Category Archives: photos (mine)

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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Never Grow Up.

Posted on 22 Feb 18 by rcmckee

Way back when, on or about the occasion of my 45th birthday, one of my adopted brothers gave me one of those poured stone coasters for my coffee mug. Molded into the top was the fine slogan If you haven’t … Continue reading →

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Update and apology…

Posted on 16 Sep 17 by rcmckee

I’m sorry. I’ve been very quiet for a while now (and TOT is almost on hiatus) for a couple of reasons, one of which I’m STILL not at liberty to discuss just now, and the other being the visit of … Continue reading →

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Rosenberg RailFest Reprise

Posted on 29 May 17 by rcmckee

The weather forecast for this last weekend messed up several half-formed plans, but early on Sunday Morning I noticed that it was Museum Discovery Day at the Rosenberg Railroad Museum. Perfect. I like Rosenberg, it’s “out of town” but not … Continue reading →

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One more for the end of the year..

Posted on 08 Jan 17 by rcmckee

Okay, this one’s been burning holes in the HD for almost a month now, so I guess it’s time to throw it up here. Last post I mentioned that I was in the FW/D Metroplex for family reasons (a thing … Continue reading →

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Willkommen – Christkindl Market

Posted on 13 Dec 16 by rcmckee

The calendar said I was going to the Tomball German Christmas Market this weekend. Unfortunately, as for many of us, the calendar failed to take account of the reality of life with aging parents, so instead I wound up at … 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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The Turkeys are Loose..

Posted on 26 Nov 16 by rcmckee

Okay, by now everyone knows what’s going on. It’s … whatever the Saturday after Black Friday is, and as I rarely leave the cave on Black Friday unless I’m being paid to do so, I don’t have to recover from … 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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