You do not get to The Dan without The Vince. It is a measure of how much those two men were regarded by their co-workers. But first things first. Our world changed the day that Dan and Vince- the men- perished along with 123 other Pentagon workers. Five other Naval Intelligence people died in the […]

Quarters K, the legendary Navy Exchange Gas Station closed last Friday. I stopped by on Saturday, having missed my chance to stop while it was still open on Friday. As I have mentioned in these electrons before, the Secretary of the Army is expanding Arlington National Cemetery, and they are going to rip down the […]

I am still a little surprised to be here, in the safety and comfort of Your Nation’s Capital, and that I managed to avoid the storm. It swept through Arlington all day; steady rain to start, and then the temperature plummeted and the wind picked up. I made a sentimental pilgrimage to the Navy Exchange […]

I could not pay attention to the ballgame last night, the culmination of what might have been one of the best World Series played since World War II. I was too tired, and too wiped from the road. I have had all the emotions drain out of me, and the mental toughness on which the […]

Youngstown, Ohio. Sad town, decent Holiday Inn Express. Matt was very kind at the front desk, and the complete uncertainty of throwing myself off the road and into a box for the night went splendidly. Youngstown is one of several sad towns I flew through between the Little City by the Bay and Your Nation’s […]

I was tempted to think the letters “MC” could go in the log-book this morning, but that is absurd. This is not Mission Complete, but it is something. I couldn’t even really put the “MC” in the box until I actually get the Bluesmobile back into the lot at Big Pink, but close enough for […]

Well, I guess when you get to the laundry things are properly positioned on Abraham Maslow’s Heirarchy of Needs. It has been chilly up here, and I did not sweat much over the last ten days, but it still was time to cycle the clothes. I could have just replaced them, like I did for […]

Spike and I did some good work on Raven’s last full day with his wife of 63 years. “Friendship Center first on the way?” I asked. “That works. Can you run back here after that and drop me? I will need a car, since I have a conference call with the Judge back in Arizona […]

Annook caught me behind the wheel of the Bluesmobile yesterday. I Heard the ring tone from the front pocket of my Levis, and I fished it out punched “accept” and held it up to my ear. “So, you installed the ring enhancer on the phone.” It was a declarative sentence, not a question, but I […]

The fog is in thick this morning, forty degrees as the morning tries to come on. Standing on the deck in back of the house, the sky is connected to the gray water in wisps of cloud, the highlands across the bay concealed. It was a good day, yesterday after an unpromising start. Raven was […]