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  In a basement boiler room in Kissimmee FL Rrrinng Good day and thank you for contacting Hot Seasonz. The Travel division of Devils' Quill Communications. I'm Ash, how may I help you? The wife wants a baby and you want her to shut up? Before I make suggestions, may I ask why a baby would be a problem? She's a drunk and would drop it off your 40-story balcony? Why, Mr. Clap...  I'm sorry. I had thought you were someone else. May I have the name? Uh, huh. Yes, we have a file on her. Oh, my. You must be begging to get on with Guardian Angels Group with this record. How do you do it? Well, yes, Lust IS a powerful pull, but even us demons want back on the chain gang now and then. Will this be a solo trip, are you a glutton for punishment? Solo? Fine. I see you live in Miami, would she like someplace cold? We do have the "Hell Freezes Over" tour, which begins with a flight to Detroit in January where she will board a specially equipped snow barge to travel down the...

  If you have been following along on Facebook and Instagram, you know I spent a week in that fabulous den of iniquity and corruption, New Orleans. It was a trip planned several times, each time getting postponed for one reason or another. Finally, the stars aligned. My wife and I got the wheels moving on Sunday morning for the seven hour trip. Unlike other trips I could name, we didn't run into much traffic either there or back. Which is a nice change from my usual experience.  So, how do you describe the city in a swamp where the dead are buried above ground? It is a Jack-Of-All-Trades place, a combination seaport and oil town with a mix of people you won't find anywhere else. As with many other seaports, bribery is how you get things done. There are different terms for it: taxes, donations, tips... Add them all up and your travel budget just went up 15%.  Bring folding money. None of these folks take cards.  Yeah, I'm being a parsimonious cynic.  It's also a ...

“Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. The seatbelt light is on. Please replace your tables as we are on our final approach to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. It’s a beautiful spring day down there in Atlanta, it’s 63F. and sunny. We’ll be disembarking at gate E-63. We at Delta Airlines appreciate you flying with us and we hope you will remember us for your travel needs. Please prepare for landing…” “E-63? Looks like I’ll be getting my exercise.” He looked ruefully at his waistline. “And I need it.” The laptop went dark and slid into the backpack. With an audible pop, the thin tray found its home and the soda can in to the offered bag. It occurred to him they were like the poop bags required of dog owners these days. Bag it up and toss it rather than leave the little bombs for everyone. For the better, he supposed. The text from Corporate had come before he boarded. There will be guests at the roll out. No indication of who they might be, probably Chines...

We interrupt your story for a vacation. Is it to Telluride ? I wish. I had lunch with a friend yesterday and she showed me a brochure for the house she just contracted for in Aurora. She moves in June. I’ve never been there. John Denver said it was a fantasy in moonlight to get high there (not that I do that anymore). And it sounds so much nicer than Buffalo. My current fantasy project is called “One Lap of America”. I take a trip around the country to all the sites I’ve been told about over the years. The original plan was thought up when I was in high school and I saw an article in the Whole Earth Catalog on converting school buses into living quarters. It was a nice day dream, but real life got in the way of the mojo . Now I have more time the dream has been rekindled. YouTube is a treasure trove of Nomad attention seekers willing to give me tips and advice. And, my wife is somewhat on board with it. We’ve done a couple of trade shows and looked at rigs that would fit. W...

I want a tiny house On tiny wheels With dollhouse furniture To escape the world I want to pack up an old, beat up suitcase Take a bus and look out over the Mississippi Then look down and see the suitcase missing Eat Red Beans and Rice With Beignets and Coffee for desert Listening to old buskers Sing from their soul To be lost in the maze until the swamp runs out Where the hurricanes thrash hardy inhabitants Flipping middle fingers in response. The edge of America. Is where I want to be. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Topic (lost in the maze)- Rutger Siskens Pic- Dahlia Ramone Pic guesses: Dollhouse (in blog), Tiny house (in blog), suitcase (in blog), On the go, well traveled, tiny town, small flat. The full quote is from the movie Tightrope (1984) (courtesy IMDB.com): Wes Block : Twenty-eight years ago I borrowed 40 dollars from my father, packed up an old, beat up suitcase, took a bus and came here. I w...