Taos to Boulder

Happy New Year! We’re in Boulder, getting ready to head to Frisco today for our last week in the West. Our last few days in Taos were sunny, warmish, and beautiful. On Christmas Eve, we met up with some friends who live in Maryland to ski with them at Taos. Gilbert had a bone to…

Winter Break

After a tough semester, we wrapped everything up and headed out of town! First we departed around 4:30 am; Patrick and I had both been sick, and Harlan missed school on Tuesday, and Seamus had missed the Tuesday before, so like everyone else in the world, we’re having a cruddy fall. It’s not Covid, but…

Days Off

Last week was Election Day and Parent Teacher Conference day. The kids also had a gloriously warm weekend before it turned off super cold this week. The last soccer game was November 5th, and Seamus’s team ended with a win, which made everyone happy. Then, he and Gilbert went to decorate for 4-H achievement night.…

Fun Weekend

It was a little blustery, but after the deluge of last weekend, it was nice to be out and about this weekend. I spent a lot of time with my older boys, which is a little unusual because when we split up the family for activities, I’m more likely to take the younger kids. However,…

August–No Posts

Wow. I didn’t post at all in August. I think that’s the first time since I started my blog that I haven’t posted in a month. August was hot and special. The first bit of August was consumed with getting home, unpacking, and working on some of the things we had neglected. Seamus and Gilbert…

More Kentucky Adventures

So we left off with rain and a plan to be formed. It did rain Sunday, but we got in another session at the park with the blitz ball and the strike zone. I ended up running some errands Sunday afternoon, and it was a fine day. Lots of screen time for the kids, though!…

Pittsburgh–Again

I’m in Pittsburgh for the NEH summer faculty institute on Afro-Latinx and Afro-Latin American Transnational Dialogues. It’s fascinating, career changing, and I’m learning so much! Over the weekend, Patrick brought the kids up for a fun weekend so we could not have to go two weeks without seeing each other. I could have driven back…

Great Allegheny Passage Bike Tour

Last week, three of my friends and I rode the Great Allegheny Passage Rail Trail from Cumberland, MD to Pittsburg, PA. It was an incredible experience! In the summer of 2021, I was itching to ride my bike again, so I asked a friend who’d been riding to work if she’d like to start riding…

Back to School

It’s so fun to be able to go into the kids’ school. Today, a beautiful Friday, I was able to walk up the hill to the younger kids’ school to volunteer in art class. It was fun to see the children drawing the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Tidal Basin, etc. They all were in good…

Spring Skiing

We’ve been trying to decide if we are going to renew our ski passes, but then, we have a week like this one, and it’s a no-brainer. As of today, most of us have 23 days of skiing for the season. We plan to ski tomorrow and Sunday, bringing us to 25. Some of our…