Although my Summertime Bucket List/”To-Do” List includes a lot of places and activities that are located primarily along the coast and at the beach- there are a few seasonal transition things on there as well as we navigate through these final weeks of Summer 2021 and prepare to head into the early days of Fall […]
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Just because Summer 2021 is winding down doesn’t mean you still can’t enjoy an unbelievably good lobster roll- and earlier this week after a long day at work and an even longer commute back to the Pioneer Valley, I opted to treat myself to one at one of my favorite roadside stops in Easthampton- a […]
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One of the biggest and most important silver linings to my post-vaccination status- even as we continue to struggle through this pandemic and it’s variants as a Nation- is being able to reunite with friends who have also been vaccinated and who I haven’t seen in a very, very long time. Case in point- this […]
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It’s hard for me, and I’m sure many other, people, too- to believe that we only have a couple of days left in the month of July and that in a matter of weeks we’ll be winding down Summer of 2021 and getting ready to head into the Fall. Autumn is my favorite time of […]
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For the past few years- even before I moved to the Pioneer Valley- visiting Ashfield Lake in Ashfield, Massachusetts every Summer was a must-do. The lake is clean, beautiful, and within a short walking distance from downtown Ashfield. And, although downtown Ashfield doesn’t look like much- it’s very much a rustic place to visit and/or […]
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One of my Summer 2021 Bucket List activities was to finally go and see a movie in a drive-in with some of my friends- something I hadn’t done since I was a kid and then couldn’t do in the Summer of 2020 due to social distancing protocols preventing me from congregating with anyone who wasn’t […]
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Although I know it’d be terribly cliché to say “how about this heat wave, huh?”- I mean, really- how about this heat wave, huh? New England is heading into day three of scorching hot temperatures this week- although it looks like we may get a little relief (and a little rain!) with the arrival of […]
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It’s been about nine years since my father passed away, and although the overwhelming and all-consuming grief that took over my life in the weeks/months following his unexpected death has gradually turned into something more manageable (I’m still sad, and I still miss him, obviously- but I can make it through my days without completely […]
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Coffee & Chiffon 