I’m continuing the weekly exercise, intending to keep this up for 52 weeks, as I recount a wee piece of the story of my life. This week’s prompt: Tell us about summer vacations from your younger days. We didn’t have much money when I was growing up. While the Carter family was certainly middle class,Continue reading “Summer vacations”
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Missouri Botanical Garden
On a most perfect late autumn afternoon last week, I took a long walk at Missouri Botanical Garden. The holiday train display is up! And the Japanese Garden was an oasis of long shadows and quiet stillness, dormant, full of hope of life springing forth again. One week later (well, earlier this week) I attendedContinue reading “Missouri Botanical Garden”
Christmas tree
The tree is in a new position in the house this year, sitting just inside the living room instead of in a corner like usual. I got to decorate in all-around (for the most part) this year. Treasured ornaments from my life and travels:
Christmas tree
The tree is in a new position in the house this year, sitting just inside the living room instead of in a corner like usual. I got to decorate in all-around (for the most part) this year. Treasured ornaments from my life and travels:
Sisters
I spent some time in Kansas City and Lee’s Summit this past weekend. That time included a few hours with my sisters at Beth’s home in Lee’s Summit. A good time was had by all! The menu included my brisket, Karen’s green bean casserole, Beth’s funeral potatoes, Robert’s roasted apples, Beth’s deviled eggs, and Karen’sContinue reading “Sisters”
NYC shows
A chronicle of the shows I’ve attended in New York City, and the other events of this past week. Saturday, August 26. Morning flight from Lambert. Arrival at my Chelsea hotel on 24th at 1.30 p.m. thanks to slow transit and a late-arriving Southwest flight. Lunch of salad and polpette and some Prosecco. Cufflink shoppingContinue reading “NYC shows”
Birch Aquarium
Seven days ago, Nephew Joseph and I visited Birch Aquarium in La Jolla, California. The blue penguins were adorable!
Gone again
Ten days ago I wrote that I was in my fifth hotel in eleven days. And on Sunday night I began a week that will have three more hotels before I’m home again. Sunday night was in Lee’s Summit. I leave this morning for San Diego, where I’m with nephew Joseph in a Hilton propertyContinue reading “Gone again”
DC in NYC
This past Saturday, Amtrak helped me make a dash north from Washington, D.C. to Manhattan. The sole purpose of the trip — less than 24 hours in NYC — was to see Into the Woods on Broadway, at the St. James. Union Station in Washington is fairly quiet on a Saturday morning at 7.30: TheContinue reading “DC in NYC”
DC in D.C. 4
Years ago, in 1995, I visited the Woodrow Wilson House on a rainy day. The docent was an old queen who obviously worshipped Wilson. His visitors were me (then in my mid 30s, even before I started my doctorate) and an older university professor from somewhere in North Carolina. She and I both soaked upContinue reading “DC in D.C. 4”
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