Archive for August, 2007

Road trip ahead

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Lucky us, we get to go on another road trip. Ironically, we will do three days in Nova Scotia over this Labor Day weekend, which is exactly what we did during the 2006 Labor Day weekend. That trip was fueled by curiosity, and this trip has another purpose.
We’re going on a scouting trip to plan […]

Watermelon

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Watermelon doesn’t intersect with my life as often as it should. It’s a delightful summer treat - I can’t think of anything better. We had a seedless watermelon the week of Camp Cassidy, and all the kids seemed to agree with my assessment. We bought another round one a few weeks ago, but it sat […]

He wore tux and tophat -

Monday, August 20th, 2007

Frank really had fun on Saturday at the blueberry festival’s pie-eating contest. He was one of three judges, alongside the town manager and the college’s new basketball coach. But - he was the only one to turn up in a white tuxedo and black tophat. Amazingly, he got away without a spot of blueberry on […]

Grillman

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

Frank was Grillman on Sunday, the day for the church picnic across the street. The last successful picnic was two years ago, on a wonderful day when everyone not only turned out and stayed, but brought side dishes as Frank and Deacon Jim handled the grills.
This time, the turnout was smaller, but we still think […]