Archive for July, 2007

Craze

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Last year, when we returned from Egypt, we found that new thing that had swept the nation without our knowledge was Crocs.
This year, the new thing that has swept the nation is Webkinz. What a racket — children must purchase a $13 stuffed toy for the privilege of playing games (and communicating […]

Head over heels

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Something fun about The Balsams is its emphasis on mountain bikes — the bikes are well maintained, and the trails around here are beautiful and accessible. As Annie reported, she and I saw a large, young buck on our ride on Tuesday morning, as well as cute brown bear! We sat by a quiet […]

Beautiful, but no substitute

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

The cancellation of our conference at Star Island at the very, very last minute tossed our exended family in a what-to-do-next quandary. We had just spent a delightful three nights in New York (I am now officially a Bloomberg fan), when our plans to drive up to Portsmouth were quashed, due to ambiguous electrical […]