I am continually amazed at how my 9 year old son Walker has no fear. No fear of jumping off 30 foot cliffs into raging water, no fear of being on a 30 foot cliff above raging water, no fear of cold water. I am afraid of all of those things. We have been going […]
Being back in Charleston for a week in extreme heat was enough, so we are back in the mountains. Walker finally got back from all of his travels, and we picked him up at the Charlotte airport on Monday on the way up to Linville. Waking up Tuesday morning to light rain and 58 degrees […]
It is currently 98 degrees outside with a real feel of 109. Guess what… our air conditioning went out yesterday afternoon- hello heat and welcome to my house, please don’t stay long. While I can’t get an actual temperature reading in my house, you can imagine that it is a little on the uncomfortable side. […]
We got back from our month in the mountains on Saturday evening. When we left Twilight on Saturday morning at 6:30 am, it was 56 degrees. When we arrived in Charleston 14 hours and 40 minutes later at just after 9 pm, it was 86 degrees. We had only been gone for 30 days, but […]
I went for my last hike up High Peak yesterday. High Peak is actually the 22nd highest peak in the Catskills but because of its profile or where it sits, it looks like the highest peak- hence the name. Anyway, the great thing about the hike is that I can actually walk out the door […]
This question may have been asked a million times, but it hadn’t occurred to me until recently- why is banana pudding always served as dessert at BBQ restaurants? Not that I am complaining at all- I love banana pudding, it is one of my favorites. It is such a staple at my favorite BBQ haunts […]
When I moved back to Charleston after two years in the Catskills, I was hanging out with a group of people one night, and a friend of a friend asked from where had I just moved back. Assuming that most people in South Carolina are not familiar with the tiny towns in the Catskill mountains, […]
We had some friends up to visit us in the Catskills last weekend with their three boys. It was so great to see them, and I think they enjoyed escaping the heat that was attacking the rest of the country. Our friends had never spent much time in the Catskills, and I think we made […]
This is my 11-year-old Springer Spaniel, Nemo (named before the fish). As you can see, he is a ferocious beast. Despite the fact that he still looks like a puppy, he is getting old. His hips are going, and he sleeps most of the time. However, this morning, he recaptured some of his youth when, […]
When we were in Nashville this past fall, we went to the Loveless Cafe for breakfast one morning. It was awesome, and I have been dying to go back since then. Since I am up in the Catskills and nowhere near Nashville, making one of their Naked Berry Pies will have to do. As you […]