PICTURE OF THE DAY

Our adventure to Wales (and Beyond)

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Wednesday, October 14, 2026 We went to the Park Square Theatre tonight for the first time – for the opening show of their 51st season. Huh. I wonder what took us so long. We...

Letters

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 There was a hand lettered sign up in the media center for the book fair giving parents the opportunity to buy stuff for the teachers. I loooooove hand lettering....

Elementary library

Monday, October 12, 2026 I went to work today, which felt as foreign as anything could. I was working for someone who is really good at her job, so that makes the job feel easy, knowing...

Down the River with Anne and Dave

Sunday, October 11. 2026 I think the river boat annual pass has just been a wonderful thing. While we were driving through the glorious West Virginia (I just learned that West Virginia...

Mystic Pizza

Saturday, October 10, 2026 We went to the Ordway to see the jukebox musical Mystic Pizza tonight. The Julia Roberts 1988 movie was not a musical, so the show is actually called Mystic...

Back row

Friday, October 9, 2026 We were scheduled to drive the 10 hours from Traverse City to home today. I was planning to leave by 8am, stop as quickly as possible for gas and food, see...

What is this?

When we first left our almost adult children and traveled away, I demanded they send a picture every day as proof of life. I worry. It became the rule that anyone who is traveling is required to send a picture of the day, so it seemed logical to call our blog by that name. Will there be a picture every day? I don’t see why not. Pictures are best.

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Our US contacts – email, text, cells, even home phone are still intact, but we might be lonely and forgotten, so you can write us friendly notes, comment on the posts, ask questions, or tell us about your day.