thought for this day:

on my way out of work today, a coworker asked how the writing was going. i almost turned around and said, 'writing? what writing' then i realized i had stupidly opened my mouth somewhere along the line and let it be known that i want to write (a book a poem a whatever) and now see the fault (or maybe the motivation)...
anyway, i bought a laptop today, will get it soon, and hopefully the next time someone asks, 'hows the writing?" i can respond with something more than a blank stare.

second anecdote of the day: a guy comes in every weekday morning, gets a triple latte no foam and always gives us a hard time. in jest, always, just like today. he hadn't paid yet, and as always: 'what, i have to pay for this?!" i laugh and say, "yea..."
he said, 'geez, you're like a vigilante"... a few moments later with a bundle of ones and change in one hand, latte in the other, he drops a dollar bill in the tip basket and says, "it pays to be a vigilante!"

isn't that something?

long time, no talk

or verbal vomit. whatever you call it, i've been working like mad, loving it.

my mother has never been a computer person. years in the training and avoidance the key motivator, she has finally been conditioned. so well, in fact, i must commend her 'extracurricular' activity of searching the internet during her free time in between teaching classes.
she said tonight, 'i read your whole blog' and i immediately think 'yea, maybe the main page' turns out she did indeed read the WHOLE thing. all of it. i am flabbergasted. for two facts: the reality and the thoroughness. i commend her, thank her, and then she says something i find utterly worthy of recording:

"I've been blogged!"

MICTURATE
there, anonymous, feel better? i sure do.

more from aspen.

Too much fun for two Frost girls.

...

what can be more wonderful: (?)
making pasta with shrimp, drinking strawberry margaritas with maybe too much booze, enjoying the scent of pinon, listening to good-time REAL oldies from the 50's, which lyrics are much easier to pick-up than any modern day lyrics, and dancing around the living room with someone 66 years your: senior or minor. (you pick)
it's a wonderful experience, worth recreating at anytime, especially if the wake up call is not at 4.45 am the next day, or in two hours from when you go to bed when you may or may not have to mictorate. $1.00 to anyone who knows what that word means without looking it up. (mictorate, i mean, and no, that does not include dad or sis)

time

workin at the bakery...
gettin up at half past four
servin people coffee
in and in they pour.

Hilarious Companions

This truck pulled out in front of me as I was driving about 60 mph, but when I approached, all frustration was lost and replaced with absolute amusement...

Drive Home: Aspen to Santa Fe

Phenomenal Clouds, dont you agree?

Drive Home: Aspen to Santa Fe

The "Back" Drive From Aspen to Santa Fe: 285 South

Independence Pass 28 August 2005

Independence Pass 28 August 2005

Aspen 27 August 2005

Wedding:
The Beautiful Couple, The Proud Father and a Tasty Cake

Aspen 27 August 2005

A Wedding In Aspen: Mt. Sopris, Bride and Meadows

NOTICE:

to those charming folks who comment 'anonymous'

reveal thyself.