Taking Dad Home
Per Dad’s wishes, we brought his remaining ashes home to West Virginia this past weekend. It was the second service for us but the first for Mamaw, Aunt G...
Charleston, West Virginia
In decades of trips to West Virginia to visit my grandparents and extended family, I have never, to my knowledge, walked around downtown Charleston. Until the m...
Three Days in Boston – Part Three
On my third and final full day in Boston, we met Amy in Beacon Hill after her morning appointment. Pre-Covid, someone would’ve gone to all of her appointm...
Three Days in Boston – Part Two
Monday in Boston was one satisfying discovery after another. The skies were clear, so the city looked glorious. We grabbed coffee at Cuppa Coffee, which was nex...
Three Days in Boston – Part One
About ten years ago, give or take, my dear friend Amy started traveling to Boston annually under the care of a physician who specializes in her rare neurologica...
The First Girls Weekend of 2021
I don’t need to explain Girls Weekend anymore, do I? We’re entering the third decade of these trips, so if you know, you know. We met in Middle Tenn...