Author Archives: andrew

This sign is right outside my hotel in Los Angeles.  I took a photo of it so I could look at it later and figure it out, but I still don’t understand… did Los Angeles not have taxis until three … Continue reading →

Yesterday I took the Texas Eagle (which, as far as I can tell, is the same thing as the Sunset Limited) from San Antonio to Los Angeles.  It was pretty much a tour of America’s Wastelands… I fell asleep looking … Continue reading →

Last night we walked around downtown Austin to see some of the New Year festivities.  Someone-or-other built a giant beautiful wooden clockwork to count down the last few days of the year.  Lots of people crowded around it to write … Continue reading →

Right now I’m sitting outside a grocery store in Austin.  There’s a flock of noisy, whistling blackbirds in the tree above me (they look like grackles but don’t sound like the kind we have in MN.)  Behind me is a … Continue reading →

Aidan saw all this rigging over the horizon and declared it to be a ship.  This was visually correct and yet didn’t make much sense geographically.  I guess coal-mining involves big airborn blocks and tackle. I had another Yankee moment … Continue reading →

On the road from Dallas to Austin is Italy, Texas:  home of the Monolithic Dome Institute.  I can’t offer up much explanation, here — I played with Aidan in a big empty field while Mary walked around inside the visitor’s … Continue reading →

It’s probably best if I say as little as possible about Dallas.  The landscape there combined with my generally dour frame of mind had me spending a lot of time dwelling on the fact that humans are no better than … Continue reading →

Over Christmas the internet service went out at the hotel in Dallas.  The hotel was essentially abandoned for the holiday, and  what staff was present didn’t have much interest in my communication problems.  So… I have many days of photos … Continue reading →