Yearly Archive: 2014

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles

As well as buses, feet, and kayaks. Those are the modes of transportation Meagan and I used while I visited her in DC this weekend. First I took the Boston Express bus from Tyngsborough...

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Badges

I went out to dinner last week with two friends. (My daughter: “You have friends?”) I was asked not to use their real names, so I will call them Chrysanthemum and Cherry Plum. Or...

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6 Months

I’ve been blogging for six months now. When I first started, blogging was outside my comfort zone. It still is. Here are some of the fears I’ve had to overcome. First, I’ve had to...

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Summer Gardens

I have changed my technique for weeding. Instead of doing squats the whole time, I kneel with the use of an attractive pair of knee pads I now own. I can weed for much...

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What’s in a Name?

I’ve become enthralled by a certain Facebook group for Wellesley alums to which I belong. The variety of topics is amazing. (The other day, for instance, there was a question about Ring Pops.) One...

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Puttering Around

For those of you who think all I do is go on vacation, I would like it to be known that I did manage to accomplish a couple of things. First, I painted the...

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The Cape

We’ve been going to Cape Cod every summer since 1996. Our first time there, we spent the week in a $700 rental in West Dennis. Those of you who know the Cape are thinking,...

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A Real Vacation

I traveled with my niece Lexi and my nephew’s brother Ben (I’ll let you figure that one out) to Alma, Wisconsin to visit my brother Dave. We met up with my sister Jo, her...

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My Travel Blog

After 10 days at my parents’ lake house, Nicole and I traveled to my sister and brother-in-law’s house at the Cape for the weekend (with Nicole doing the driving). The Cape appeals to all...