Vancouver (only just)
I don’t know what it is about the Boston/Toronto route, but that plane had more small children on it than I ever thought possible. The screaming! The kicking! When you…
Category: North America
West to South Dakota
We went again to South Dakota this year. Mom has a class all summer, so she wasn’t able to come along. Let’s get right to the meat, no chatting: Here’s…
Sheep Shearing Festival
Saturday I attended a sheep shearing festival at Gore Place over in Waltham. The weather was just incredible, and I really should have worn sunscreen. It wouldn’t be a proper…
Philadelphia, Annapolis, Manassas, Appomattox
Saturday, Philadelphia I flew into Philadelphia, where I met Dad and David (they’d driven across from Illinois the day before, stopping in at Jenny’s in New Jersey). Jenny was meant…
Fenway
My uncle was in town over Labor Day, and wanted to see Fenway. I’m not much of a baseball fan (as I’m sure you must know…), but I wanted to…
Shaker Village
The weather was too nice for indoor activities yesterday, so we headed up 93 to the Canterbury Shaker Village. There’s a little restaurant up there now with very tasty, simple…
Washington Crosses the Delaware
So Jenny says to me she says, “You’re a history type of girl, right?” And I’m like, “Yeah, baby! Yeah!” So we repaired to the spot where Washington crossed the…
Iowa and South Dakota
The big vacation this year was to South Dakota. It was like being young again—hanging out in the backseat while Dad drove and Mom navigated, trying to amuse myself while…
Seattle
I attended the 2005 Society for Technical Communication conference in Seattle. The conference is a separate rant (let’s just say that I don’t want to be a tech writer ever…
IL/IA ’04
Had to dash home for a bit. Have some adventures. You know the routine. I naturally hopped out of bed too early most mornings. And since it’s October, the air…
Sidney Rodeo et al.
I had a free ticket I needed to use up by October 1, so I figured I’d sneak home to attend a rodeo with David. I was still on eastern…