Like everyone else I know, we use the GPS on our phones to navigate when we travel. During the first half of our career, though, we used maps made by Hagstrom. We owned several map books for New York and New Jersey counties and another one or two for Connecticut and Massachusetts. When we needed …
If I’m being honest, I feel like I’ve been beaten up. Returning home to our cottage in Youngsville after two months, my 63 year old body feels worn down by a combination of too much sun and many traveling miles. Is it possible to relax too much, to send too many hours outside or to …
I remember a time when our youngest daughter was trying to learn how to play a D chord on the guitar. She asked me how to place her fingers on the fretboard and I showed her. A couple of hours or a day later I was watching her play and noticed that she was playing …
Today, my old friend, Mister Anxiety, returned for a little visit. We had parted ways a few months ago, but he made a surprise entrance when I woke up and thought, “Oh, shit. Summer vacation is almost done!” After a year of dealing with Mister Anxiety’s daily morning appearances, I’d learned to live with his …
Since my last post, Beth and I purchased our second RV, a gently-used 2021 Rockwood Mini Light (WooHoo!), finished up our two week stint at a summer camp on the Jersey shore and spent 4 nights in Bryn Mawr, PA visiting friends. As I mentioned in another post, we were struggling with the low trade-in …
One type of travelogue is a recounting of places, culture, history and geography. Ours, however, is a personal narrative revealing thoughts and feelings as we make our way through life. I think it’s more of an inner journey interspersed with outward experiences. “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings …
We have returned to Long Beach Island for our annual gig at an arts and science camp in Loveladies, New Jersey. First off, gotta say this…Hooray for beach weather! It’s beautiful here.. Today was our first full day working with 12 children ages 5-6 all of whom seem excited for a week of music-making and …
Some RV parks – like the one we are staying in for the next two nights in New Jersey – are really glorified parking lots. In order to fit more campers and (I imagine) simplify the underground network of utilities, they get rid of the grass and chop down the trees, thereby eliminating any natural …