{"id":7107,"date":"2007-10-07T19:04:04","date_gmt":"2007-10-07T23:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=7107"},"modified":"2022-10-18T08:29:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T12:29:03","slug":"over-the-past-4-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=7107","title":{"rendered":"Over the past 4 days I &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>crossed the Rio Grande.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520888496_59ff806280_o-e1665803021547.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-181608\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nMany times.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520025579_bd55b79f92_o-e1665803134258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-181609\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>drove past this whimsical compound built by people waiting for UFOs to land on their property.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520961182_fe9f605cea_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-181610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520961182_fe9f605cea_o.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520961182_fe9f605cea_o-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520961182_fe9f605cea_o-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520961182_fe9f605cea_o-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520961182_fe9f605cea_o-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>\nI also &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>got to finally meet Stevie, after all these years of internet correspondence.  What a pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>I also &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>ate enchiladas from a joint that looks like this.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520864788_2fa71bf097_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-181611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520864788_2fa71bf097_c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520864788_2fa71bf097_c-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520864788_2fa71bf097_c-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520864788_2fa71bf097_c-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520864788_2fa71bf097_c-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and this was on the front window of the enchilada joint.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520864012_1ee130e700_o-e1665803333100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-181612\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>\nI also &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>got glimpses of Maxfield Parrish clouds like these&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520914846_367c817175_c-e1665803431823.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-181613\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>\n&#8230;. and simple visions of joy and light such as this:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520878320_bd74ce89e5_o-e1665803484406.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-181614\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<p>I &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>befriended Jackie and Lou, in a bar.  They were celebrating their 23rd wedding anniversary and treated us to an anniversary dance.  Great people.  Stevie and I loved them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520939196_b1564df8b2_c-e1665803552404.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-181615\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>saw vistas like this everywhere I looked.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520020939_e271c3c43a_o-e1665803623255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-181616\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nI &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>had a great conversation over breakfast with a couple from Dallas &#8211; about Alexander Hamilton, the letters of John and Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Nathaniel Greene.<\/p>\n<p>I saw &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>this from Stevie&#8217;s balcony.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520008595_ae44d4dcba_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-181617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520008595_ae44d4dcba_o.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520008595_ae44d4dcba_o-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520008595_ae44d4dcba_o-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520008595_ae44d4dcba_o-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/1520008595_ae44d4dcba_o-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>\nAnd lastly:<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/IMG_8222-scaled-e1666096137642.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-182672\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I met Dean Stockwell.  You know, all in a day&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>crossed the Rio Grande. Many times. I also &#8230; drove past this whimsical compound built by people waiting for UFOs to land on their property. 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