My Field Days

I’m so excited!  It’s time for our annual summertime trip to France.  We go every July, and stay a month. We see everything!  The fields of sunflowers, the glistening waters in the south, snow capped peaks on the Swiss border… and we always wrap it up with a visit to Paris on the Champs Elysees.  [...]

I have sung this song all my life.  I have had no idea what I was singing, but I’ve just kind of made up my own sound to mimic the line… and I’ve loved how it feels to roll “Guajira Guantanamera” off my tongue. This afternoon while music from my Latin folder played from my [...]

  Six years ago G and I took off on a cold November weekend to enjoy hiking in the White Mountain Wilderness near Ruidoso.  The first day we hiked from the Monjeau Lookout along the Crest Trail loving the views, enjoying the crisp air.  The wind was howling when we woke up the next day.  [...]

I saw a book being advertised about a dad embracing the minivan.  Made me think about my own childhood, long before minivans were invented. One time my dad loaded us up into the family Pinto and drove us out to California to see Disneyland and The Golden Gate Bridge. One time my dad loaded us [...]

It’s a travel day.  We showed up at the airport in our typical traveling attire.  Both of us in olive green pants, me in a simple red shirt, G in his favorite kind of shirt for traveling… lots of pockets.  Well, turns out, that’s no longer a smart idea in airports.  All those zippers are [...]