Recently, I wrote about a “favorite day” spent in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It began on a city bus that dumped me unceremoniously at the edge of a Wal-Mart parking lot.
A "Favorite Day" in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco (Part Two) [4:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download 
Matt, my little math whiz, has been giving me a daily “count-down” to Christmas since sometime in early November. That was just last week; right? This is one of those years that I’ve had to boil it down to the basics, focusing on a handful of meaningful traditions rather than a “mall full” of activity. [Read more →]
Reaching the final approach to Mt. Mitchell seemed like a significant victory after our day of detours. But, every vignette and vista we’d drifted by that afternoon wafted on a Seals and Crofts “We May Never Pass This Way Again” sort of feeling: The secluded luxury of an island home, seemingly adrift upon an anonymous lake; the two-on-two basketball game played out on the dirt drive of a home impossibly pressed between road and mountainside; glittering bursts of fall color reflected in the waters of a rock-tumbled stream …
Back on the (Blue Ridge) Parkway; Mt Mitchell at last... [3:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Nina Munteanu (aka “SFGirl”) has tagged me to name seven random or weird facts about myself. Yikes. I told her that I’m glad it’s a random/weird option, because after this many years of being “me”, I have no idea as to whether a behavior is weird unless one of my kids is right there to roll their eyes at me. Of course, I’ve probably indoctrinated them a bit in return at this point. Someday they’ll find out that most people don’t really park their cars badly just to more easily find them again later. [Read more →]
Hmmm… another interesting tag from Rino. I’m a bit behind on responding to some of this “fun stuff”, but I’ll catch-up eventually. I’m more of a believer in birth order traits (I’m an oldest child; make of that what you will!) than anything arising out of my birth month, but for “fun”… [Read more →]
