MADISON AL - Misty, who I mentioned yesterday, resides in the neighboring town Morristown. In preparing for the trip, I checked to see if she wanted to drag the kids somewhere to meet up for lunch. But in one of life’s little ironies, they would be visiting her parents in West Virginia that week ( Read more... )

WILMINGTON -- Our first stop of the day was Ocean City, of which I had heard many tales while in college. Like Atlantic City, the OC has a boardwalk, and we took advantage -- we must've walked about a mile and a half round-trip on a comfortably sunny Wednesday morning ( Read more... )

The second half of the '10s started off with packing, but since the train didn't leave until late afternoon, I left my handiwork with the concierge as I took one last stroll around the city ( Read more... )

CHATTANOOGA -- There was no dawn's early light on this Fourth of July, as a steady stream of showers plagued us most of the day. While we ourselves avoided trouble on Tennessee's highways, we also took notice of those who weren't as fortunate -- particularly, a jackknifed tractor-trailer in downtown Nashville ( Read more... )

BOISE (7/8) -- For the second straight day, we started off in a town named "Falls". And though Great Falls had the great expanse of the Missouri at our feet, Idaho Falls had the immediacy of the Snake running beneath the Broadway St bridge ( Read more... )

BROOKLYN CENTER MN -- Today was easily the funnest day of it all as I caught up with an old friend ( Read more... )

I'm still here. Apparently, spending eight hours a day flicking back and forth between local and remote computer screens looking at insurance claims puts me off posting on LJ. Facebook-posting is quick and painless by comparison.

So, for your consideration, a new word:
Friend-in-law A relationship created when a person's friend marries someone.As ( Read more... )

I was sad to hear that a school-age friend of Chad's (and by extension, mine) was killed in a car accident over the weekend. (At first, I thought it was another Jonathan, as his age was listed as 24 and not 33. Alas, no ( Read more... )

While there are the obvious things--

*Meeting up with long-distant friends and family
*The safety of those in danger
* New lives added into the family--none was more touching than what happened after Thanksgiving dinner at my cousin's house ( Read more... )

Congrats to the former mamallama, whose blog got a shoutout this morning during an interview on WV Public Radio.

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