Bends in the Road
In Anne of Green Gables, after Anne graduates Queens College there are some major changes in her life and LM Montgomery has Anne say this of it: In Neverwhere, the main character Richard is getting ready to leave his boring normal life in London to be the main character in a Neil Gaiman fantasy and
Stay-cation for Daniel’s 36th Birthday
Daniel had a 5 day weekend by taking off Tuesday and Wednesday after Labor Day to celebrate his birthday on Wednesday. We started the long weekend off right, with a 14.5 mile bike ride in Shelby Bottoms. Sunday we took Magnus to his favorite dog park, Two Rivers in Donelson. This wore everyone out fairly
Weekend Fun in August
Daniel and I had a busy weekend of chorin’, but in between being responsible we still had a great time. Saturday on the way to the grocery we went to my good friend Michael Dukes store opening. He’s opening a furniture store called Royal Circus in the Wedgewood Houston neighborhood and I cannot wait to
Mid-July in Nashville
I apparently absolutely forgot to update the blog last week. It’s been a pretty normal few weeks in Nashville, so nothing too exciting to report. We took a bike ride both weekends and a few walks (one we remembered to photograph). We enjoyed ceramics on Wednesday and we ate some great food. We found very
Camping 2018 Attempt 1 & Riding
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. This was not a well planned camping trip. The idea came to me the previous weekend late at night after I read about Mars being so close. I researched the astronomy dark sky maps and booked us a camp site at Fall Creek Falls, the
Independence Day 2018
Nashville is one of the biggest Independence Day celebration in the country, and it’s literally at our back door. We like to hide in the air conditioning and enjoy ourselves around the house on the 4th of July, then sneak out for the Symphony and the longest fireworks ever (seriously 35-45 minutes). Then our favorite



