Five days ago, I arrived Brisbane’s international airport with Hook’s ashes and managed to avert a personal customs check of my baggage. Before I left Austin, I purchased one of those face powder makeup containers and emptied it, then filled it up with my dead husband inside. I was fully prepared to dip the mini … Continue reading In the Land of Oz
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A Pilgrimage of Milestones
In two weeks, I'll be on a plane to Australia. Someone said that I was taking a pilgrimage but I've realized that this entire year has been nothing but a pilgrimage of milestones. The first birthdays, the first holidays, the first trip back to the Texas coast, our anniversary in June which by the way is not … Continue reading A Pilgrimage of Milestones
Where In Australia – Part II
I'm on a quest this morning. Actually, I'm back on a quest, a re-quest. Ha! I'm also on a coffee high so if this blog sounds like I'm bouncing off the walls, it's just the caffeine working its way into my fingers! Okay, the quest. Before Hook's and my sabbatical detour into no-where-near-Australia took place, … Continue reading Where In Australia – Part II
From Funk to Super: The Hook-Australian Update
The Olympics came and went, August came and went and now, if I’m not careful, September will come and go, too. My lackadaisical attitude hit right after my last blog posting. I’d been in a bit of a funk, the kind where you have all these different directions you could go but none of them … Continue reading From Funk to Super: The Hook-Australian Update
