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There are times I think I am all for abolishing the interstate highway system, but then of course I come crashing back immediately to my senses. It’s not that I like the interstate highways. In fact I really can’t stand them because they are as soulless as a rice cake, and have about as much flavor. I don’t want to careen by strip malls, chain stores, and franchise restaurants at 70 plus miles per hour… on second thought, maybe I do.
Karen is gone for a week to some work related thing in Kansas or some other flat state, and I am left to my own devices. It’s the end of day three, and already the house, which was mostly immaculate when she left, is in a constantly worsening state of disaster. There is literally topsoil on the carpet. More on that later.
I am on my way home today and I need to buy some over-priced gas so that I might actually complete my journey without walking any portion of it, and as luck would have it, over-priced gas is very easy to find. Thanks to the convenience of pay-at-the-pump technology, I am giddy with excitement at the thought of just how freaking fast I can make my purchase and be gone. (more…)
I’m laying in bed, minding my own business, no one else is around. I keep hearing engine noises outside and I’m thinking at first that someone is just passing by on an ATV. After the noises persist for a while, I decide to go look out of the window, and I see our neighbor in the field beside our house. (more…)
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