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…

Birmingham and Montgomery

I’m in Birmingham with two of my close friends. Last year, we went to Hot Springs; this year, Birmingham. Kind of off the beaten path, but a good place to go. I’m on for teaching Black American Literature next semester, so this is also kind of a research trip (not that I put in for…

Cincinnati–Day Two

It was a little rainy in the morning, but the day turned out to be beautiful. We did the Zoo, which was really confusing in its signage, but overall, glorious animal sightings. The kids loved the giraffes, cougars, hippos, manatees, gorillas, and small nocturnal cats. I was very moved by the manatees–such gentle creatures and…

Cincinnati–Day One

We arrived in Cincinnati in not the best moods, as everyone was tired and a little cranky. Unfortunately, food didn’t help! We went to Skyline Chili for dinner. Seamus and Patrick loved their food, but they were out of the vegetarian option, so I had a baked potato, which was actually really good. Porter and…

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!…

Kentucky

Well, it’s hot and humid in Kentucky in July. We’ve escaped that a bit by going to the pool and hiding in the dark house. We got here on a Saturday, and Sunday went to a Bowling Green Hot Rods game. It was much more pleasant than it could have been, as we were under…

Summer So Far

We spent a week in Cape Cod, and gosh, it went by fast! We got up super early on Saturday to avoid traffic. We stopped for Sandwiches in Sandwich, and it was delicious! The week passed in a blur of baseball clinics in the mornings for the kids, sailing on the pond in the afternoons,…

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…