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More Sunday Biking

Biking after church could get to be a habit.  A good one.  Last Sunday we returned to the West Orange Trail, this time heading...

 
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A Long Story and a Warning for Homeschoolers

We have been blessed with a surprising number of very bright friends, their talents ranging from math to music, from business to...

 
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It’s May Already (Update April 30-May 7)

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Hurray for short weeks!   Of course, I can’t complain about the work that I do during the week, but it was wonderful to have...

 
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More Music, No Flowers This Time

Having written recently about my love of student recitals , I have to mention that we went to a Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra...

 
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Europe 2007: April 15 - Homeward Bound

Now I must report on my first dissatisfaction with the Swiss transportation system.   The bus we rode from the airport could not...

 
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Flowers and Music

Not long ago, a friend was lamenting to me about how tedious elementary recitals are.  Little piano and violin students plunking and...

 
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Europe 2007: April 14

A day of rest, recovery, last-minute shopping, and…packing.   None of us wanted to think about the next day's departure;...

 
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Europe 2007: April 13

When we first began planning this trip, Porter's one goal in Switzerland (besides visiting Janet) was the Jungfraujoch experience,...

 
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Europe 2007: April 12

What to do, now that we are back in Switzerland?   Let's visit another museum!   This time it was the Skulpturehalle...

 
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A Ring Tone for Andy F.

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Andy B., I now bestow the honorable title of "Andy" upon you since you have been so devoted to my blog.  So as to avoid...

 
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Maitland, Florida, 2007 or Salem, Massachusetts, 1692?

This just in:  middle-aged men have no business stopping to chat with young people.  After all, the young and their elders...

 
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Europe 2007: April 11

After tearful goodbyes, we traveled with our host (who had business in Paris) on an early morning TGV back to Gare Montparnasse....

 
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Europe 2007: April 10

Today was another beautiful day.   We've had so many since arriving in Europe.   The week before our arrival was so cold...

 
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Europe 2007: April 9

Awaking before the rest of the household, I slipped outside to explore the grounds in the peaceful early morning light.   Just...

 
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Europe 2007: April 8 -- Easter!

When our friends asked what our Easter traditions were, my immediate reaction was, "total exhaustion, following a glorious church...

 
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Europe 2007: April 7

Having slept off our Thanksgiving dinner-style museum orgy, and packed our suitcases for departure, we were ready to indulge in another...

 
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Europe 2007: April 6

Ah, to wake up in Paris, and eat breakfast in the café next door!   So what if croissants/bread, orange juice, and...

 
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My Sunny Sunday

Posted in IrishOboe

Since both my sister and my mother have posted about their Sunday adventures I figured I’d add mine to the bunch. Our...

 
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Europe 2007: April 5

Transition!  We took the tram to the train station, where we bought drinks to go with the food we had bought yesterday to eat on...

 
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Sunday Adventures

I thought our Sunday was exciting, until I read about the Daleys' ! It was Sunny on Sunday here, too, at least for the...

 
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Quote of the Day

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My beloved nerdy family subscribes to A Word of the Day .  One would hope that would make me more articulate, but the part of the...

 
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Mad Cow: It Was a Very Good Year

We had so much fun last year at the Mad Cow Theatre's Orlando Cabaret Festival :   It Was a Very Good Year that it wasn't hard to...

 
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Basel Through Other Eyes

In case you'd like a professional writer's view of Basel, this article was in Pittsburgh's Post-Gazette this morning....

 
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Two Weeks at 3am

Posted in IrishOboe

Forgive me.   Has it been more than a week since I wrote?!   Given that it is 12:45am and I haven’t been getting much...

 
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Europe 2007: April 4

Today Janet was feeling the pressure of work to be done, and she decided we knew enough to be let out on our own for a while.  ...