Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - Harrisonville MO
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Dock, Blue West Public Boat Ramp, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Fritch TX, May 12, 2012
Row, row, row yer boat
It seemed like a good idea at the time...
Night camp
Wal-Mart Supercenter in Harrisonville MO
Walmart Supercenter Store #96, 1700 N State Route 291, Harrisonville, MO 64701 - (816) 884-5635
- Parking lot access a bit tight and RV unfriendly. Much of the lot is gently sloped.
- Verizon cell phone service- Very good
- Verizon EVDO Broadband service - Good service
- Locate this Walmart on my Night Camps map
- Find other Wal-Marts in the area
- Check the weather here
Finding the Words to Fit It
There is an idea current in the prevailing culture that writing about something that pains you heals the pain. I was not, when I began writing my life story, and am not now, healed of my mother. But you do gain a small distance from anything by keeping it in suspension in your mind while you work at finding the words to fit it. The process is so slow and incremental that you don't notice its effect, but the point is that it is a process.
Source: Almost There: the Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman, a Memoir by Nuala O'Faolain