Bits and Pieces

I haven't been in one place long enough to paste together the drafts I've been writing over the past month. May is always full of momentous occasions. A long-time friend from New Orleans was married with great fanfare this past week and it is one wedding we made great pains not to miss! In addition to the big event it was the first time I've really allowed myself a proper road trip in the tradition of my youth in many years. After we left NOLA I spent most every night with another family member or college friend. It was just lovely and if I had another week it wouldn't have been enough and there would still be friends and family I missed.

My aunt Nona continues the quilting tradition in my family. She was making this one for her church and it is being raffled off to raise money for a construction project. Tickets were only one dollar apiece! I bought six and wish I had more cash on me.

The rental car I wound up with had sirius radio on it and I realized that if I spent a lot of time in an automobile it is something I would be willing to pay for. It was great... driving through the south listening to the BBC and French radio! It was the closest I've come in a long time to living a life that comes close to what I know... contradiction and paradox, sublime hell and divine injustice; the sacred and the profane - all rolled up into one metal box on wheels. sigh.

When I turned in the rental the guy exclaimed 2400 miles!!! I reminded him that these days the gallons add up a lot quicker than the miles. Gas climbed about 12 cents a gallon while I was away.