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Bud is the name my daughter gave my laptop, because I kept yelling in times of exasperation, “Maintain, bud!” And Bud is the companion I had with me during my travels cross country, from New York to California and back again. Actually, I started out with him when I left Italy for London, and then from London to New York by air.

I was on my way to California for a brief visit with my family, but my ultimate destination was back to New York City, where I would be able to keep a better eye out on my publisher. There were no plane or train tickets to be had, so I decided to buy a bus ticket to California. Heck, I had traveled by bus all the time in Italy and the trip we did eight years before to Salt Lake City from SoCal had been a blas,t so why not? I had Bud, my phone, a camera and some money, so I was good to go.

Port Authority, New York to Santa Ana, California

Of course, the earlier trips hadn’t been encumbered by crutches. But, I am nothing if not dauntless, so I took my backpack (where I carried Bud) and my crutches, put my suitcase under the bus and climbed onboard. Usually, the bus companies have seats set apart for disabled passengers, but unfortunately, no such seats were available on this bus: it was full to capacity; the bus driver did everything in his power to be accommodating, however, and made sure I was comfortably seated at the front of the bus.


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