Last Saturday, Miss Ellie took dad and I waaaaay up into the Ozarks to an ADV motorcycle rally; I'm pretty sure that this was the first time that dad went to a motorcycle event in a 31 year old car with a rowdy dog in attendance, but such is the powers of guilt that I wield. We decided to test Miss Ellie's 4WD capabilities by camping atop Pilot Knob, the site of an old firetower,…

Good morning from base camp Subaru! We're camped at the base of a deserted watchtower in the most remote reaches of the Ozarks mountains. The sun and the moon are fighting for supremacy in the sky; even though the moon mantains her high point in the west, the sun is beginning to establish her supremacy to the east, setting the treetops aflame and chasing the last tendrils of fog back down into the valleys. Or…

Dad here; Friday is always a day of frolicking at the Casa (but aren't they all?), but this one is bittersweet, as we received news yesterday concerning one of the original followers of this page: Darling Nikki has passed. As most of you know, she had waged an epic war with cancer, but though her determination and grit were incredible, it was her dignity that impressed me the most. We never actually spoke on the…

Unemployment, social division, an election resembling a uncivil war, bad news peremeating the very atmosphere in which we live, a toxic stew every bit as vile as the crate from whence I came; it's sometimes difficult for this normally vivacious girl to maintain a positive outlook and post accordingly. But then I remember that we all have a mission, and mine has always been to focus on the positive; what kind of ambassador for good…

Once upon a midnight dreary, I tossed and turned, all weak and weary Banished from the bed onto the hardwood floor When deep beneath the quilts I heard a yarking A heaving sound,  a silent barking Is it a false alarm, or cause to flee these shores? Thus quoth the Charlie; Nevermore.  I dared not peek beneath the covers As odors abiding there are known to hover The ghosts of Alpo past, a foul vapour…