Glad to be back
I first want to thank all of you who have contacted me in recent days, checking in to see if all is okay. As is always the case in the end of August, I get swept away in preparing for back to school. This year’s preps were joined by a wondrous trip to Florida (drove [...]
Summer of ’09: Day Two in OC
What a truly blessed day. We have just arrived home from spending the day and evening at the beach, where everybody had a wonderful time. That is, once we finally secured breakfast. You see, I learned a very important lesson today: either update your GPS software when they tell you to, or simply open your [...]
Summer of ’09: Day One in Ocean City
It’s amazing what a 3-hour drive will do to calm your tensions and anxieties. When we left Baltimore around 3 p.m., each of us was a little stressed about getting ready for the trip, packing, and taking care of last-minute needs around the house. As we headed toward Ocean City, MD, however, we could feel [...]
Remembering the Battle of Baltimore
One of the pure joys of being off with my children these summer months is exploring the various tributaries along Chesapeake Bay, as well as the Bay itself. Earlier this week, we revisited North Point and Fort Howard Park along Chesapeake Bay in eastern Baltimore County. My kids had many questions about the prison cells [...]
Happy Birthday, Mom
Happy Birthday Mom. You would have turned 82 today, and not a day goes by that I don’t think of you or our many trips we had taken to Maine, Canada, Florida, and other wonderful places. In every adventure, we seized the day, didn’t we? We lived every minute to the fullest, savored the sunsets, [...]
Wild Horses, Wild Ride
I will contend, to the very end of my existence, that the best trips I have ever taken have been unplanned, spontaneous, with little thought given to much more than choosing a destination. Yesterday was one of those trips. We decided at about 9 a.m. to head to Assateague Island, south of our beloved Ocean [...]
Good Times at Six Flags America
We spent the day yesterday at Six Flags America, which is remarkably close to our home in Baltimore (about a 45-minute drive. My oldest daughter, HG, wanted to celebrate her birthday (rather belatedly) at the park with one of her best friends, AJ (HG’s on the left). We would never think to leave our younger [...]
Bypassing Flickr
First attempt at bringing my blog back to life with pictures. Maddie joins us below as she works on a very important project at school… To get this photo in the blog entry, I simply uploaded it from my desktop…something I can do on my PC laptop but not from my Mac, for some reason. [...]
One Last Lick o’ Summer
I couldn’t resist sharing one last summer pic of B enjoying his King Cone…May we all go into the weekend in such a happy way!
Blueberry Fields Forever
Ah, yes. The best of plans often lead to tough decisions. We were faced with such an opportunity this weekend when we traveled north for our annual blueberry-picking ritual. The temps were nearly 20 degrees lower than they were when we went picking last year, so we were all excited at the prospect of spending [...]
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