I had to leave the house a couple of hours ago to visit the next burg about 20 minutes from here (usually, at least). When I left, I knew I was in for potential trouble. See, this is south Texas, and people here are completely ignorant of how to drive in winter weather. It was Continue reading →
An Open Letter to All Concerned
1 October 2008 By Leave a Comment
I’m crossposting this to relevant places (and email) to reduce my catch-up time. I bet some of you are wondering where I disappeared to for so long. I live on Trinity Bay just east of Houston, about a mile from the mouth of the Houston Ship Channel. Hurricane Ike forced a mandatory evacuation of my Continue reading →
Update on Ike
16 September 2008 By 1 Comment
Ike whipped our asses down here in Houston. we went under mandatory evacuation for my zip code, which started noon on Thursday. I had no time to prepare and so I left a ton of stuff on the font porch. We packed and were out of the area by 2 pm. Came to my mom’s Continue reading →
Evacuating – I Don’t Like Ike
11 September 2008 By 3 Comments
I’ve been trying to avoid leaving, but now we are under mandatory evacuation starting at noon. I’ve had two fitful hours of sleep and have nothing done, so we have to get a lot of stuff outside put somewhere safe, and then pack up and leave. The cats will be staying here, as will the Continue reading →
Still Going: The Energizer Sheta
30 August 2008 By Leave a Comment
Well, I may not be that manic, but at least I’m still getting up in the morning rather than in the afternoon. I woke up at 8:30 a.m. after dreaming I’d slept til 3 — woke up with a panicked jolt, in fact. I gathered up a bunch of books to donate to the library, Continue reading →
Angels? Or Something
23 August 2008 By 1 Comment
I’m looking at the next post in the archives (moving from most distant past, forward) of my old LiveJournal and it’s a post from 2003 regarding an angelic visitation in 1999. I was doing daily LBRP and other rituals at that time, and so was accustomed to seeing manifestations of the four archangels from that Continue reading →
We’re Still Here
6 August 2008 By Leave a Comment
Thanks to all the well-wishers. The storm hit this morning, and we ended up with well over 4 inches of rain. The water did come into the apartment, but that isn’t something that bothers me much anymore as if left alone, it takes care of itself and all I have to do is mop. I Continue reading →
There’s A Storm Comin’ and We’d All Best Be Ready When She Does
4 August 2008 By Leave a Comment
The tropical storm known as Edouard (that’s not a typo) is hovering off the coast of Texas/Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico and is due to hit here tomorrow. And when I say, “here,” I do mean here. Observe: That star is the location of my house. Though Edouard (I guess that sounds like “Edward,” Continue reading →
