This Must Be the Place

I wish I could remember where I first came across mention of the Vermont Cheesemakers Festival . I do remember thinking "wow, that look...

No one ever knows where Malone is. I sure didn't when I met D* . Most people think that by "upstate New York" I mean something...

Life continues to be crazy; so what else is new? Still settling in, have started car hunting, and there's all the joys of the third trim...

This has been one of those periods in which the good things arrived sandwiched between the really unpleasant. It started nearly two weeks ...

15 August: Hot, gorgeous. Spent most of the afternoon on the dock. 16 August: 7 a.m., first waterskiier of the day. 7:50, Lydia in the water...

Finally, a post I started writing two weeks ago.... I went up to NH for the traditional family July 4th weekend without a thought in my head...

Saturday: Last day here. We spend much of the day packing, cleaning and getting the cottage closed up. Lydia scrapes her foot on a rock, and...

Wednesday: D's birthday! It's sunny! And very cold at night. L is up very, very early, possibly as a result. I make a fire in the mo...

Saturday: Travel is surprisingly easy, since it's not a holiday weekend. With a stop at the Moulton Farm, we're at the lake around 1...

Spent the holiday weekend in NH, as is traditional. D's entire family was there, a relatively rare event, so the place was packed to bur...