Posts tagged: nantucket

Simple Pleasures 7/3/23

Simple Pleasures 7/3/23
Porch swings
Stopping at lemonade stands 
Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

This was going to be a short note about simple summer pleasures.  Tomatoes.  Old friends.  Making a new friend.  Reading aloud to a child.  Fireflies.   Someone told me they have a rule:  always stop at lemonade stands.   READ MORE

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6/28/21 - Postcard from Nantucket

6/28/21 - Postcard from Nantucket
Lucky me spent last weekend visiting my fabulously talented friend Merrill Strange on Nantucket.    When Merrill is not busy working on her beautiful hand painted ceramics, she likes to pack a walk, a bike ride, a swim and a tennis game into every day.   I've never been so happy I don't play tennis - there is no way I could keep up.     We walked, talked, rode bikes to Sconset (and to Surfside, Madaket and Steps beach), swam, drank a little wine, and ate a lot of delicious seafood and fresh strawberries.   I called her Miraval Merrill.

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