Busy week around here. I got a chance to do '4WD Driver's Ed' in the nearby mountain range with an experienced fellow. Had a great day learning how to navigate 2-track roads without falling off or high-centering, visited some old mines, collected a few goodies. Then had another great day doing my first live open-mic, went well if not perfect.

Today I met with friends and then spent the afternoon gathering food from various places; got some cheese in Mexico direct from the producer, visited a farm market I had never bothered to go to before, stopped at the small produce stand, went to the meat market (closed) and then the local grocery.   Was looking forward to doing some cooking, ditching some of the processed foods.

The moment I was all stocked up, got a call that it's time to go help sister in Florida by Friday, thought it would be in a couple of weeks. Glad to go but mighty peeved about the groceries! Will freeze some and pass the fresh stuff on to the neighbors.