Knowing we were visiting family out of state for the long weekend, I had a post ready to go for today. Well, ready to go except for one crucial piece of information to pull it together. Information I thought I’d receive while I was gone. Except I didn’t. So here I am at the airport waiting to board a flight home and what to write is a complete mystery to me. So I thought I’d try writing … [Read more...]
Summer Days
Summer is coming! And I’m so excited! Now, if you know me, you know this is, frankly, a miracle. I have never loved and longed for summer, as others seem to do. Why not, you ask? First, it’s hot here in Texas. And I don’t like to be hot. Or to sweat. Or to worry about sunburn on my extremely fair skin. Second, summer has always been about non-scheduled days. But the truth is that I … [Read more...]
Revisiting Savannah
Savannah, Georgia, was always one of the places I wanted to visit during my lifetime. Mostly this stemmed from my love of Eugenia Price’s books. So for our 25th anniversary (2012), my husband took me on my first trip to Savannah and St. Simon’s Island. It is still one of my favorite trips ever. A couple of weeks ago, my husband had a week-long business trip to Savannah, so of course I tagged … [Read more...]
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Mystery
I promised a full post on this fascinating subject, and I’m delivering! On our last full day in Boston, rain was the forecast. We looked online the night before trying to find tickets for a museum. Any museum. We only found availability at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, which, after looking at the website information, was right up our alley! Works of art displayed in a historic home, … [Read more...]
The Big Boston Birthday
We spent the last weekend in March in Boston for a very special birthday. Our oldest—our only girl—turned 30! Jeff and I had already planned to go up there to celebrate with her when one of my sisters called. She and my other sister were worried Elizabeth would be alone on her birthday and wanted to be there with her. (Both of my sisters have a unique relationship with my daughter.) I said, the … [Read more...]
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