French Fries and Stormy Skies…

When I was a teenager, fifteen or sixteen, I visited Old Orchard Beach in Maine for the very first time with my best friend from high school. She was going away for a week – a tradition she’d told me about and one that had happened every Summer since she was little – and wanted […]

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Castles and Curiosities…

Every once in a while, I find myself having an unexpected adventure that was completely unplanned or even considered as the result of a happy accident or an innocent error. Most of the time, these unexpected adventures involve meeting new people in a new place and those people becoming dear friends, discovering a restaurant or […]

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A Day at the Beach and A Day at the Farm…

Every once in a while I’ll see those click-bait headlines come across my social media algorithm that read something like “Legislators Pushing For a Four-Day Work-Week!” or “Politicians Debating Making All Mondays a Federal Holiday!” and although it’ll likely be something I’ll never see in my lifetime (or the next), I wish more than anything […]

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“An ocean of violets in bloom…”

Out of all the museums in Boston that I adore, The Museum of Fine Arts is by far one of my favorites. It’s a place I can get lost in for hours as I wander from floor to floor, room to room, and I’m always stumbling upon something new or unique that I’d never seen […]

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Daffodils and Daiquiris…

While people often believe that New England has four seasons in total year-round, I would argue that we technically only have three full-time ones, and that Spring is more of an “on-call” season. It shows up to help out when we need it every once in a while throughout April and May. Spring, especially here […]

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A Month to Remember: March 2026

When looking back at this past month, it all feels like a bit of a blur – a blur filled with a lot of travel around New England, a lot of good food, and a lot of attempts to manifest Spring’s arrival amid frigid days and snow flurries – but a blur nonetheless. And now […]

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Waffles and Robert Frost…

With Troy finishing packing up the last of his belongings from his childhood home this past Saturday, that left our Sunday wide open for a daytime adventure. Given that he was still pretty spent from all the driving and boxing/unboxing in recent days, he generously stepped back and let me take full control of how […]

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Birthday Witch…

Greetings from The Snowpocalypse! Although there had been a brief lull in the storm when I sat down to start writing this post this morning, it’s now coming down yet again here in Western Massachusetts. While the snowfall isn’t nearly as heavy as yesterday’s, it looks like this current part of the storm is set […]

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