headed out today
for a 3-generation
family vacation
in vegas
i’m a lightweight
gambler and drinker
but we have lots of other ideas
up our sleeves.
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“Pick a number? ! I’m great at that! Coin toss!! Eddie, these are my games!!”
-Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold (Family Vacation) upon entering a Casino
in our getaway spot we are graced with
our own private phantom of the opera.
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“musicians don’t retire; they stop when there’s no more music in them.”
-louis armstrong
very recently – warm and easy near the equator, nice way to wake up,
with a call from the sea, bringing news of a day,
where the biggest question is which size coconut to choose.
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and even more recently – warm and tucked in, home again in the great white north, nice way to wake up,
with a call from the weather robot, bringing news of a snow day off of school
where the biggest question is which size down comforter to choose.
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Traveling is seeing; it is the implicit that we travel by. Cynthia Ozick
here.
where i’ll be in less than 24 hours.
see you all when i get back.
A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. – Robert Orben
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image credit: dominican republic ministry of tourism
I didn't have my glasses on.... 