tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76151352009-06-17T00:50:48.581-05:00Escape the Okie ZoneThis is a personal creative non-fiction journal about a traveler and his evolving life. He saw the waning warmth of humans through his puppy's eyes and now he see the world through his child's eyes.
He thought much of our country's warmth went dormant when Bush held our country hostage!
Some of my hostile readers suffering from overinflated egos might actually think that I might be writing about them on this blog! Get a life please ;)Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.comBlogger724125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-67577662060796766272009-06-17T00:34:00.005-05:002009-06-17T00:50:48.589-05:00I guess absence makes the heart grow fonder...I have to take care of business in the land of enchantment!!..It's so wonderful to be back with the whole family and Buffy!!Im so happy that my friend, Carlos and Gwen are letting me stay with them while my Infinity has it's cv joints worked on...It pays, I think sometimes, to negotiate...gradually, bit by bit, I see light at the end of the tunnel...Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-24914635363363903592009-06-14T02:59:00.002-05:002009-06-14T03:06:58.283-05:00 I sometimes go through ups and downs too...so does everybody./..just some more than others..whenever I suggest meds...defensively my beautiful half says"YOu need to see a psychologist!"I am happy she is happier now with her family...I probably won't be posting for a while to pick up my Dad's old infinity..and drive it back to hillbilly country...take care of business in the okie zone and maybe Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-86628873979651623032009-06-13T03:08:00.003-05:002009-06-13T03:57:53.235-05:00I learned some pretty hard lessons in life...I could easily get down on myself, which I did this rainy afternoon...two weeks after arriving in this country...settling down into just bumming in the hills of the Ozarks...'I was boo hooing into a hypoglygemic depressed state...I was in the Niagra falls of self pity..her son must think I am totally goofy...You wouldn't believe my stash ws picked out Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-81201299532053816362009-06-12T14:30:00.001-05:002009-06-12T14:40:20.302-05:00"SEATTLE — A dog that ran off from its owner in Seattle's Seward Park found and ate some marijuana and got high. Owner Jen Nestor Waddell told KING-TV the 11-year-old black Lab mix named Jack was "just stoned" May 12 after they returned home from the park. The dog's eyes glossed over and he had trouble walking.The vet said Jack had swallowed a large amount of dried, harvested marijuana. After Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-54953633790563425442009-06-12T00:57:00.003-05:002009-06-12T01:10:31.911-05:00I think that a lot of the time, my life has been a continual comedy of errors...I resign myself to be just the weird bloke at the end of the bar...folks often look at me as soon as they get to know me as either goofy or one string missing in a tennis racquet...I have to just be that more careful now that I have a son to take care of..I have to take responsibility and not let myself fall into the Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-66697428614540180702009-06-10T01:06:00.004-05:002009-06-10T01:40:29.009-05:00 Some days, I really feel there is light at the end of the tunnel...Especially when I see the light in my son's eyes...especially when he looks at me...all the relatives in America love him... I smile at him and he giggle with glee when he smiles at me.. when I speak and he listens to every word...never has someone listened so intently to what I often think are boring words... he loves me...I amGarvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-44193301742912780272009-06-06T14:25:00.005-05:002009-06-07T00:54:08.827-05:00I'm gonna pray to the universe that my laptop will working before I take my next walkabout!!I suppose there is a down side to the verbal aspects of cannabizing...the way I communicate might be hampered in one aspect of the relationship...I just want someone to listen to me...Maybe that's one of the biggest reasons for relationships to end...It saddens me all the heartbreak in discovering myself...the ADD mixed w/bipolar love...she loves me.she love me not..I love herI love her not..Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-5901793062126415752009-06-06T03:02:00.006-05:002009-06-06T03:26:07.709-05:00sometimes I just wanna say "fuck it" as gracefully as I can to the angry world... but then...sometimes the gift of a little mojo magicis the best spice for a relationship...add it to your meal...and it might not tempt you into tasting the most delicious moments...Thanks...What if God really loves Cannabis.....It can really change your view of the world...instead of just turning your ass to the Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-11906322067432391042009-06-06T02:36:00.006-05:002009-06-06T02:51:55.181-05:00I loved these images what mother nature can do to a beach...the fence was gonna go the next evening...'I wish that I had seen the huge waves take away the fence to our backyard vegetation!!Ill put in some pics of the cliff created by the storm Saturday evening, during high tide...Maybe my wife will change her mind...maybe a little of the love machine might convince her how rough it might be Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-18054838923298471892009-06-06T02:16:00.001-05:002009-06-06T02:17:54.330-05:00Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-26417883544547971762009-06-05T03:01:00.004-05:002009-06-05T03:15:32.538-05:00We stayed at a beautiful little motel...with our baby, I had to wake up early so I decided to check out the sun come up over the mountains very early in the morning...Mt. Warning is on the left...It is the caldera of a very ancient caldera when Australia was part of the mass continet...I took this sequence of photos...It would be wonderful to live out here...The place had a beautiful home for Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-62970569084624813922009-06-04T15:09:00.003-05:002009-06-04T21:50:05.807-05:00I feel when my sweetheart and I get it together, we will be able to enjoy life even more...we will get the right help and the right meds for our minds to process more efficiently..we will be more relaxed and get into the joie de vivre!!Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-84813363211852422062009-06-03T19:54:00.004-05:002009-06-04T15:16:43.155-05:00I will add some more pics of our trip soon...This was the beautiful tent we stayed in the Nimbin Youth hostel...It had a fantastic view... Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-91514329159730854672009-06-02T00:32:00.005-05:002009-06-03T00:25:51.072-05:00Again I'm at a crossroads in my life...I have to make some big decisions now about me and our family...I have to think what is best for the family but still be able to enjoy life while Im still young at heartGarvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-24929015757875886902009-06-01T23:19:00.000-05:002009-06-01T23:32:48.231-05:00Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-37197378715326935122009-06-01T09:08:00.002-05:002009-06-01T09:11:36.170-05:00"Taking a Time OutYou Are Not CrazyMost of us feel a little crazy from time to time. Periods of high stress can make us feel like we’re losing it, as can being surrounded by people whose values are very different from our own. Losing a significant relationship and moving into a new life situation are other events that can cause us to feel off kilter. Circumstances like these recur in our lives, Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-28368125321757358582009-05-31T03:15:00.002-05:002009-05-31T03:43:24.259-05:00I don't know how it's going to work out....but...my honey's parents are more supportive of me as the father of the new family than ever especially after falling in love with Colin as everyone that spends time with our very jovial jolly child!we have the most beautiful baby...I never saw a pretty baby until I saw him...Until then I always thought babies were uglyDad in law and I spent some bondingGarvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-24731523918111698452009-05-28T10:30:00.003-05:002009-06-03T00:21:03.580-05:00Up, Up and Away....My honey is homesick...so we have to go back to hillbilly country!!Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-80734593218225110752009-05-26T09:19:00.005-05:002009-06-04T22:12:08.700-05:00Right wing rednecks hate folks that want to help the environment!"New Animated Series on ABC to Lampoon Environmentalists from Newsbusters.orgby Brent BakerMay 25, 2009 With television hosts unwilling to joke about President Barack Obama as those comedians regularly ridicule conservatives, there’s a bright spot coming up this week in a new TV show set to debut on ABC which will mock leftist environmentalism. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday: The Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-10388774858886109812009-05-25T08:01:00.002-05:002009-05-25T08:06:47.481-05:00Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-11787499619628699952009-05-24T10:27:00.001-05:002009-05-24T10:33:31.370-05:00we almost made it to the top of Mt. Warning!!Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-32170944053979033972009-05-22T07:52:00.006-05:002009-05-22T08:53:53.741-05:00wow...what a bummer...I just wrote a whole bunch and it disappeared into blogger heaven...'I was so proud of what a trooper Colin Murray Garvald was!!I had a bottle of water with me and I gave him the water as we reached the top...I asked some nice people..(there were only nice folks all complimenting me on such a well behaved child!!) he was wide awake through most of the trip..taking in the Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-87919239383588819902009-05-21T20:57:00.002-05:002009-05-21T21:01:57.188-05:00sometimes, it's good to escape the ball and chain of marriagewith all of it's ups and downs...often I think there have been more downs on this holidayas the holiday turns intoHelladayor a helleachday??Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-64861471485736475412009-05-21T09:51:00.001-05:002009-05-21T09:54:53.453-05:00Garvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615135.post-80426855776183419672009-05-20T03:46:00.004-05:002009-05-20T05:02:11.494-05:00I wonder if this roller coaster ride of my life could be documented and the crazy's names changed to protect the guilty...It's weird how the screen appears to be almost following my life...Or I have these wonderful ideas for screenplays...and lately they've been put into movies...Is somebody in Hollywood reading this blog??I wanna escape to Byron Bay again...meet other travellers who also want toGarvaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18439316429769913477noreply@blogger.com0