Category Archives: travel

Stormy Birdo and the Mountains

Birdo in hurricane

I haven’t had the inspiration to write lately, just been quite stuck in my stupid thoughts. So I’ll just show you the couple of doodles I did this week. I’m sure you’ve seen the news about the hurricane that hit Texas. We were impacted by it, but luckily not as severe as some. It was an interesting week! Here is a birdo blowing away!

Mountain Dreamin’

And a half finished, I guess, doodle of some mountains. I have been wanting to take a trip out to Big Bend. I haven’t been since I was a kid. I want to know what fascinated my dad about the place, as I only remember mere glimpses of the mountains. I do love them so! And we were very close to Big Bend a couple of years ago in the Davis mountains. So yeah, the mountains be calling me!!

Oh, here I am in the Davis mountains 3 years ago!

And my ancestors roamed the areas. Have you heard of the Comanche springs? And the Comanche war trails? Some intersect through that area. I guess also a part of my soul, if our ancestors can somehow live inside us, a tiny fleck in our soul longs to be there again. As if maybe I somehow, one way or another, have lived there before…when I think about longing, that’s what I think. Some part of my soul dwells there in another life, or my ancestors still call out to me. Maybe that’s why my Dad loved the place too. It called out to him. Sometimes we’re unaware of what longing is, or what’s calling out to us. Fear sets in. Doubts. Sometimes longing leads to dead ends, heart breaks, trouble, but we wind up learning something. That is also longing. Longing to grow and learn about ourselves. So you must trust that nothing and everything will go right/wrong. It’s up to you to understand it I guess. I told you my mind is somewhere deep in the recesses of turmoil and struggle. Maybe just a good night’s sleep and a good walk in nature  perhaps. Or some more doodles. Get your head out of the clouds!

The Summer of Pasta

It seems like they know how to live.

The Summer of Pasta ain’t so bad if you like to eat!… But bad if you’re on a diet.

I’ve been watching this you tube channel called Pasta Grannies this summer. It’s actually amazing how much tradition goes into the cooking and the making of the pasta, it makes me want to learn. And learn I must! But it also makes me want to keep the recipes of my grandmother going and pass them onto my children some day and become a pasta granny myself! Traditions are so important because it really keeps the memory and keeps the bond of family alive. I do miss so many summers with my grandmother in the kitchen or in the garden helping her can pickles or learn how to bake bread. I hope that I can pass that love onto my family as well.

But the show is also neat because you can glimpse a different city in Italy and see their cultures and their family traditions that you might like to add to your family! I know I’m going to try! And also try and learn Italian and also maybe move there someday…(sigh)

Okay enough about pasta and love. I will become a pasta granny someday and I can’t wait. 😀

-CM

A day at the beach!

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We live about 3  1/2 hours from the gulf coast and its not very often that we go. Yesterday just happened to be one of those. Day Trippers! …

Not only did we get to travel to the coastal area of Texas, but we also traveled through the national forests such as the Big Thicket. It’s on our to do list to go hiking and camping there (oh and to spot Sasquatch…he’s been rumored to have been spotted in the Big Thicket). I should really get out and enjoy these areas around me! and the coast (I know the Gulf’s waters are pretty brown, so what) was really beautiful. I love being on the beach and being able to enjoy nature. I think this time of year is the best time to go as the water is nice and cool, it tends to be a lot warmer in the summer time. Doing donuts in the sand was fun, just don’t piss off any old crotchety men…which we did. I recommend the Bolivar Peninsula and the beaches there. But if you want to go to Galveston island, it’s just a ferry’s trip away.

Now…to apply more aloe vera gel. Yes, the sun can be beautiful and cruel…