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About Us
- Captain Jim and the Blonde
- Now based in Arizona, coast to coast, United States
- We retired in 2006. Since then, we spent a few years traveling on our boat, Wild Blue. Coast to coast to coast. Now traveling by land in our Roadtrek Class B campervan, and newly based out of Arizona. A while back, I published a book about our travel adventures with Molly the Boat Cat; Cat On A Leash is available in paperback and all eBook formats. Molly taught us a lot. After Molly, there was 9 great years with the sweetest cat ever, Izzy (Isabella); our little supermodel feline. Our hearts were broken when her time came, and then our big boy, Rufus - another shelter rescue, with a wonky ear, a great attitude, and so happy to have found "his people." Rufus lived a big life, but too short. The new, new kid is Murphy - shorter hair, different personality - he is learning to be a travel cat. Eight years of "fun summer jobs" took us to some great places to be in the summer. Now, appreciating being gainfully unemployed. And getting out on our bikes. And the van. Still anxious to see what is over the horizon.
6 comments:
I noticed it was bright out in the middle of the night last night, and figured we were close to another full moon. I always appreciate your almanac factoids.
Of course everything is brighter now that the second cataract surgery is complete. The difference in color vision is like older yellowed headlight lenses versus new halogen high beams. It all happens so slowly that you don't notice what you've lost. It is nice being at 20/20 again. Hope it holds. People tell me that the vision can change over the coming months.
Happy to hear all is well with with your new vision! When my mother had the cataract surgery, she was able to read without glasses - and commented on "how bright the world is."
I went for distance correction and will need readers from now on. But the world is again bright and clear.
So you had the choice between distance and close-up for the correction? So, you can drive without glasses? I've wondered about that: in Texas, you looked into a viewer for the eye test at the DMV; here in Arizona, they have a chart that is about 15 feet away (with a flap over it, so you you can't "study" ;-) ).
I always had astigmatism. I had to pay extra $$$$ for toric lenses to correct that, and also opted for distance vision. If it was a wall chart I could tilt my head a few degrees and read everything w/o glasses. (Blessed/cursed with a good memory, I could always cheat and memorize whichever line I wanted).
But in Idaho, you look through a Viewmaster and cannot tilt your head. I barely passed last time around, but would be fine now. No glasses to drive now, only for reading. It was a good choice. Things were a little weird in that two-week interval between eyes. I had 20/20 distance in one eye and adequate reading vision in the other. Now I need readers, which are cheap at the drugstore.
Good to hear it's going as you hoped. When I hear or read "astigmatism," I think of the Norm Crosby joke about women finding him desirable due to his "animal astigmatism." ;-)
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