21 hours of peace
The heat and humidity are making me a bit cranky. Last week, after I concluded my daily “You know, you’re not sitting around the house for 10 weeks playing Minecraft and watching the History Channel”...
View ArticleTwo sides of a coin
I’ve been fortunate enough this year to take two very different trips with two different boys. And I do mean different! In early spring when I visited my maternal side of the family with my oldest...
View ArticleHot and NOT!
Hot enough for you? Seems that the one thing guaranteed to be higher than the temperature will be the next National Grid bill to land in my mailbox. Whew – no joke, it’s brutal! I have to confess...
View ArticleWe’ve got ourselves a winner!
No, not at the track – in the kitchen! When it comes to summer cooking, the easier the better is my motto. While thumbing through the August issue of Bon Appetit I came across this recipe for Citrus...
View ArticleWarrior inspiration
Last weekend I participated in my third consecutive Warrior Dash race. Are you familiar with this event? It’s basically an approximately 5k run/obstacle course which has been hosted for the past four...
View ArticleSick of the beach
Or maybe I should say sick from or at the beach. It seems that every other year or so, I end up with a sick child while on our annual vacation in Massachusetts. There was the year of swimmer’s ear...
View ArticleA hairy situation
And I’m not talking about how I forgot to bring a razor into the outdoor shower the first three days of vacation. Speaking of vacation, this woman walks into the nearest hair salon, while on vacation....
View ArticleCape Cod: Rental refinement
In the fifteen years I’ve been visiting Cape Cod, I’ve had a range of accommodations. Initially, we went to a funky bed and breakfast in Harwichport owned, at the time, by some Albany-area...
View Article(Not) All the comforts of home
I hinted in an earlier post about some not so great experiences while renting vacation homes over the years. Fortunately, we’ve never ended up in anything completely uninhabitable, but there was a...
View ArticleThe final countdown
It’s the last ten days of summer 2013, if you consider Labor Day to be the final day. What’s still on your to-do list? Have you ridden your bike? Had a picnic? Been to an outdoor venue for a show?...
View ArticleField, vacation (and business) trip season
Coming from a family with blue-collar / working-class roots, vacation travel was not part of my childhood experience. Instead, I attended day camp and sleep-away camp (mostly Girl Scout camp, which I...
View ArticleVolunteering via parenting
Since Noah came into our lives, like a lot of parents, our volunteer work is often a by-product of our parenting. Before Noah was born, I had more time and energy to sit on several nonprofit boards....
View ArticleSummer text-parenting
My husband Joel is working as a volunteer camp counselor this week, so Noah is spending the majority of his time with me. I work on the porch while Noah pals around with the local kids, playing newcomb...
View ArticleChop wood, carry water
This summer-vacation week, chores driven by nature have thankfully extricated my son Noah from his various electronic devices. Although the device-breaks are still too brief, it is getting him outside...
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