Adventures with Friends – The Heritage Museums & Gardens
As I mentioned in my last post, Charley and I spend time on Cape Cod with our friends, Jack and Jean. We’ve discovered a favorite place to visit in Sandwich called the Heritage Museums and Gardens....
View ArticleGrilled Cheese Fixation
Charley and I just returned from an ill-timed vacation to South Carolina with our friends, Mary and Jim. We had been busy at home and had not turned on the TV for a while. Oblivious to local and...
View ArticleTo Infinity and Beyond!
In August I wrote a post about a tradition of watching the Perseid Meteor Showers with my husband, Charley and for our anniversary I signed us up for a membership in Skyscrapers, “a group of people who...
View ArticleMystic Seaport – America’s Leading Maritime Museum Part I
Since the 1600’s Mystic, Connecticut has been renowned for the craft of shipbuilding. People from all over the world visit this historic area. Today, Mystic Seaport is America’s leading maritime...
View ArticleA Holiday State of Mind
During the first week in December, Charley and I went on another adventure with our friends Jack and Jean. We took a pleasant train ride from our local Kingston Station to Penn Station in New York and...
View ArticleAcross Continents on a Winter’s Morning
Yesterday I finished writing Last Train to Kingston, the first in a series of murder mysteries set in my home town. I’m taking a brief respite before I do the initial edit and add in photos. I thought...
View ArticleTo Soothe the Savage Beast
Newport, Rhode Island is known for its Summer Folk and Jazz Festivals. In the 60’s, I used to cross the Mount Hope Bridge over Narragansett Bay and join lots of other “hippies” who set up on a hill...
View ArticleOn Anniversaries and Other Life Adventures
Married Couple 16 years! apped Today, August 20th, Charley and I are celebrating our Wedding Anniversary. He’s gone grocery shopping because he’s planning to make me my favorite meal; the first one he...
View ArticleAn Ode To Hope And Joy
Where there is Hope there is Joy Charley at Statue at Entrance to Hospital September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. As many of you know, my husband Charley has been involved in studies at Johns...
View ArticleFall in South County
Mostly true story: Charley and I were sitting in a Dunkin’ Donuts last week and a horse walks up to the Drive-up Window. The waitress looks out, surprised to see him standing there and exclaims,...
View Article“Just Wait a Few Minutes!”
Last Wednesday was unseasonably warm. Since it’s February in New England, it should be extremely cold. But that day it reached 65 Fahrenheit (18.3 degrees Celsius). It looked, smelled and felt more...
View ArticleFairies, Gnomes, Trolls & Imagination
Last Sunday I had an interesting conversations with a five year-old. We were talking about travels along our bike path, which starts at the West Kingston Train Station and meanders through wooded...
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