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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Squirrels!
In April, three weeks after we moved into our Connecticut house, gray squirrels appeared, boldly crossing the lawn and playing pickup games on the basketball court. Outraged by the invasion, the female pointer would race from window to window, woofing … Continue reading
Posted in backyards, everyday life, life, Life in Connecticut, moving, nature, New England, Uncategorized, wildlife
Tagged California, chipmunks, Connecticut, fall, Maine, nature, squirrels, winter
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The Maine Event
Thirty-five years is a long time, three and a half decades of change and challenge. A woman would think that there would be some expensive trinket to commemorate this, but the gift for thirty-five doesn’t have the gleam of forty … Continue reading
The Honeymoon Seat
This week my husband and I celebrated our thirty-fifth wedding anniversary by taking a trip to Acadia National Park in Maine. Until we began planning our trip, we didn’t know that one of the unique features of Acadia was its … Continue reading
Posted in adventures, Aging, everyday life, Family, lessons in life, marriage, New England, photography, poetry, relationships, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged anniversary, carriage horses, husband, marriage, paths, relationships, roads, travel
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Home Alone
If I could remake the 1990 film, Home Alone, the mom would be the one left behind. Ah, the joy. She would rush out of the bathroom and see her family leaving for the airport in a cab, the mounds … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, boomerang children, community, everyday life, Family, lessons in life, life, marriage, not so empty nests, relationships, transitions
Tagged adult children at home, aging parents, grandchildren, home alone, in the middle, not so empty nests, taking care of parents, the middle: between adult children and aging parents, Trace Adkins, transitions
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