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Once upon a long long time ago a doting aunt purchased a discarded library book entitled The Good Morning Book for a nephew. That book was a favorite not only for that nephew but his younger brother and sister. It's now a beloved favorite for his nephew. And the...
What a visit! Linus got to celebrate Mother's Day with parents and grandparents! He presented cards with personalized artwork to Grandma and to Nana. And it was fun for us to relax with our longtime friends with whom we now share a grandson!
We arrived in Orleans to visit with Grandma and Grandpa, Lynda and Ben, in time to savor some delicious spaghetti and sauce before exploring the playground and "helping" Grandpa load rocks into the tractor.
A glorious new addition to the Field's Corner/Greater Ashmont neighborhood of Dorchester is the Home.Stead Cafe at the southeast corner of Dot and Adams. Although they have been open for two months, today is their official grand opening. Rachel and Linus are regulars,...
Errands yesterday and today took us into Dillsboro and Sylva where all the buzz around town is about the filming next month of a couple of minutes of the dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Sassyfras Furniture Store is being converted into the...
Yesterday we were sorting through various recipes we had collected through the years and came across one that inspired us to try grilling pork tenderloin on a cedar plank. Just a bit of avocado oil, salt, and pepper graced the meat and we cooked it in a closed gas...
It's that magical time of year when green begins to envelope us as we gaze out upon the woods around us at Tween Creeks. The dogwoods still have their blossoms and the newly emerging leaves seem to get bigger by the hour. Our days here these last few weeks have been...
FaceTime chatting with our grandkids is one of our delights. We'll plan for it via text or email and try to schedule our video visits for times that are convenient for all involved. Yesterday afternoon we had a chat with Linus and his parents shortly after he got up...
By the time we tuned into the live SpaceX webcast, liftoff had occurred about three minutes earlier but we were in time to witness first stage reentry and the first ever successful upright landing of a first stage rocket on an unmanned barge in the Atlantic Ocean. The...
Folks of a certain age may remember the admonition broadcast from "beautiful downtown Burbank" to "look it up in your Funk & Wagnalls!" Actually at the time of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Steve's family had a copy of the Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia on...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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It’s been an amazing week of sharing adventures with Amanda as well as trotting off on our own to see some “must sees” as well as more obscure and out of the way spots in this amazing capitol city.
Born in 1693 in Yorkshire in the north of England he was a self-taught carpenter and clockmaker. When he was twenty-one Parliament passed the 1714 Longitude Act and set the course for Harrison’s life as he set off on a quest to build an accurate marine chronometer.
We’ve been celebrating all year, partied with family and friends in May, and most recently sailed across the Atlantic to celebrate our 50th Anniversary today here in London, England.