Company outings just aren’t what they used to be, I guess…
Reflections after a day on Amtrak:
Mussolini in 2008
Riding on an Amtrak train in west-central Pennsylvania. We just passed through the Norfolk Southern yards in Altoona. Stretching for a couple of miles, these yards appear to be almost abandoned. Here and there a newish locomotive sits on a well-used siding, but most of the engines in the lot look as [...]
The order of service (as it were) for the scattering of my dad’s ashes at “The Farm” in West Virginia.
It was lovely, and wonderful, and cathartic. And there’s something to be said for the fact that my dad’s ashes aren’t sitting in my mom’s basement any longer. I can’t help but think that [...]
Or feeling like I should, at least. I’m in the lobby of a 50’s-style airport hotel just beneath the glide slope of runway 28-Right at Pittsburgh International Airport. It’s a great place. Really.
Spent today visiting elderly relatives, and my aunt and uncle too. After a night of almost no sleep, thanks [...]
Hosting company’s server got hacked, and everything (but everything) got wiped out. I’m a little confused about the whole thing, but I’m going with it.
Off to Pittsburgh in the morning, by way of Rochester, NY and McConnells Mills, PA. Mom and I are driving out. As a result, I’ll not be able [...]