Allie and Perri came to Maryland the week before Thanksgiving, then Allie and I flew to Denver to spend Thanksgiving with the Embreys. Barb stayed in Maryland with Perri. In the summer of 2021, we had a nice week in Colorado with the Embreys and had our first visit with Embrey Ann (Emmy). Sara invited …
November 14 I’ve missed a couple of weeks of journaling but I’ve been working on recapping our short trip to New York (still working on the post about the trip itself) to see the Carnegie Hall reunion of Our Native Daughters. I pulled together my notes on the concert along with a YouTube playlist based …
Barb and I took a weekend trip to New York City so I could see the reunion concert of Our Native Daughters at Carnegie Hall. We had some other small adventures as well. I learned over the summer of a reunion concert for Our Native Daughters, the group formed by Rhiannon Giddens, Allison Russell, Amythyst …
Barb and I drove to Boston to celebrate Allie’s and Barb’s birthdays. Tuesday, October 4 Hurricane Ian devolved into a stationary front lingering off the east coast which made for a very rainy drive nearly all the way to Boston. It was a bit more obnoxious than usual dealing with the mists and more frequent …
Our 25th anniversary extravaganzas continued with a sojourn in Maui and Kauai. I believe it was in 1975 that I visited Kauai for the first time with Mom and Dad on one of our trips back to Hong Kong. We stayed at the Princeville Resort near Hanalei on the north coast and had a few …
September 15 – New journal format; Bill’s Labor Day trip to Boston; England/Cornwall planning; AmericanaFest September 20 – News roundup: Queen Elizabeth, Ukraine, January 6 Committee; Sarah/Tylor dinner in Georgetown; Larry/Ashley trivia night at Cattail September 28 – Susquehanna Wine and Seafood Festival; Barb retirement date (4/30/23); Hurricane Ian October 5 – Barb office picnic …
Allie was feeling a little lonely so I volunteered to fly up and be her buddy for Labor Day weekend. I was happy to be invited, glad I was available on short notice, and pleased to get a hall pass from Barb who was looking forward to her last weekend at the pool. I was …
Our 25th anniversary extravaganzas continued with a sojourn in Maui and Kauai. Monday, August 18 After a nice week in Colorado with the Embreys, the three of us headed to Hawaii. Barb and I had honeymooned at Hana in Maui but hardly left the isolated Hana Ranch resort so Barb hadn’t seen most of the …
Allie and I went to Colorado to spend some time with the Embreys. Barb joined us at the end of the week before the three of us headed onward to Hawaii on another leg of our 25th Anniversary celebrations. This is one of those trips that I didn’t document all that well, so mostly I’m …
Contrasting African-American Experiences in the Revolutionary Era Last year I came across the story of Harry Washington, an African sold into slavery who escaped from George Washington’s Mount Vernon household to join the British side of the Revolution then eventually resettled to Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone. More recently I learned of James Lafayette, a …