Travel on
January 30, 2013 § Leave a comment
Friends! Many things have been happening. One of them I am so excited to tell you about:
For the past year or so, my sister (Elena), Mom (Barb), and I have been talking about starting a travel club. We’re finally in a place where we’re ready to make it happen! What this means is that we’ll be organizing group trips and going to fantastic places all around the globe.
Our first destination? Greece, September 2013! We’re looking at a route that will be taking us through the isles as well as onto the mainland, with emphasis on the travels of the Apostle Paul.
So, I’d like to personally invite all of you to join our club! There’s no cost to become a member – it simply means that you’ll be added to our member list to get the most up-to-date and thorough information about the trips. There’s not any kind of obligation, and you can ask to leave the member list at any time. If you love to travel and want to make new friends this might just be for you!
Here’s a link to our website (which yours truly has been slaving over, so please admire its prettiness!): Seven Seas Society Travel Club.
Wouldn’t it be great to meet one another en route to a European extravaganza?
Happy adventures to all of us – at home, on the road, and over the ocean.
Door County, Wisconsin
August 9, 2012 § 12 Comments
I am drawn by the water. It stretches far away and it is fresh.
Suddenly having a boat seems the most desirable thing in the world. I imagine living on one. I imagine loving it. I remember the book A Severe Mercy and the boat The Gray Goose, and consider what a wonderful thing it sounds, a life of sailing everywhere and reading out in the open water and knowing the wind and many shorelines.
On the Door County peninsula, between the little towns full of quaint shops and local artists, we find the beaches. This is where we most want to be.
It’s about the blues of the sky, the pale sand, the smooth gray stones, the green of mosses. It’s about swimming and hiking and scrambling.
It’s about sleeping on the sand, and scattering sand particles in your tent as you change into dry clothes. It’s about smelling like the lake, and the campfire. It’s about s’mores and late night coffee.
It’s about all these things, and then, it’s about us.
Family.
At the shore
August 8, 2012 § Leave a comment
This past week, we took several days of our summer to spend together as family in Door County, Wisconsin. We fell in love (again) with water and boats. Here, my mother explores Cana Island. We couldn’t get enough of Lake Michigan. (More to come!)
Little brother’s wedding: preview
April 25, 2012 § Leave a comment
Here we are: brothers and sisters. Elena, Craig, Christopher, and me! It was Christopher’s turn to get married, so he and his (now wife!) Kim had their wedding at a beach resort on the Lake of the Ozarks. The day gave them sunny skies and a slight cool breeze. We felt happy. Can you tell?
Kinds of Honey 