I’ve noticed that we developed a pattern. 1. We go to the library to see what’s there. Joe and I both quickly develop a crazed, oh-my-good-books look in our eyes as if we’ve never been there before. 2. We binge on books. The fear of overstepping the 50-item limit is with us until we see […]
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Pure, dumb, happy.
It’s been cool and sunny outside for the last few days, and my mind is reacting accordingly—I’m absurdly happy and calm. And productive. We’ve rearranged our apartment for the third time. Each time we do it, the place feels even more cozy, more in line with what we need from our living space. I think […]
Dinner.
On walking
If there’s one thing I could wish for my inevitable old age, it’s that we never stop walking. A family friend in Kharkov has parents who are now in their mid ’90s, and they leave the house at 8am every single day to walk around a local park until 11am. I want to be just […]
Skyline Drive
This past fall, we drove over to Skyline Drive in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park. We went more or less on a whim, and arrived too late to drive the entire length of it. Yet we definitely got our money’s worth of beautiful autumn foliage. On our way in, the ranger on duty warned us that […]
Apple House in Linden, VA
Coming up, I’ll be posting some pictures of a trip Joe and I took to Skyline Drive this past fall, but before doing that, I wanted to briefly mention this place called Apple House that we stumbled across by accident. We were getting gas before entering Skyline Drive, having made a completely random turn off […]
Trip to touristy Gulf bits
When we were at Fort Walton Beach, we used a weekend day to go over to a little resort-y tourist-y part of town that’s right on the Gulf. Not much to say about it, other than it was touristy, overrun with hotels and booze and families, and still not that walkable. Or maybe I just […]
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
As of last week, Joe’s 7 months of traveling all over the country (and to Japan) for work has come to a close. I couldn’t be happier, although it does feel a bit strange now. Like we have to re-learn how to live our lives together when they’re not timed in 10-day intervals. Back in […]