Let me start with a real time (as of a day ago, by the time I post this after coming back online tomorrow) update. I’m in Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. Cell signal is shit. SMS only, but that has allowed me a lot of time to compose offline, both on blog and brain time. So, I’m now WAY behind. But the good news is, there is a lot written in the queue now – just need to load the photos I processed and post. So, you’ll be getting much more frequent posts for the next while. Now, onto Christmas day only eleven days ago as I write this!
I’ll be honest – Christmas is not my holiday at all – the spirit of giving has been corrupted into a frenzy of buying. It certainly influenced my decision to NOT be anywhere near my home for the holiday. About the only good thing about it is spending time with friends and having a good meal. Family is dependent on if you have family, and if you want to spend time with them. I inherited family through my Dad’s second marriage, they are a sane and intelligent bunch for the most part – no problems here!
But today, in the desert was going to be different. VERY different.
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