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April 2, 2025 By D'Ann Mateer

I enjoy Major League Baseball. I’ve followed the Texas Rangers since around the time the franchise began in the spring of 1972. I was five. So many memories surround outings to games—from my younger years sweating in the bleachers with our cooler of food and drinks brought from home (you could do that then!) to listening to games on the radio during elementary school to celebrating my parents’ … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: baseball

Prince Edward Island

October 4, 2023 By D'Ann Mateer

We love traveling to literary places. Way back in the spring, before we knew all the challenges we would face this year, Jeff scheduled our vacation to Prince Edward Island. He picked it for two reasons: First, it would be cooler temperatures than Texas, and second, he knew how much I've wanted to go there, for I love all things L.M. Montgomery. What we didn’t realize was that it would be the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, History Tagged With: Anne of Green Gables, baseball, Canada, L.M. Montgomery, Prince Edward Island, Toronto

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