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Giving up the ghost.

Giving up the ghost.

Anyone who knows me knows that Nantucket has a special place in my past—and I'm referring specifically to the time in the summer after 7th grade I was on a month-long bike trip of the Cape and islands and drank some sort of home brew grain alcohol out of a local's bottle at the bottom of Cobblestone ... View Post

ACK at this very moment.

ACK at this very moment.

...is loud (really loud), windy, black as the inside of your old summer camp trunk, wet, cold, and did I mention loud? I just shuddered after one huge clap of thunder like I haven't heard since the night before our wedding, one year ago here, when all the panes of glass rattled in the windows and my ... View Post

Scenes from a Nantucket wine store

Scenes from a Nantucket wine store

After a beer with our favorite Nantucket photographer, I pulled Carey through the doors of Murray's Liquor Store. There seem to be a lot of wealthy people on this island, so the wine stores tend to be pretty good---even if I can't buy much, it's still fun to browse through the great California ... View Post

Looks like the tourists are still here…

Looks like the tourists are still here…

[Getting ready for dinner.] [Wearing my most favorite Karen Zambos dress Rob bought me that the ferry bag handlers somehow managed to spear a hole through, on both sides.] ... View Post

Dad had it right.

Whenever I'm sending my mom pictures of some groovy pair of boots or coat I've got my eye on, she breaks my heart by saying, "Oh, I had a pair of those," or "You know I had a coat just like that." This always strikes me for one of two reasons: first, I definitely have decade-schizophrenia; and ... View Post

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