“…we chose to visit Manchester in its quiet season…early-April. There are definite advantages to off-season visiting, like scooping up good deals on hotels, uncrowded restaurants, and a quiet and restful pace of life…”
Read MoreOne week ago, I went ice skating on a frozen lake for the first time in my life. We gathered a group of friends and headed to Lake Morey, VT, where the Lake Morey Resort clears a 4-mile loop for skating every year…
Read MoreA couple of weekends ago, we decided to make a day trip to Stowe, Vermont. We visited a couple of inns, including the Trapp Family Lodge. We ate Swiss fondue…
Read MoreThe resort on the edge of the lake clears a 4-mile track around the lake for skating, and it has long been a dream of ours to go skating on it…
Read MoreBut the last present was wrapped yesterday. The gifts going to family far away shipped earlier this week. Food gifts to friends shipped Wednesday. The menus are planned. It feels wonderful to be prepared enough to have time..
Read MoreRecently, Julia and I took a day trip to Manchester, Vermont. We took the back roads, through small, New England towns and past all the glorious autumn splendor that is quintessential New England…
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