I planned our cross country trip in 2006 with the primary goal to open our family’s eyes to life beyond the Delaware River. I wanted us to truly get to know our country, both its physical landscape and its people. Many times during the first couple of weeks of the Read more…
A PERSPECTIVE FROM OUR FAMILY’S CROSS COUNTRY TRIP IN THE SUMMER OF 2006 Fifteen years ago, I sat in this exact spot, pouring over final details for our upcoming summer cross country trip. It seems like yesterday, except that now, my house is too quiet. Our four sons are out Read more…
The benefits of an annual family ski vacation
Captiva, Florida came to my family as a magical surprise, and over the years turned into a tradition that embedded itself as one of our sons’ fondest childhood memories. Below is our story, and a wonderful depiction of a special island. And then there were six……I have been thinking of Read more…
Long before I read “Last Train to Paradise”, the story of John Flagler’s ill fated railroad project from Florida’s mainland to Key West, I was deeply intrigued with the Florida Keys. I needed to take a road trip….. I am optimistically thinking ahead to our annual holiday Key West trip. Read more…
Masked and ready for Sophomore Year
It’s Not Too Early to Think about a Trip to the Amalfi Coast Next Summer. A Memoir and some inspiration on the Isle of Capri On Sunday, I spent some time with my mother, and we began to reminisce ,as we always do, about my father. I asked her to Read more…
All along the Jersey shore, the residents that live here year round, have celebrated Local Summer each September. Local Summer has been described as that “wonderfully joyous moment “when the tourists and summer residents have finally departed, usually beginning on Labor Day and ending in early October. This has consistently Read more…
For some of my initial blogs, I have transferred some of my FACEBOOK prose, so that new readers can have a glimpse of what I have been putting out there over the past 5 months. I spend many moments feeling “cooped up” , wondering when I will be able to Read more…