EMAW

Tea: Mandarin Green

Music: "Wabash Cannonball"

Time: Night.

First round of the NCAA basketball tournament (my second-favorite sports spectacle, after the World Cup), and the good guys won.

Some friends of mine are celebrating Kansas State's victory over Southern California with burgers at the Hibachi Hut in Manhattan, which is also an excellent place to test out hot sauces. I'm having leftover fried crawfish. Oh, well. Whatever works.

The funny thing about all of this is that USC's star, O.J. Mayo, passed on going to Kansas State.

How's that working out for you, dude?

Surfacing briefly

Tea: Cherry Chocolate Caramel Vanilla

Music: Various selections for piano and voice

Time: Night.

It's been a long but productive several days here in Weston, Missouri. Good food, lovely people and killer story ideas abound. (And yes, there will be plenty of pictures of rust and bricks and peeling paint. Some things never change, no matter the location.)

Tonight, there was excellent Cajun food at a new restaurant in Leavenworth. Then, back across the Missouri River in Weston, there was an impromptu piano/voice performance by one of the owners of the bed and breakfast that's home for the night. (Given that she's sung with the Kansas City Symphony, that was an extra special treat). And now, there's tea, and soon there will be sleep.

Blessings, all of them. And I'm grateful.