It is what it is

Why do the days of summer fly like a jet, when the rest of the year is like a turtle?  Enjoyed the ocean yesterday.  Ogunguit and lobster roll, fried clams, and the Salty Pig were a bonus.   The weather was stable, no rain, but only partly sunny.  After last year we sure are not complaining.  Went on my birthday and it poured all day!  The beach was nice, the water cold.  So peaceful and serene.   Fun to people watch and water watch.  The tide goes in, the tide goes out.  That is enough for me!  The winding roads I can live without, but it didn't take long to feel normal again after our drive through Maine.  Amazing how many tourists there are! After a too fast day, we returned home and walked to The Salty Pig and enjoyed a relaxing evening outside on their patio, and a satisfying meal of cheese, meat and bread.  We closed out the evening with a walk to the store for breakfast frittata fixings. Flying home tonight, meeti...

The days have flown as has the summer!  After our busy rainy Wednesday and our yummy seafood dinner "down by the bay" at                              , Thursday dawned sunny but cool.  We drove with Andrew to Providence where his current office is.  Once in Newport, we found a cute bar called the Gaslight Lantern to have lunch.  I had my first real clam chowder.  One word.....YUM!  Otto and I continued to The Breakers, which takes a while to get through but is so interesting and mammoth.  We ran out of time to drive around and gawk at the other mansions or do the cliff walk, that I so wanted to do again.  One big difference from April was that the foliage is so thick on the trees now but didn't exist in the spring so you could see so much more from the mansions set back from the road.  What a place.  What a life they must have lived.  Imagine a summer home ov...

42 years ago today; Sunday, August 13, 1972, I said "I do".  After many ups and downs, I would not have had it any other way.  So much has happened.  I ended up a city girl, with three great kids that have, in my opinion, made great choices in partners and in life.  They live in 3 of the countries top cities, making travel to visit them fun.  I have a job that has been a career, teaching what I love (in addition to writing), and a husband that has been a good choice for a life partner.  (Most of the time...LOL).  And, don't forget, a dog that makes daily life interesting. Today, visiting Boston (in the rain) we are together celebrating.  We are past the going-out to a night club life (guess we were never really there!).  Most of the time we just enjoy each other's company and sharing the daily hum-drum activities. Every year we try and spend this day together.   Last year we were in Frankenmuth, Michigan, two years ago, Chicago, then...