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Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Thanksgiving 2022
Life is for living
Geraldine Hale Wescott
had a zest for life. Before she was a wife and mother, Geraldine went on a grand adventure. She took 3 months and solo hiked across England and Norway in the late 50s when young women didn’t really do those things. She had a library science degree from Simmons College in Boston and studied for …
Pie Day 🥧
How did you spend the first rainy Saturday in October?
Meteorologic fall is here.
The run up to Labor Day weekend this year meant the semester began at Lycoming and I was busy after a summer of non-stop home improvement projects. Traditionally Labor Day weekend is the closing of summer and the beginning of fall. We have a local weather man who describes September, October, and November as meteorologic …
The first week of August
The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.
Keith wished for an Adventure.
Keith wished for an adventure Saturday morning. Andrew and Leah had checked in about their drive to Hilton Head, asking about stopping for dinner and an overnight at the house. Olivia sent beautiful photos from her rustic morning running in the Adirondacks. And Sam was puttering around Framingham. Keith wondered how it was that we …
This week we chased sunsets.
Our days are busy, but not chaotic. Each season has a rhythm and when we relax into the pace the days seem to flow effortlessly from sunrise to sunset. February is a month when we meet for sunset walks and talks. 🤍❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️🤍🤍🤍❤️🤍🤍❤️🤍
Snow Graffiti
Walk with me? Wanna go for a walk? Up for a walk? How many times I’ve asked this question to Keith over the years. Or he will ask, ”What do you want to do today?” And typically I have a list of things I want to accomplish, including a walk. Yesterday I was up super …
Merry Christmas Sam
Keith’s gift to Sam this year were tickets to see his favorite university hockey team play. So we are in Rochester this weekend, ahead of the BIG storm blowing in from the Pacific via a southern track, to take in 2 hockey games. It’s the RIT Tigers versus the Arizona State University Sun Devils last …