When I was younger and went to summer camp for 8 weeks at a stretch, my dad used to send me an annual Bastille Day letter. Even after camp, once we both had email, he resumed the annual Bastille Day missives for a while. The letters, emails and cards stopped years ago. And This is not the first …
Category Archives: Travel
Moose and squirrel
We are back from our adventures in the not-so-wilds of Alaska. It was a great trip with lots of hiking (we hit our step targets almost every day) and fun day trips. We originally thought 10 days might have been too long to spend in Anchorage, but we found it all absolutely worthwhile. Often our adventures …
We don’t need no stinking routine
It seems when I decide to keep my schedule full enough to distract me, I go all the way. The last week completely breezed by, courtesy of my best friend’s visit. We did all of the requisite things, including eating our way through Portland, hanging with friends, seeing Peter Murphy and coworking together. And now …
Traveling makes the time fly by
When last heard from, our intrepid blogger was wallowing in the misery of waiting for The Call. Sadly, not much has changed on that front… A few months ago I looked at my calendar and realized that between April 2015 and February 2016, I had never been in town for more than 35 consecutive days. …
Silence is not so golden
Once again I find myself struggling to write blog posts. The drafts are beginning to pile up so I thought I might give it another go. Since I know many of you are checking in here for news of the adoption, let me assure you that there is nothing going on. There continue to be …
No news does not equal good news
Things have been crazy busy this month, but not for the reasons that we would have liked. There has been travel, niecelettes, a wedding, nieces, cousins and even an illness to keep me distracted. And we have grand schemes planned through January, although we would happily rejigger things for a phone call (hear that universe?) Actually, …
All Quiet on the Western Front. Well, sort of…
We have been fully approved and are now in the adoption pool. We’ve contacted our adoption lawyer, are editing our wills and have all the basics we need for the first week of having a baby at home. From here on out we just wait for a call asking if we want a given birthmother …
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A Still Mind
Right now my mind is anything but still. I have unfinished projects (some with looming deadlines), a lot of research to do, friends coming into town, trips to prepare for and then there is the whole getting ready for a baby part of the show. I am a strong proponent of Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird practice, …