My hotel is diagonally across from the “Sanitary Tortilla Manufacturing Company.” I suppose I was naive to think there were other kinds. It made for a funny smell the first day or so, but you get used to it.
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A few pictures from my walkaround yesterday are up.
My freaky spirituality piece of the other day sparked interesting discussion there and there and around these parts, where Fred asked, “what sin made you turn from God?” But before I could answer, Fred had figured out the answer for himself, hitting the Proverbial nail on the head with his first swing – yes, Fred, the “lust of the flesh” pointed me hellward. That, and I like shrimp.
The piece also sparked a couple of phone calls – one from a friend who said my writing was getting “too flowery” and another who told me she thought it was “beautiful.” Well shit, aren’t flowers supposed to be beautiful?
In a related coincidence, I happened upon a wonderful and very apropos Tom Robbins passage last night:
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I’m headed out – south for San Antonio. I’ll edit this post later with some suggestions for Austin visitors. Oh and while Deanna was visiting, we painted our shoes and made little cakes. It rocked.
For those of you considering an extended jaunt in Europe, or the merely curious, I’ve been pulling together a list of lessons learned from my journey. I wanted to travel light (to enable flexibility and mobility) and see a lot of places in the few weeks I was there. However, I didn’t want to move around so much that my memories would be of travel rather than new places, people and cultures. As it was, I chopped a couple places off my itinerary and still felt I moved around too much. Overall, I had a wonderful experience and can’t wait to do it again – better. Here’s a general idea of how I’d make it better.
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All is well here in Austin, TX – sorry for the bout of silence. I have a few pieces in the works and things will pick up again around here by the weekend. Topics include the US leadership crisis, business ideas, Europe and God. I swear.
I really like Austin. Nice vibe, warm people, rich cultural scene, and a generally cool spot to be. I’m going to spend a little time here.
I spent the last couple of days exploring the Gulf Coasts of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. I was blown away by the scope of the Hurricane Katrina devastation – especially along the Mississippi coast (the Biloxi region particularly.) I have never seen destruction on this scale.
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In the pitch blackness of the Georgia woods late last night, the Milky Way glowed an eerie white-green glow. What I love about being in the middle of the woods is the absolute lack of light pollution and the sky is alive with millions of stars – the stardust spreads from edge to edge. The rising moon had started to drown it out a little, but it was still unlike anything you’d see near a city.
I was really in the middle of nowhere – even seeing a road or a light was a rare occurrence in this southwestern section of the state. As I zipped along, something that looked a bit like a cat darted into the road and went right under the side of my car before I could react. I felt it go under my rear wheels with a nasty krrump.
Awww, shit.
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If you’re into mini golf, cheesy adventure parks, pancakes, pawn shops, wicker markets, old people, seafood buffets, beachwear superstores and trinkets ad infinitum – you’ll love Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I didn’t; I left.
