Monday morning in Austin

Monday morning in Austin, after the Sunday night weather thrashing, the surface of the river had little eddies with mulch and muck, but the sky was clear blue, washed clean. Even the air felt fresh. I was looking over my travel notes, and I had this one about my desert travels, how the most important thing to carry is not water, but lip balm. On various westward trips, I’ve forgotten tapes, printer ink, cables, software, flyers, but I’ve never gone without lip balm [Carmex, Chapstick, Beeswax, & etc.]. I wonder how I survived all those years in the desert without some kind of lip medication? Going back out there after living the soft and easy life in Austin — makes for a sharp contrast. My red headed Capricorn fetched me up — “Dude, I’ll be right there, I’m leaving in five minutes, no really, I am….” Three hours later, she finally showed up. I wasn’t the least bit upset, she just got a cable modem. If it had been me, I’d still be playing on line. We did the long walk, and took a detour by Hut’s for hamburgers, fries and a shake. Did wonders for both the physical and spiritual well–being of both of us. This is what I like to read in an e–mail:
> sign: Scorpio
> TalkToKramer: Hey dude, you were so 100% right.
And this:
> sign: Aquarius
> TalkToKramer: Just wanted to say thank you, I ordered my chart from you last
> November and this week in particular it saved me from setting myself up from a
> large disappointment.