by me | May 12, 2023 | Environment, Outdoors, Richmond VA, writing for children
Glad to have this out in the world in the May/June edition of Cricket. Seen this on the James River many an evening.
by me | Jun 3, 2021 | Family, Outdoors, Travel
Delaware is the First State, which you know if you’ve driven I-95 in those parts, but it might be one of the last states you think to visit though its image has been burnished by the Bidens of late. This old travel piece from 2007 has some delightful Delaware...
by me | Oct 16, 2013 | current non-events, Family, Humor, Outdoors, Travel
I’m a mild-mannered sort. Until I’m not. Last month while on vacation, I sat on a porch and shamelessly ogled a shirtless guy who ran by the house every day–up and back. Not so surprising in a beach town with lovely weather (the running, that is) but...
by me | Sep 25, 2013 | current events, Environment, Humor, Outdoors
It was a dark and stormy night when my husband and I arrived in Cape May for a September vacation, so we didn’t do much gazing off into the distance as we unloaded what we needed to get to bed. The next night, Friday, the 13th as it happened, I was out on the...
by me | Jun 19, 2013 | current events, Family, Humor, Outdoors
should be the next big thing. I’m a fan. Especially drunk yoga on the beach. Tipsy yoga just doesn’t sound right. Hammered yoga–no. But drunk yoga brings the hard sounds and the soft ones together on the beach. Not too drunk. No queasy feeling....
by me | Apr 29, 2013 | city living, current non-events, Environment, Home, Outdoors, Richmond VA, yard
I walked up the backyard yesterday after a walk with a friend in the soft rain. I was already thinking of the next thing I had to do when I walked over the bridge over the gully kwai (not its real name) and had enough sense to pause and see the blooms where they were...
