Ruby G. and Leo G. Rock in Santa Cruz!

Today has been great! This morning at 9:30, when I was leaving the rescue ranch, to go take Kinky and his guest from Santa Cruz, Kurt G. some organic bean burritos, that I had made for breakfast—I met John at the gate coming in. He had Wally, Blondie and Archie with him! Before coming to work, he had gone by Hoegemeyers and picked them up. We visited for a minute and then I drove over to Kinky’s Lodge.

Following their ‘delicious’ trailer-cooked breakfast, Kinky had some editing to do for Texas Monthly, so I took Kurt over to the rescue ranch to give him a tour. Kurt was very impressed with our rescue ranch, and he loved our trailer—especially the painted rugs in “the big room!” We had a fun visit.

Around 12:30, Kinky drove over to pick up Kurt. He and Kurt were meeting Jewford at La Fours at 1:45 for lunch. As soon as Kinky and Kurt drove away, Tony suggested that we go eat at La Fours, too. So we did.

Tony and I arrived at La Fours around 1:30. We placed our orders and in no time flat—dinner was served! When Kinky and Kurt showed up—Tony waved to Kurt and Kurt waved back at him. “When we walked in, I saw this guy wave at me, so I waved back, and was thinking who is that man and why is he waving at me?” Kurt said. “It must be a Texas deal, I thought, and then I realized it was Tony.”

I got up from our table, and went over to them, “I know that y’all are having a business lunch and y’all don’t have to sit with us.”

“No Nance,” Kinky said. “Let’s all sit together.”

Tony and I moved our dishes over to a larger table, because Max Swafford, the author of the best book about Kinky, “The Kinky File” was going to be joining us, too. The waiter took their order, “We’ll have what their eating,” Kinky said. As soon as the waiter left, Max showed up! When the waiter showed up with Kinky’s water and Kurt’s ‘Lone Star’ beer, he took Max’s order.

“I’ll have what they’re eating,” Max ordered. At 2:00, when the restaurant closes—there was still no Jewford, but the conversation flowed and there was a lot of laughing! At 2:12, Jewford arrived and it was too late for him to order—what we were eating! So, we gave Jewford all of our scraps, which he covered in ketchup and then he chowed down!

After lunch, we went our separate ways. Tony and I went to HEB to get groceries, Kinky and Kurt went to Albertsons for groceries and Jewford headed to Echo Hill for their business meeting.

When we got back to the rescue ranch, I returned twenty new phone calls, then did the paperwork on Blondie, Archie and Wally. Around 5:00, I asked Tony to please help me plant some flowers, in the pots on our frontporch—and he did a great job!

After that, around 6:00, I was fixin’ to write my blog, but didn’t. Instead I called Kinky to ask him if I could come over to get a picture of him, Kurt and Jewford. “Sure. Come on over, Nance.”

I ran into Kurt and Jewford standing outside the Lodge. And no, I didn’t run over them. “I’m writing a blog for tonight and I need a picture of Kinky and y’all!”

“That sounds great,” Kurt said.

“I don’t know,” Jewford teased. “I need to check with my agents.”

Kurt and I burst out laughing! “Kurt,” I said. “I need to also know what signs you and your wife, Alissa are. I already know yours, Jewford, you told me years ago, that your sign is “For Rent.”

“I’m a Gemini,” Kurt said. “Alissa is a Libra.”

I was thrilled that Alissa was a fellow Libran! “Kurt, Gemini and Libras are a great combination, and did you know that Libras...”

A few minutes later, after spouting off about astrology, we decided to go take the picture. “Wait,” Jewford said. “I need to go call my agents and put on my makeup.” We burst out laughing, again! ( Jewford is one of the funniest people that I know.)

“Let’s take the picture outside in front of The Friedman Family Bone Orchard,” I suggested. So we went to the Bone Orchard and I took their picture and then I came home and blogged this.

P.S. I want to do a shout-out to Kurt’s and Alissa’s children. “Ruby G. and Leo G. Rock in Santa Cruz!”