Summer has begun (astronomically), and we’ve passed the longest day of the year. Somehow, we’re halfway through the year—I can’t figure out how that happened!—but perhaps the best is to come. What […]

Back in the piedmont this week and still dreaming of mountains. I live in a place between the mountains and the beach, and many in my community head to one […]

I’m sitting on a screened porch in the North Carolina mountains this afternoon, able to hear the boats on the lake below me even though the trees block the view […]

The days are getting longer and longer here. I was talking with a friend about my days living in Alaska today, and remembering picnics that started at 9:00 pm in […]

The weather turned cooler again today and I wanted nothing more than tomato soup and grilled cheese for dinner. The nice thing about being a grown up is that I […]