blog cleanin'

i should be wrapping some little presents now, before lois gets home.

BUT

i have a few minutes. besides, i've been busily changing a couple things on this hulking, literary mass.

as you can see, i've eliminated four cities from the pixie. i doubt anyone (but me) cares about the weather in thailand, new zealand, or selected cities in mexico. i'll have to think of a couple new ones...mebbe something near San Rafael, Argentina.

huh?

yeah. san rafael is a small town that our friends, Arn and Helena, moved to in september. i recall mentioning their domestic living upheaval in a couple posts in june. basically, they're two people who wanted to retire at a reasonable age and be able to enjoy it. a couple years ago, they had been researching faraway places such as Panamá and New Zealand, but checked this little Mendoza Valley - a wine growing region of Chile/Argentina - hamlet and decided that was it.

they recently sent us an email, entailing some of the goings on. the weather, has been in the 80's for four weeks now and they're in the middle of apricot harvesting. they talk of watching the fireflies hovering over the peach orchard while they bask in the starry summer night.

i hate them so

we're greedily planning a trip to see them perhaps in november...that'd be nice. i think i could even blog from there!