<p>Of Our Elaborate Plans . . . tracks the period my wife and I departed The Last Frontier in 1998 a migration south to the more temperate digs of The Evergreen State where we tried our hands at the country life hobby-farming on twenty forested acres and taking trips to a few of our favorite Oz-like destinations in The Land Down Under - finally reduced to a couple planting our age-sedated selves into the heart of San Diego's nearby urban downtown Li'l Italy.</p>