2021 quick trips – part 37: Raleigh’s Mordecai Historic Park
This historic park is on the last remaining acres of the former Mordecai Plantation that was historically one of the largest in Wake County. At its height in 1860, the...
2021 quick trips – part 38: Raleigh’s look at ancient history
Our last day in Raleigh took us to a museum that I probably wouldn’t have chosen but am so glad that we did! My knowledge of Egyptian, Greek, and Roman...
2021 in-between times – part 3: cataract surgery—finally
For the last 8 years, whenever I had my eyes checked for the prescription for my glasses, my eye doctor has been telling me that cataracts in my eyes were...
2021 in-between times – part 4: summer at home
After a number of “quick trips” in the southeast (and Michigan), it’s time to stay home for a while as Margie gets her cataract surgery done. While we’re not exploring...
2021 California family visit
August means getting out of Georgia’s heat and humidity and visiting our son Matt and his family in northern California’s Lake Tahoe area. While we didn’t have humidity in Truckee,...