We rolled into Baltimore later than I wanted. We parked on a suburban street and went out to dinner with friends and I finally felt a little warmer. We saw Washington, DC, including the National archives, the air and space museum, the natural history museum, the White House, the monuments, including the top of the […]
We’re packing and the temperatures are sub-zero. Like really, the temperature today is -3. I am writing this after the fact so I know what is going to happen and can tell you. What is going to happen is that we are going to leave home and travel for 84 days straight. Some of it […]
Do you ever just look into the fridge even though you’re not hungry? I do this all the time. I tell myself I’m looking inside for answers that I know aren’t there. I know what I’m hungry for and it’s not food. Probably it’s water, I should drink more water. But no, what I’m hungry […]
The summer days that were dripping by have now turned into a river. Not just metaphorically, literally the Saint Lawrence River. It’s clear and deep and rough with chop and other boats and a thousand islands. 1,864 islands to be exact. On days like these I wish I could live forever. I wish I could […]
I have a superstition. The superstition is that I need to wear my blue t-shirt that says “gravity and I respectfully disagree” to bed the night before I go climbing outdoors in order for it to be a good day. You know, it’s like pro-sports athletes but without the paycheck to show for it. Also […]
Joy is watching my 17 month old niece waddle-run down the hill toward a playground with her arms thrown up in the air. What is there to say about joyful days? Except that you always wish they would never end. The weekend brought me from Binghamton to Corning to Pittsburgh to Corning to Binghamton. Weirdly […]
Normally longer, warmer days give me energy and life. Lately though I’m just tired. I’m not looking forward to any of the things to come because I’m just tired. But here’s what I did anyway. Finally found some rocks in the woods. Hiked a new trail with Chief. Went to Rochester with my mom and […]
This is a phrase I heard my sister say to one of my nieces when she wanted them to try a food they didn’t want to eat. In hindsight, going to Nashville was a lot like taking a no thank you bite. We came, we saw, we were ready to go after a day. That […]
This week we saw temperatures from 55 degrees to 8 degrees and so I feel split in two. I am torn between winter adventures that must be done now and summer adventures that I need to be planned before time runs out. For winter I am thinking of another try at snowboarding, cross country skiing, […]
I have too many things to do. But this week was our 3rd wedding anniversary and we went to the Thousand islands where I was forced to slow down. Like sleep in until 11am, afternoon naps, mornings sitting outside under the awning for hours, no internet service, way down. The things were still waiting for […]
