I am usually a “the glass is half full” kind of person, but after a rather gloomy week of overcast skies, cool temperatures, rain and thunder showers, I was beginning to think that a reluctant summer would never actually arrive. I woke early this morning to another cloudy day. However, it wasn’t long before the […]
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Recently we returned from a 10,000 mile road trip from Maine to California and back traveling through 25 states over the course of 6 weeks. The main focus of the trip was to travel the entire length of US Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica (2278 miles). Following the Mother Road and imagining it’s […]
Today would be the 55th anniversary of cousin Ellie and her husband Bob. They met when she was in high school and married as soon as she got her diploma. I don’t think it would be something I would encourage, but in their case it couldn’t have been more right. They were made for each […]
We knew that it would be more humid in Maine. It couldn’t help but be considering the only humidity we experienced in California was when it rained. And that almost never happened in summer. The thing I hate about humidity (aside from the mosquito thing) is that you always feel like you need a shower […]
When we moved to Maine, I had a few concerns outside of leaving family and friends and my comfort zone in California. The winters, of course, made me a bit nervous. Would we get snowed in, would I get cabin fever, could I handle being outside with temperatures below freezing for 3-4 months a year? […]
We moved to Maine from California six years ago. It was a difficult decision as we were both born in Southern California and had lived there for more than five decades. We had lots of friends there though not much family. He said he never wanted to travel east of the Rockies, but then both […]
