She, in turn, was inspired by her husband's niece, who listed eleven things. Her life does not. Need in 2011. I thought it was a great idea, so, with Erin's permission, I nicked it. So here, in no particular order, is my list of eleven things my life does not need in 2011:. Which does not mean hopes. Zone, I may be able to make some headway in vanquishing.
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Magpie Waltz: July 2006
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The musings of a road trip enthusiast who loves anything shiny. Thursday, July 27, 2006. White's City, NM. This is really the third part of the Carlsbad Caverns story, but it takes place entirely outside the cave. It covers our return to Marfa. Now, the ladies tending counter at the gift shop there were very, very nice, as was Skye, our server at the Velvet Garter, where the food was much more edible than in the underground lunchroom (did I mention to avoid the pizza? And a picturesque teepee:. Since I w...
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Magpie Waltz: August 2006
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The musings of a road trip enthusiast who loves anything shiny. Wednesday, August 23, 2006. I'm off to Virginia early (EARLY) tomorrow morning to visit my mom, my brother, and some wonderful friends. I'll return next week with some pictures of the Old Dominion and accounts of my adventures. Posted by Cathy VanPatten at 9:05 PM. Sunday, August 20, 2006. A few days ago, while perusing my pal Lee's. So, (step) parental bragging rights: check. My slightly larger self wore to the 20th. Or the sheath (a bi...
