Tag Archive: country

I’m getting antsy in my pantsy

It’s been 8 weeks since I traveled, and the restlessness from not having gone anywhere for that long is driving me bonkies. Even a day in Manhattan hasn’t been enough to satiate my wanderlust. I feel the road calling, and I must heed its call if I’m to maintain my sanity. I took a break…

The Pursuit of Happiness

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Last 4th of July I declared my financial independence by paying off the last of my debts. On this Independence…

A Whrrly Weekend at Lake George

Last weekend wasn’t really meant to be a getaway, just an excuse to get my ride to a service center that wouldn’t rip me off, then take a short trip to Lake George in the Adirondacks for the weekend rather than jet 200 miles back home. One thing I’ve learned from this trip: don’t go…

Fighting against insurmountable odds

The Conference House

Today I took a drive around Staten Island to complete the second series of historical geocaches commemorating the American Revolution. This particular geocache took me to the famous Conference House (also known as the Billops House), where members of the Continental Congress participated in a peace conference with General Howe, the commander in chief of…

Let us never speak of this decade again

What do we even call 2000-2009 anyway? The Zeros? The Single Digits? “The decade that just piled on with so much crap that not even the smelliest crap could have crapped as much crap as this crappy decade crapped on me?” Well, whatever. Good riddance to 2009 and that whole era of loveless crapiness. I…

Geocaching Adventures in Amish Land

Fulton Steamboat Inn

So aside from the poison ivy rashes (which reared its ugly head once I came home), I had a nice time in Pennsylvania for a few days. I stayed at the Fulton Steamboat Inn, probably THE place to stay at if you’re ever visiting this area (and I don’t merely say that because of the…

How a country girl reignited my fire

After checking into my hotel I noticed it had a faux fireplace, which had me squeeing in joy. Sure it’s a fake, but a fireplace is a fireplace, and I will take it one way or the other. And then, of course, it suddenly stopped working. No matter what I did, the thing would NOT…

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