Like nomads, but with more stuff

 Super heat wave in Alberta, so what outdoor adventure makes the most sense? Taking the canoe out, of course!  We had been by Vermillion Lak...

I guess four months in a house (one of which was away) isn't TOO long a delay for discovering the charming park around the corner. I ca...

Friends invited us to accompany them to the "Apfel Fest" in Kronberg that boasted 100 different varieties of apples. Like Milli V...

With the advent of the children, the tourism has commenced. Before Terry left we managed a trip out to Rüdesheim to do the usual "rund...

[DISCLAIMER:  Terry has not seen or edited any of the photos shown here. He is not to blame for poor quality] My days are not normally q...

A couple of weeks ago we had a very "eh" kind of weekend. We had a lot of chores to do after having neglected the house for sever...

Last weekend some folks from A-100 decided to hike the Billy Goat trail at Great Falls. Although I had lived in the DC area for 4 years, an...

The most exciting thing happened tonight. A neighborhood kid we know from the bus stop rang the doorbell. We've almost never spoken wit...

...we could all use a bit of a break from each other. I deliberately kept Alex home on Friday so we could have "one last special day...

I'm a planner. I like knowing what's going on and what the options are. It's December in the USA and I knew there would be Sant...

6. I am grateful for the group of moms friends who have invited me and the kids into their group. Overseas it's pretty easy to make new...

For Zoltan's birthday "thing" he chose the Halloween "not so scary" train ride at Cabin John Park .  He and I had v...

A mere week after Alex's birthday adventure at Croydon, we were back for their Croydon Creep Halloween event.  At $2/person, it was fun...

One of the things I love about this CSA is that if you don't like an item in your box, likely you can change it. For example, we all go...

Although Terry and I met while living in D.C. (actual D.C., not MD/VA) this is the first time we've lived here with children. And it ma...