Category Archives: travel

Summer Excursions

Posted on September 23, 2013 by theonceandfutureemptynest

I have been absent from this blog for some time now. I confess that I have been distracted by two other writing projects that consume much of my energy (and creep into my dreams). I think of topics for this … Continue reading →

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A Beach Somewhere

Posted on February 4, 2013 by theonceandfutureemptynest

After I posted my last blog about my identity crisis, I sat watching the snow blanket my world. I put on my boots and my parka, whistled for the dogs and went for a walk up my driveway. Snowflakes melted … Continue reading →

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Storm Watch (or dreaming of California in the face of winter)

Posted on October 27, 2012 by theonceandfutureemptynest

Winter is coming.  Today the skies are gray, the leaves are almost gone, and I am humming “California Dreaming” as I watch the woods outside my kitchen window.  The newspapers are predicting the perfect convergence of weather events to create … Continue reading →

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The Maine Event

Posted on September 20, 2012 by theonceandfutureemptynest

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 →

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The Honeymoon Seat

Posted on September 14, 2012 by theonceandfutureemptynest

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 →

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Part 9: Road Trip!

Posted on May 10, 2012 by theonceandfutureemptynest

After the movers came and went, after we said our good byes to neighbors and friends, after we spent one last night in the house where we had lived for twenty-one years,  we put the dogs in the truck, secured … Continue reading →

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