Picaresque

Picaresque is the adjective to describe writings about a common or low character who survives the pitfalls of life through luck or good fortune. My travels, interests, my animals, my photographs, my wonderful friends and family are featured.

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Location: Arapahoe, Wyoming, United States

(Note: Blogs read from bottom to top; scroll down for beginnings, scroll up for most current.) After 30 years in public administration and four degrees, as well as numerous workshops with luminaries in Education and Public Policy, life in a slower lane became a goal. Most recently I have done policy writing and consulting for the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone Tribes. Mostly, I am just coasting slowly and gently downhill these days-seeking joy where I can find it before the glorious ride ends.

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

A sweet note from Andre' and Anna

A sweet note from Andre' and Anna. Campground friendships are by nature short and sweet (or sour) and one does hope paths will cross again on the good ones.

Hello Steve,

Thanks so much for the photo of us with bicycles that you forwarded. We showed it to our son in Athens, along with the paper copies you gave us. He was impressed.... We were lucky, indeed, to be assigned to the site next to you at John Prince Co. Pk. Our first meeting on the small bridge with our bicycles was a preview of a warm friendship of casual and thought provoking conversation to follow. We thank you for the extra attractiveness of our oversize lot provided by your adjoining flower patches in beautiful colors and varieties. Your tender loving care of them is appreciated by all those passing by. Your dog was a long -time "man's best friend" for you and appreciated by us, too. It was easy to see how much you cared about him.

I studied the Wyoming map on the way home and found the one large Indian Reservation near the center of the state. It must be about 3600 sq. miles. That's a lot of territory. I noticed a small city maned St. Stephens in the S.W. corner. Do you live near there?

Our drive home was in the best of weather and travel conditions,,,,,Now it is cleaning up and catching up with a month's supply of mail ( quite a chore).

You are an exceptional personality memory of our Florida 2006 trip. Thanks for the tasty cookies and unexpected good words to the ranger checking out our site status... The only thing missing is a real visual memory of you with your dog, flowers, and trailer in background. We would love to receive a photo via internet , if you could.

We wish you a good trip home. It must be about twice as far as ours... That new Deluxe Ford Van should relieve the anxiety from your super sized home on wheels trying to manouver through the traffic, etc.

It was great knowing you. Auf Wiedersehen, and thank you,
Anna and Andre'