Good morning. 🪿🪿🪿
8 November 2025
This morning marks a travel day. We’re headed up to Grambling, Louisiana to watch our granddaughter play in her first basketball game of the season. She plays for Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. It’s an exhibition match—Grambling is a Division I team, Ouachita a Division II. Go Tigers! Well, both teams are named Tigers, so there may be a bit of confusion in the cheering department.
Technically, I should be doing something to get ready, but I’ve got a lazy streak about a mile wide. Once I sit down and get comfortable, it’s hard to convince myself to get up and start moving. The game’s actually tomorrow, but we’re heading up early to spend a day or so in the area.
There’s a quilting shop in nearby Ruston, Louisiana that my wife enjoys visiting. Quilting shops are a thrilling outing for us—yay. It’s a team effort: she browses, and I find a quiet corner to sit and read. It’s a bit like tag team wrestling—she goes in first, and when she’s tired, she tags me so we can retreat to the car.
The biggest logistical challenge of any trip is figuring out what to do with Charlie. We can’t very well leave him to fend for himself. I say that because some folks nearby do exactly that with their free-roaming dogs. But Charlie’s not a free-roamer, and we don’t treat him like livestock. We go out of our way to make sure he’s safe and cared for. When we’re away, he stays with a nearby veterinarian. There’s always a twinge of guilt when I drop him off—but when I pick him up, it’s happy days all over again.
“Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.” — Leigh Hunt
“How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.” — Spanish proverb
“How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.” — Spanish proverb
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