Category Archives: mental meanderings

Onward. Upward. (And just a bit of Sideways).

Posted on 02 Jan 20 by rcmckee

We’re still here. It probably doesn’t look like it from the state of my Web presence, but we ARE. These last couple of years have been momentous, if much less than pleasant, here at the Wandering Blog / The Other … Continue reading →

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Listen up…

Posted on 22 May 18 by rcmckee

I don’t go into rant mode often, but some things matter enough that I will. “Don’t go to the desert without water” is one. “Don’t break the children” is another. This is a third. {Rant} I bitch about my country … Continue reading →

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This Day In History 61 years ago

Posted on 01 Dec 16 by rcmckee

A few years ago I was in San Antonio for a festival and, as I usually do, I set up my tent at the KOA on the east side and caught the bus into town. (I got into the habit … Continue reading →

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Life Goes On…

Posted on 30 Oct 16 by rcmckee

If you look at the last post, I lost a good friend earlier this month. Well, I didn’t “lose” him exactly, we know exactly what happened… but talking with him is a little harder now, and I’m spending a fair … Continue reading →

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Update, apology, and KITTEN!

Posted on 07 Jul 15 by rcmckee

Discovered about midnight last night that for some reason the blog wasn’t coming up. I’d been backing up the archives a couple of days ago so I know it wasn’t down long, but nonetheless it WAS down. I don’t know … Continue reading →

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Cooling my heels… and other body parts, too….

Posted on 23 Feb 15 by rcmckee

Been camped in Mom’s back room for a few days doing the stuff you do when your elders get elderlier, and woke up this morning to find Fort Worth gone all winter wonderland and whatnot…. That’s not actually snow, it’s … Continue reading →

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Onward, into the fog….

Posted on 01 Jan 15 by rcmckee

Last week I was wandering around at Bastrop, looking at fire damage and getting depressed. Then I found these guys, and they reminded me that there’s nothing to be sad about. It’s just the Wheel turning. Sometimes you’re on top … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Belle…

Posted on 17 Aug 14 by rcmckee

Little-known and totally useless aviation factoid: I have a great liking for the old Douglas DC-3, the “Gooney Bird.” (I actually have a great liking for almost ANY old machine that just keeps going and going and going, year in … Continue reading →

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There… and back.

Posted on 31 Jul 14 by rcmckee

A good museum never stops. There’s something else around every corner, behind every door. When you crawl out of one exhibit there’s another one right there waiting for you. You find yourself opening everything, peeking into every corner, reading every … Continue reading →

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Mars… or bust.

Posted on 30 Jul 14 by rcmckee

The note on the negative sleeve says 1967. My sister, very stylish and pretty in a white summer dress, and I, defiantly anti-stylish in a blue shirt (buttoned all the way up, thank you.) and black slacks, stand in front … Continue reading →

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