I just had two weeks (well, 13 days) away, in two vacations back to back. Now I'm back, and I'm really glad to be back ( Read more... )

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In a rare moment of a free summer weekend - no kids in town, and no other big plans - xuth and I decided to head down to Ohiopyle, PA for a couple days. Not to play in their rapids this time but to ride on their bike trail. So we grabbed the last available tent site in the local state park campground, packed up the (new and improved and larger) car ( Read more... )

Life is passing in a woosh lately. I feel like I'm being left behind, like I'm not doing anything. I keep intending to write things down, and that keeps not happening, jumbling up my brain instead and contributing to my feelings of unproductivity. Fortunately, I do write things down on Google.

So mostly according to my calendar, ( here is what I've been up to )

We had such a good time at Oxidation Arts last weekend that we decided at the last minute to go to WildFire this weekend. I actually didn't do any spinning or fireplay, but there was plenty enough else going on to keep me busy.

( dizzy with life )

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Home from Firefly!

Trying to sum up things coherently would take too much brainpower, and my head has gone into powersave mode in the heat today, so instead, here is a bullet point list of interesting things from this past weekend.

( everything is never as it seems )

After the trip to MN last week, we drove back to Pittsburgh, unpacked the car, collected a few kids, did laundry, borrowed and packed the car, and left for camping in the mountains of NY.


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