>cleaning the stove
>A clean stove is like a guitar that hasn’t been restrung in 3 years. Either is never used or it is broken. My stove was dirty. My guitar does not need to be restrung. PinterestFacebookTwitterEmail
>In come the Canadian geese. Why are they called Canadian? They are only Canadian half the year. PinterestFacebookTwitterEmail
Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park
>A fellow Aggie-Coast Guard wife-temp. Mainer and I drove to Bar Harbor (adorable) and Acadia (wowingly georgeous) for a day trip. Acadia is where those nincumpoops were standing on the cliffs during the Hurricane a few weeks ago and 12 people were swept off by a giant wave. So anyway the weather was good while…
>on modernity
>”w/ mechanistic and scientific views of the universe gaining hegemony & analytical minds swearing unyielding antipathy toward any invincible mystery that couldn’t be broken down by controllable parts, nation-states and their cultures rose above ecclesiastical influence.” Wow what a sentence. I could never comprise that. I read it in “A New Kind of Christian”by Brian…
Nubble Lighthouse
>Earlier today, when I was “returning” from York School Dept, I accidentally turned north instead of south. oops. I figured this out when i saw Nubble Lighthouse in the distance. So I figured, eh what the heck I’ll just go to the light house. I spent a good hour there. That light house is on…
>Snack
>You know what’s good. a glass of iced milk with poorly mixed peanut butter and cream cheese on apple slices while sitting indian style on the front porch steps watching people walk their dogs under the big still green oak trees barefooted yet wearing a sweater because the air is getting a little cold. You…
Today, I saw 5 whales and 4 people throw up.
>I went whale watching in the Gulf of Maine with the youth group today! He maketh me chaperon fun youth trips;He leadeth me upon not-so-still waters.Yea, though I ride ‘cross the sea of 6 ft waves ,I will fear no seasickness for thou art with me…Mike Hoy’s puke runneth over.Surely goodness and mercy shall follow…
Food, Music and History
I got in from my long trip at 9pm. It was actually a little cold here in Maine. I had to to put on a cardigan and my pretty purple knee length light coat with a cute hat in order to walk down town comfortably. It was so neat- I got that feeling I had…
September
>I leaned back and sighed to myself “aaaa last plane ride for 4 mos” and smiled. Then i realized that there’s no one waiting for me this time. Thank God for the Kindstedts. I will be living in a house and sleeping in that bed tonight by myself. I leaned forward and teared up. “…wake…
Gate D49 to Hispaniola
>We didn’t really do a whole lot of expewhateveryoucallthems. We mostly lounged around the resort and stared at each other. haha. Chris said he didn’t mind spending the money to get me down there since we sorta owed ourselves a honeymoon. The honeymoon was great, don’t get me wrong. It was just an exhausting 2,000…
Here to there to the other there
I tallied things up on the plane. I have been on 9 airplane-involving trips in the past 8 months: NYC third date-Dec/Jan Proposal in ME-Feb CO ski trip-March househunting in ME-March Portcall in VA-May Clint and Tyf’s Wedding in Missouri City-June Oregon for motorcycle trip-August Dom. Rep.-Aug Back to Boston-Tuesday I don’t want to tally…
Motorcycle trip winds down
and down and down and down and then back up and up and up and up the Bear Tooth Highway. This road was ridiculous! We zigzagged like 4-5 laps up the side of the same mountain. Sharp turns, steep inclines, lots of motorcycles! We went above the treeline to 12,000 feet and even then, we…
Motorcycling Post-Canada
>This morning, we drove through Glacier Natl Park of the U.S. So I got to compare ours to Canada’s. haha. as for number and size of glaciers, Canada wins; as for sites, ours ups them! Adjectives do not exists to describe the spectacularness of this place. The valleys were just so deep and wide! And…
Motorcycling in CANADA
> We crossed the border into Oliver Valley, British Columbia. A sign said that the valley is “the wine capital of Canada.” It went on for miles and miles of vinyards and orchards and crops. It bursted with grapes, applies, pears, apricots, peaches, even zuchini, tomatoes and corn! Corn? Ya. After the valley came a…
From Above
Flying to Oregon, we flew over the Great Salt Lake and the salt flats. It was one of the funniest looking things I have ever seen. I wrote that “The water is the exact same color as the sky, so the mountains beyond the lake look like they are hovering in the air and I…
Panarama from a motorcycle
Motorcycling through Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alberta, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. Riding on a motorcycle is a completely different experience from riding in a car. No ceiling, no blindspot. The floorboard is only 2 ft wide. Plus you get to engage all 5 senses: see the panoramic view; smell the…
>this time tomorrow
>This time tomorrow, I will be in Seattle, Washington with my dad and his motocycle buddies. This time tomorrow, I will already have started my 60 days apart from Chris. He’s off to the Caribbean until almost October. So I cried on him last night and I probably will again tonight. In the meantime, Daddy…
Salem means Peace.
>heading back from Boston, I drove through good ole Salem, Mass. There, I dropped by the House Seven Gables (Hawthorne novel) among other things and statues. My favorite part was dinner. I ate a blue cheese, apple, walnut, & field green salad accompanied by hot peony white tea and followed by a strawberry nutella crepe-…
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 America, theThere, we swallowed half a dozen oysters, listened to the oyster crackers jokes and drank some of the best dang lemonade that ever I’ve had. After that, we hiked…
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 trail adventure. After about 20 minutes of leisure biking, we got sucked off of the main path and onto a (in my journal I drew…
>Hammer throwing
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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 summit. The trail was rated double diamond. Apparently that means steep path and multiple stream crossings and does not exclude 5.6 rock climbing!…
>Did you know that I live in the oldest town in Maine? Kittery was founded in 1617.
> We rode our bikes a few miles to Kittery Point/ Fort McClary (cool place, but I’ll spare you the history lesson) We parked da bikes and hiked along the cliffs from which we could see 2 lighthouses and we inspected the blockhouse fort and battery. We explored the forest and surrounding hills till we…
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 pretty much is gray all the time. Despite the brightness of the diffused light that penetrated the layer of clouds and bounced back and forth from the…
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 out nicely)and walked around the North Boston historic district. This place is old.We wondered around Faneuil Hall and the old Quincy Market then ate lunch at…
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 never seen the harbor so still. I was wearing blue and white so I felt like I blended in well. As I walked, I watched…
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- right next to a really really cool fishing village called York that has a lighthouse) Anywho, we sat down to look at the tickets online and…
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 without having to stop at all. Some parts were relatively steep and we passed some dang good boldering spots. We ate sandwiches and fruit…
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 my lips and open my mouthLet it declare your praise (Psalm 51: 15)Open my lips and open my mouthLet it declare your praiseAnd search my heart and search…