Julianne, my travel buddy for the trip east, and later drop off at train in Toledo Ohio for the leg to my sister's house.
Dear Mom and Dad, today I got all wet in the water! Love baby duck.
Old style parking meters. Must date from WWI or something!  Shadows on the walk of time, that really all we are...

Nancy Louise (P.S. all this broadband work is being done at "Play It Again Sam" a neat funky cozy cafe, great tea and sandwiches too.

Just wanted to say HI, found a Wifi spot that can handle large uploads (aka photos) and all that. But its almost closing time. will upload more tmw or Friday or BOTH. I am in Chestertown MD, Wiki for it for info. (at least I hope it is in WIki!). Right now Xanga can't take photos, undergoing maintaiance. (sigh).

Will be  back soon and yeah its hard to find a good WiFi spot!!!!

later friends,
Nancy Louise

Yeah it Gross, but I wanted to show my warrior side, the wounds of battle from blood sucking beasties!!!





It has been over a week, scabs are slowly healing all over, arms and turso as well.

Rest of photos are not Gross, promised. LOL

Nancy Louise

First of all, the name is NOT an Native American but after a Greek GeneralYpsilanti. This history reflect much of the forgotten corners of our countries growth, good and bad. The last time I was here a bit over ten years ago, it was sparsly lived in. Now this is no San Francisco and wide open spaces are plenty. But where there once stood wide open fields as far as the standing eye could see from her porch is now crowded with homes of every kind. I am at least grateful its not all ticky tacky, but still, I pout at the obvious loss of wild life and ecosystem. I will blog again with updated photos.

Yipsalanti Michigan is so quiet. You can feel it in your bones. The night sky is deeper than where I live on an Island in the San Francisco Bay. I slept through the night unmedicated for it. This was after an afternoon nap too. So am I about to abandoned my home in San Francisco and moved here? Smile, no, not now anyway. To be honest I am not sure where I am being trained for. What I have learned is this, I need a lot more quiet than I thought to be able to sleep well without chemical inducement. My friend Julienne also pointed out, that for me, the environment is stress free. I do not need to care for my family, because they are caring for themselves, and besides a am a couple thousand mile away and other than prayer, there is little I can do in their day to day needs. So that off my shoulders. They are (supersensibly, ok. kidding) doing well.

There also no clutter in the bedroom. You think once your eyes are closed, it does not matter, this I know is a fallacy in my thinking and will have to be addressed when I return home. It is a restful lesson that is very thought provoking. More photos will be uploaded when I can access my personal computer. This blog is being done on the graciousness of my hostess. One more thing, we have 6 billion people on this planet and growing, yet, there are still huge swaths of wide open spaces. It gives me hope we can still survive as a human race 100 years from now. May I also suggest people of tender concern for our environment and supportive, check out the Magnazine "Yes!" now in its tenth year.

Peace and joyous love to all,
Nancy Louise