Carter’s visit
>My 16-yr-old brother left today.Day one in Boston was the the most adventurous. We wondered around the historic district and into the oldest restaurant in A...
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UNH BIKE TRAIL CHRONICLES
>We drove out to UNH so Chris could practice throwing the 16 lb. metal ball 180 ft like normal.Then, we decided to ride our bikes onto a pretty forest bike t...
Ascent of Mt. Morgan and Mt. Percival
>Oh Oh! We went hiking with our new friends Mark and Lindsey the on Saturday! We made a 5.5 mile loop to one summit, across a ridge, and down from the other ...
Portland for the Day
>The sky in Portland, ME in gray. Well, just because it was gray yesterday doesn’t mean it is grey all the time, right? Actually, Lindsey Allen said it...
Yesterday Boston. Tomorrow Portland.
>Boston is an hour south of Kittery. Chris and I spent the whole day there yesterday We parked for free at the coast guard base (now doesn’t that work ...
Lobster Boats in Morning Mist
I decided to walk to the coffee shop this morning. I crossed the Memorial bridge at low tide. 8:15am. The white fog was still lingering over the water. I had ne...
Free Date
>Well Chris and I got a present last night. The musical Guys and Dolls was showing at the Ogunquit Playhouse (Ogunquit is a really cool beach town in Maine- ...
hiking in the white mountains
>I hiked Mt Major with my new friend, Meghan this past weekend. I was pretty proud of my physical aptitude. I made it to the top of the (1,786 feet) mountain...
I wrote a song.
>Search me oh God in my thoughts and in my heart (Psalm 139:23-24)For from the overflow of my heart my mouth speaks. (Matthew 12:34b) Repeat CHORUS:Lord open...
the yellow kayak
>We rented a sea kayak! How adventuresome we are. After church, it was a little rainy and foggy and cold but we threw on sweatshirts and took the kayak out a...
Watching fireworks over the sea from the boat
>Tonight Chris and I watched an orangypinkpomegranate sunset from the flight deck of his boat and then doubly enjoyed the Portsmouth fireworks display. I say...
Girl Wakes Up to Light House Horn Instead of Train Whistles
It is wierd. My family moved 9 times and I think 7 of those 9 homes where next to RR tracks. I can sleep through train whistles better than anyone I am quite su...
Merry Old Maine where it is 40 degrees cooler than it is in Texas.
>Yeah, I’m wearing a sweater. So right now I am sitting in a coffee shop called “Breaking New Grounds” in Market Square of downtown Portsmo...
Little Trip
>Chris had a portcall in Virginia last weekend so he flew me up. In the meantime, my students watched The Hunt for Red October- excellent movie- Sir. Sean Co...
The Tower of London and a bit on Democrats
>I was in London the second time yesterday. We went to the Tower of London first. The white tower in the middle was the palace before Hampton Court before Bu...
THE TEXAS EMBASSY!
>So England was the only country in the world to recognize Texas as a country back when we were independent. So there was a Texas Embassy in London. Now, it ...
My favorite stained glass window ever
I was reading in a chapel of Michaelhouse in Cambridge, England and the sun was pouring perfectly directly through a big stained glass window with assorted craz...
John’s Class Notes from Professor C.S. Lewis
I wrote before about John, the adorable elderly man from my Bible study group whom I bring Latin notes to because he loves translating it with me and he was on ...
I’m the Spiderman Punter
>We went punting today! The river is pretty shallow near town so instead of gondolas, Cambridge has punts. About 6 people can ride in each long flat boat and...
Shakespeare in the college gardens
>We just went to see Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” in St. John’s College garden. Okay so that was amazing! (Kiss Me Kate an...
Lances and Steering Wheels and the Sherriff of Cambridge
> Drivers drive on the Left side of the road in UK, Australia, and Japan. FUN FACT: The reason is that when knights jousted, they held the lance in the right...
Tree Climbing, Building Scaling, and a Rowing Tournament!
>The other night about four of us illegally played in some flat boats on the river. oops. No, they were tied to the dock- we didn’t do anything that ba...
Ultimate Frisbee and a Red Double Decker Bus
>Yesterday I played Ultimate Frisbee on Jesus Greene. This town was basically built on an island in the middle of a swamp and the town expanded before they f...
More London
>The Globe at night time. So I have a thing for Big Ben- I really like it. People say it’s under-rated but I beg to differ. When I look at it, I think ...
Stained Glass Windows and Cathedral Roof Walks
>Today a friend and I took a train out to Ely, a little town nearby- only £3.50 ticket. There is a Cathedral there built in 1081 and it is extra-ordinary! Th...
The Ely Pictures I Promised
> So this is Ely Cathedral. Queen Ethelreda first had a church built here in 673 A.D. and the building as it is now was completed in 1081 except for The Lant...
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> The whole entry hall ceiling has paintings from creation of Adam to Christ’s birth and him seated at the throne in heaven. Sad story, the man who too...
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> I have a thing about doors- I think they’re cute. Alright, these pictures are taken FROM THE ROOF! I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT! A guide took us u...
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> and here are the rafters holding the Lantern together. The trees are the talles in england they were at least 1000 years old when they put them up in 1321 ...
Church This Morning
>Well, today 5 of us from my school decided to go to “C3,” Cambridge Community Church in the suburbs. The congregation was probably about 500 and...