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I Love the South!

July 25, 2006

I’ve been making my way through the South since the last time I wrote. I LOVE IT! I’m not sure if its because I came from the hot, dry, flat, brown topography of Texas, but when I was driving through Northern Louisiana on 1-20, it was just gorgeous, gorgeous country… Very lush, very green, a […]

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McFriends and McGraws

July 22, 2006

The Soul2Soul summer has begun… Yesterday was an AWESOME day filled with McFriends and McGraws… It was nice to do a little something for the cowgirl in me finally, after all these days in TEXAS going to hip-hop bars and clubs, lol. The whole day was like food for my soul… Left Houston EARLY in […]

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You Can Find Me in the Club…

July 21, 2006

Houston has been a blast… Josiah is big ballin’ in a super bachelor mansion, so I’ve been chillun in major style and comfort. I have my own master suite complete with my own bathroom… Once again, its amazing what $180,000 will get you in Texas… My host in Houston is my boy Josiah, also known […]

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Downtime in Austin

July 18, 2006

Austin, TX has been good for my soul. First of all, I’ve gotten to spend Quality time with my good friend Nicola… Nicola and I have been friends since the 8th grade. She moved to Vacaville in 9th grade, and then to Texas about 10 years ago. But she’s one of those friends that no […]

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Work Hard, Play Harder

July 16, 2006

I am so exhausted… I’ve been in Dallas 3 days now, and have averaged about 5 hours of sleep each night. Cousin Doug seems determined to make a lush out of me, LOL. But I’m having lots of fun, so I suppose that’s all that matters. I arrived in hot-ass Dallas around midnight on Thursday […]

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Utah and Colorado…

July 14, 2006

Well, I was too depressed the other night to blog about our time in Utah and Colorado, so forgive the delay. After a long day making our way through Arizona, we got into Utah really late Monday night. I was exhausted and our hotel was so far away, so we decided to cancel that reservation […]

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Saying Goodbye…

July 13, 2006

I just got back from dropping John off at the bus station… We part ways in Albuquerque so he can take a bus back to Phoenix for his next series of poetry shows, and I go on to Dallas for my conference and the rest of my tour… Hard does not even begin to describe […]

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The Grand Canyon and Beyond

July 11, 2006

I gotta say, I had no IDEA how much beauty there was in the country. In particular, I fully underestimated the state of Arizona. I always imagined the southwest as one big hot desert. I didn’t know they had red rocks, mountains, forests, and rivers. When we took Hwy 89 out of Sedona, we climbed […]

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Sedona, Day 2

July 11, 2006

I love this freakin’ town. John and I had the best time exploring Sedona on Day 2. I woke up bright and early on Saturday and went for a solo hike to the Airport Mesa vortex… The trail wrapped around the backside of this huge mountain, with views of the city below. After hiking for […]

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Falling in Love with Sedona, Part 1

July 9, 2006

Country singer Jamie O’Neal’s sings” There is no ArizonaNo painted desert, no Sedona Before I set foot in this breathtakingly beautiful place, I had no idea what she meant by “painted desert”. One just doesn’t imagine colors in the desert. But I can assure you, they do indeed exist… We left LA around noon on […]

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