Barbara Thompson

Sunday, October 1, 2023 The Twin Cities Marathon was cancelled today because it was too hot. Wow. It was forecast to be 90 degrees in Minneapolis on October 1st. Wow. We pooled, because obviously. It is forecast to be 55 degrees next Sunday. We got out of the pool to meet Alexander at 2:30 to […]

Saturday, September 30, 2023 Keith got his latest COVID vaccine and a flu shot last night. I woke up early this morning, first worrying that he would wake up feeling sick (because I do after the vaccine) and then worrying that he might wake up deaf, because that happened the first time. He woke up

Friday, September 29, 2023 Today is homecoming and not just because we came home. I went to Woodbury high school today and found out it is their homecoming. EVERY student in my first, second, and third hours was wearing WHS wear! They were mostly 10th and 11th graders. I thought it was pretty great. I

Thursday, September 28, 2023 Tom Hanks was telling us the story, reading his book that had us gripped. I was completely relaxed, sailing along without paying any attention to the outside world. We’d left Newport for Boston airport waaaaay early after enjoying more shopping for glass flowers and then hiking around Fort Adams State Park.

Wednesday, September 27, 2023 We didn’t have anything planned for today. I figured sometimes vacations are just for relaxing (or so I have heard). Last night I learned that our hotel has an indoor/outdoor pool – you swim under a little divider and go outside. Pool hours are 8am-10pm, so I was down there by

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Seventy years ago today, my mom and dad got married. It was a hot day – much nicer than our cool, rainy day here in RHODE ISLAND! Our trip was designed to take Keith to 4 of his 5 remaining unvisited states. We are here in Newport, Rhode Island, to visit

Monday, September 25, 2023 We lingered over breakfast like you should while you are on vacation. How lovely. We packed up (an easy process because I have packed us up brilliantly using packing cubes. We can unpack and pack up again in less than 5 minutes. It’s been great) and left 45 minutes early for

Sunday, September 24, 2023 Keith has been singing First time! Connecticut! to the Uh! Oh! SpaghettiOs! tune since we got here. He also has taught me that it is Oh! Oh! SpaghettiOs! because they are Os. So, O O, I guess. I have been singing Uh! Oh! forever and I am afraid it is going

Saturday, September 23, 2023 We took a boat ride to Singer Castle – about an hour’s ride from here. We were up on the top deck, listening to our terrific guide tell us all about the 1000 Islands area, and freezing. I was wearing pants, because Keith said it is cold on boats, and I

Friday, September 22, 2023 We headed out to see the von Trapp family lodge, because they are the family from the Sound of Music and are famous for that. It turned out to be an excellent idea because we went above the fog and got to look down on the clouds. Gorgeous. There were somewhat