We left New Orleans and drove to Austin, Texas. It’s a familiar route for us, and it passed uneventfully. We did try to go through the area known for the famous Blue Bonnet flower fields, but alas, the season was every early this year, and there were none to be seen. Last time we were… Read More Texas Time
The first week of August is already here. It feels impossible that our visit with Meredith is almost over. July went by in a blur. I spent a few days with Tammy in Haverhill while she recovered from knee surgery (and we both recovered from bee stings). Back up at camp we passed the days… Read More Just like that
Our first week-long stop was Austin, Texas. We arrived after an overnight in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, on a Sunday, and we are now departing on Friday. We managed to squeeze a lot into our short time here. We got to catch up with friends from Salem and friends from Virginia. We got to eat excellent… Read More Austin deserves more
We almost didn’t make this trip. Again. This was the third time we were attempting this trip. It was supposed to be for our 25th wedding anniversary, but covid had us cancel it the first time. Then, once things started opening up again, we tried to rebook it, but Japan was maintaining strict covid measures… Read More Japan, at last
We left the Badlands and made the long drive through farmlands to Chicago. We stayed in the Wicker Park neighborhood for a week, and became quite smitten with the city. The first time we were in Chicago was almost a decade ago, and then it was only for a long weekend. The city has only… Read More One Week in Chicago
New Orleans continues to dazzle us with its simplicity and intensity. In all things, it seems, New Orleans strikes an impossible balance of relaxed and serious. Everywhere there is this incongruousness, this natural coexisting of opposites. I’d say tension, but it’s really the opposite of that. It’s an entwined vine woven through a wrought iron… Read More Here is why New Orleans is no good
Empty Nest Wanderings 