In July, Greg and I managed to make it back to
Griswold, Connecticut to look at the sunflowers on the last possible day. The next day we were leaving for our annual
trip to Ohio. We added another leg to
our journey by traveling out to Fort Wayne, Indiana first to visit our friends,
Misty and Jenna. It was a wonderful
visit with our old friends, who we miss a lot, and we were impressed with Fort
Wayne. Of course, Misty was a terrific
tour guide. And then we headed back to northern
Ohio to celebrate our nephew A.J.’s high school graduation and then down to
southern Ohio to visit my family. Whew! Sometimes you need a vacation from your
vacation.
We weathered the dog days of summer by hanging
out. Not much went on in August but we
did occasionally make it down to the beach to watch the dogs frolic in the
water.
September was the beginning of a graceful slide
into autumn and an interesting month for us.
We participated in our neighborhood yard sale, which is something we
haven’t done in many years. We welcomed
a new minister to our church, the Brookfield Unitarian Universalist
Church. I was very happy about welcoming
Rev. Craig Nowak because I was on the committee put in charge of finding him. All that work yielded happy results. And late in the month, we went down to
Bangor, Pennsylvania to visit Greg’s cousins and his Aunt Ann, who we hadn’t
seen for years.
October was gorgeous here in New England. It’s my favorite month of the year. When we weren’t enjoying the spectacular color,
we were staying up late watching the Red Sox win. To say that we enjoyed the World Series is a
supreme understatement. We also attended
the wonderful wedding of Evan’s friends Bryan and Stephanie. It was a very good month.
November was quiet except that I got to meet my
sister Susan in Mystic, Connecticut for a sleepover. It was great seeing Susan and I had a terrific
time at Mystic Seaport.
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| At Mystic Seaport. My mother's clan is Thomas, but I don't think any of them were oyster men. |
So here we are in December, the end of
2013. We lost our good friend Jim Egan
in December. And while that brought us
great sadness, in general, we had many more gains than losses in 2013.
It was a pretty good year.
Have a safe and fun New Year's Eve and a Happy and Healthy 2014!
