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Went to Paris in the end.
May. 3rd, 2005 10:33 pmAt 08:58 GMT-5, i said, "Ok. I must leave the house today for at least a short while. I could hike along the river, or head out to the mountains. Other suggestions?"
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moviebear, at 14:26 GMT-5, suggesting i join her for lunch in Gaithersburg, MD. She is one of the most wonderful people i know, and would love to have lunch with her, but about 10 min before she posted, I'd arrived in lovely Paris.
( the details )
So, longish story short, the planned 8.5 mile hike came out to more like 12, and most of it uphill. I am now well-fed, freshly bathed, and off to my bed, complete with freshly laundered linens, and tennis-ball-in-the-dryer-fluffed pillows. As a teaser, the footnotes to the story:
* Named for an 18th century governor, pronounced 'faw-KEER', though his Huguenot ancestors probably said it as 'foh-key-AY'.
** Pronounced 'DAY-la-plane'. It's corrupted French, and means Of/from the plain. The town is next to, and below, the town of The Plains.
*** Yes, it's really called Licking. Licking River, Licking County, Licking Township. (Do you really think i'd make up a name like that.) There are naturally occurring salt licks along the river, hence the name. And the profusion of dairy farms in the area. Though today, thanks to Columbus' booming population, the county is converting to horse farms in the east (where most of my family is), and housing in the west.
I got one reply, from
moviebear, at 14:26 GMT-5, suggesting i join her for lunch in Gaithersburg, MD. She is one of the most wonderful people i know, and would love to have lunch with her, but about 10 min before she posted, I'd arrived in lovely Paris. ( the details )
So, longish story short, the planned 8.5 mile hike came out to more like 12, and most of it uphill. I am now well-fed, freshly bathed, and off to my bed, complete with freshly laundered linens, and tennis-ball-in-the-dryer-fluffed pillows. As a teaser, the footnotes to the story:
* Named for an 18th century governor, pronounced 'faw-KEER', though his Huguenot ancestors probably said it as 'foh-key-AY'.
** Pronounced 'DAY-la-plane'. It's corrupted French, and means Of/from the plain. The town is next to, and below, the town of The Plains.
*** Yes, it's really called Licking. Licking River, Licking County, Licking Township. (Do you really think i'd make up a name like that.) There are naturally occurring salt licks along the river, hence the name. And the profusion of dairy farms in the area. Though today, thanks to Columbus' booming population, the county is converting to horse farms in the east (where most of my family is), and housing in the west.
