Social networking is not for me!

Social networking is not for me!

I keep getting invitations to be “friends” with people on Facebook, Myspace or other such sites (at least 4 others). I feel it is time for me to tell family and friends that I intend to be UN-sociable – I will not even go to these sites to reply. If you are a friend or relative or even someone remotely interested in me from this blog – you can contact me by email at vagabondmarlatt@gmail.com. I will respond to personal emails and if you have a blog, I will come to it to see what you are about. My computer is slow and my network is sometimes unreliable because of the remote places that I visit and that causes me much grief when I have excess communications. During a brief exposure on Facebook a couple of years ago my email was filled to the point that it took me several hours to get to the mail that I really needed ad wanted. It was a devastating experience. Enough of the soapbox – here’s what’s new!

The road up to Cathy's property is now packed down and has proved to be very good. When I left OK it was an easy exit. We spent an afternoon playing board games with the grandkids the day before I went to Texas. Cathy and Michelle, Mary and Jeff, and two of Gary’s AA friends all met at the courthouse for Gary’s hearing. We didn’t hear much, but we were there to support him. The DA offered a plea bargain, which Gary accepted, for 5 years of penitentiary time to be served. Since his jail time will count double as time served, he is already doing time. We don’t know when he will be transferred to the pen, but he is in good spirits and very hopeful for a reduced time and that his parole will be better than probation has been. It seems that the Texas probation system is just a trap set for getting the felons back into incarceration – making any kind of normal life impossible.

After I left Waxahachie I went to Livingston and delivered 13 quilts and some old recordings to the CARE Center for Cathy. Then I went to the Houston Chapter of the Red Cross and did the groundwork for a Disaster Kitchen Training course that is scheduled in January. Now I am settled in at my favorite state park – Lake Texana – as a Campground Host. I will be here until the first of January and then will take a months break and come back for February thru April. I’m in site 79 – come and visit – family can stay free on my site!