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Author: Charity

By Charity Posted on August 21, 2016August 21, 2016

Weekly Walk 46

Eight weeks after the summer solstice, we took my sister for a walk.

Categories: HikesTags: clouds, Hiking, Photography, summer, walking, Weekly Hike
By Charity Posted on August 9, 2016

Weekly Walk 45

Seven weeks after the summer solstice, and we’re back to full-on drought.

Categories: HikesTags: driving culture, drought, generica america, Hiking, summer, walking, Weekly Hike
By Charity Posted on August 4, 2016August 4, 2016

Weekly Walk 44

Six weeks after the summer solstice, and we got to hike in the rain!

Categories: HikesTags: drought, Hiking, rain, rainy days, summer, Weekly Hike
By Charity Posted on August 1, 2016July 31, 2016

Bookends: July 2016

July was hot here. Of course, New England heat isn’t as hot as Utah heat or Arizona heat or the heat southern California had earlier in the summer, but we complain about it … Continue reading Bookends: July 2016

Categories: BooksTags: book review, profanity, reading, Sisters Book Club
By Charity Posted on July 29, 2016August 4, 2016

Garden in the Woods

Earlier this month, we visited Garden in the Woods in Framingham, Massachusetts, where we met some of my spouse’s former workmates. We had a picnic lunch and then walked around. … Continue reading Garden in the Woods

Categories: PhotographyTags: dragonfly, Garden in the Woods, grasshopper, Photography, pitcher plant
By Charity Posted on July 28, 2016December 4, 2022

Nature in the Neighborhood

We see a lot of plants and animals on our hikes, but we don’t need to head into the woods to see nature. On a walk around our neighborhood this … Continue reading Nature in the Neighborhood

Categories: PhotographyTags: birds, katydid, nature, northern cardinal, Photography, suburbs
By Charity Posted on July 27, 2016July 27, 2016

Weekly Walk 43

It’s five weeks after the summer solstice, and while I’m not about to complain about the heat since so far we can still get by without running the air conditioner if we … Continue reading Weekly Walk 43

Categories: HikesTags: dragonfly, drought, fallen trees, Hiking, Red-Tailed Hawk, summer, Weekly Hike
By Charity Posted on July 26, 2016

Atlas of Unknowns by Tania James

Atlas of Unknowns was the June 2016 selection for the SBC (the accidental book club I started with my sister). Comment below, or check out our Goodreads group to join … Continue reading Atlas of Unknowns by Tania James

Categories: BooksTags: book review, immigration, India, reading, Sisters Book Club, Tania James
By Charity Posted on July 26, 2016July 26, 2016

The Parasites by Daphne du Maurier

This was the July selection for the SBC. It’s not too late to join the discussion! Visit us at our Goodreads group to discuss this or any of our other … Continue reading The Parasites by Daphne du Maurier

Categories: BooksTags: book review, Daphne du Maurier, midlife crisis, reading, Sisters Book Club
By Charity Posted on July 21, 2016

Weekly Walk 42

Four weeks after the summer solstice, we took advantage of a break in the heat and took an after-lunch hike.

Categories: HikesTags: buttonbush, colorado potato beetle, Hiking, Invasive plant species, purple loosestrife, summer, Weekly Hike
By Charity Posted on July 14, 2016

Weekly Walk 41

Three weeks after the summer solstice, we once again walked the trail, this time in a surly mood.

Categories: HikesTags: ferrets, Hiking, Home, summer, Weekly Hike
By Charity Posted on July 9, 2016August 30, 2025

Weekly Walk 40

Two weeks after the summer solstice, two days after Alton Sterling was shot to death in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, one day after Philando Castile was shot to death in Falcon … Continue reading Weekly Walk 40

Categories: HikesTags: Alton Sterling, Dallas, Hiking, Home, Philando Castile, summer, Weekly Hike

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