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Mini Road Trips and Seasonal Celebrations

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While it may be an exaggeration to characterize trips lasting fewer than 48 hours as “road trips,” we rounded out our 2025 travel with two short road trips to the mountains. While brief, our third and fourth mountain getaways of the year took us back to places we visited earlier in the summer, but with … Read more

Rounding Out Summer Travels with Two Beach Visits

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Immediately after completing our two short trips to the mountains in May and June we got to work on planning visits to the beach. As noted in my prior post, we are following the wisdom of the local crowds, since mountain and beach trips are summer staples in this area. We checked out two different … Read more

Embracing Summer Break with Two Mountain Getaways

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Moving to Winston-Salem has given us two new calendars to govern our lives. The first is the seasonal cycle, featuring four honest-to-goodness seasons, each with distinctive delights and challenges. The other is the academic calendar. Several of my volunteer activities are university-affiliated, and my library gig is work-from-home this summer while renovations are happening on … Read more

This “Seasons” Thing is Alright

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In North Carolina we are emerging from winter and embracing the promise of spring. The trees surrounding our home are furred with buds ready to burst open and we are getting a few tantalizing days of warm, sunny weather interspersed with cooler temperatures.The change in the seasons seems like a good time to reflect on … Read more