Palm Desert, CA

Greetings from a wallaby. No, we’re not in Australia yet. But the Living Desert that I mentioned in a recent post is building an Australia exhibit. These little beauties greeted us at that park today. Kind of reinforces the theme of that blog post: What difference will there be...

Hi, everyone. Well, we were dog sitting this beautiful creature last week. One of the things we are most excited to see while traveling are the animals that we cannot normally see in their native habitats. Kiwis. Not: . Cassowaries. Penguins. And of course kangaroos. Mary’s not so keen...

We’ll be spending tonight in the fourth different bed in six nights. We’re dog sitting at a classic mid-century Palm Springs home. It’s very geometric and one rectangle leads to the next, but I always feel like each is incomplete in itself or somehow is itself plus a half....

     We’re in the first of several temporary homes after leaving our apartment. I can’t disclose the location, but this gal is one of the other residents.      Mary used the metaphor of being in the witness protection program; she also used the word “vagabond.” I related the story...