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• Lesson 1491 – If You Believe

  

  The kids are all home. It’s snowing. The perfect day for listening to favorite carols, finishing up secret projects, and getting my holiday baking done – nothin... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1490 – You Just Have to Look for It

  

  We do not have a Christmas tree that would ever be featured in a magazine. Nope, no color co-ordinated matching ornaments for us. Instead we have a yearly... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1489 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Followup

  

  A few followups to our epic journey- Are you okay? It took about 3 weeks for Griffin’s blisters to heal (they never got infected) and it took about 4 weeks for... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1488 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Day 16-3 (the End.)

  

  Day 16-3 Nashua to Massachusetts The Nashua River Rail Trail is a former railroad right of way that travels 11 miles through Massachusetts and ends in Nashua (o... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1487 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Day 16-2 (It’s the Lyme)

  

  Day 16-2 Nashua to Massachusetts The Mayor of Nashua: Mayor Jim Donchess had also heard about our walk. He had called me and told me he wanted to join us as we... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1486 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Day 16 (7 Miles)

  

  Day 16 Nashua to Massachusetts There is a certain sense of melancholy on the last day of a trip. After today there would be no more walking across our state (an... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1485 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Day 15-3 (Good News!)

  

  Day 15-3 – Manchester to Merrimack By the end of the day, we had made it to a park in the next town on our route -Nashua. At the last minute we had changed our... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1484 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Day 15-2 (Baby It’s Hot out...

  

  Day 15-2 – Manchester to Merrimack Over the course of our walk, we had moved from the beginning of August to the end of August and while we were past the... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1483 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Day 14-3 (Home Town and Bread)

  

  Day 15 – Manchester to Merrimack Griffin and I didn’t even need the alarms this morning. Excitement has a way of getting you up and out of bed. Both of us had... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1482 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Day 14-3 (Ice Cream and a...

  

  Day 14-3 Concord to Manchester Shortly after lunch, when we reached the center of Manchester, where even Griffin was familiar with the area, we started getting... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1481 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Day 14-2 (Tenders and a U.S....

  

  Day 14-2 Concord to Manchester After we saw the Governor, Addy drove us back to Manchester. Griffin and I sat in the car looking out where we had walked. Where... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1480 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Day 14 (Magic and the Governor)

  

  Day 14 Concord to Manchester It felt strange to be home. After being on our own and being self-sufficient it was disconcerting to hear my children ask me... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1479 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Day 13-3 (Braces and...

  

  Day 13-3 (cont) Canterbury to Concord After the dinner dishes were cleared, I turned to Griffin. “Get in the car,”I told him. “We’re going to Urgent Care. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1478 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Day 13-2 (Coins and Home for...

  

  Day 13 (cont) Canterbury to Concord After lunch, we came across a young man singing and playing his guitar while sitting on a bench. This was what we had been... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1477 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Day 13 (Internet and Books)

  

  Day 13 Canterbury to Concord Each night when we unpacked in gear in our hotel I was very careful to lean both of my trekking poles, into a corner of the room... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1476 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Day 12-3 (Wild Boar and Chicke...

  

  Day 12-3 – Sanbornton to Canterbury Lunch was at a local restaurant that served wild game. Prior to this walk I would have *never* even entered an... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1475 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Day 12-2 (houses and the...

  

  Day 12-2 – Sanbornton to Canterbury It was early morning and it looked like it was going to be a clear, gorgeous day. Griffin and I walked in Loudon alongside... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1474 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Day 12 ($10 an Hour)

  

  Day 12 – Sanbornton to Canterbury Because of our detour to a different hotel, it meant that this morning we’d have to walk about 5 miles out of our way to get... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1473 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Day 11- 3 (Taking That Walk)

  

  Day 11-3 – Ashland to Sanbornton (cont) The hotel in Sanbornton that we had planned to spend the night had no vacancy and the only other hotels that had... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1472 Border to Border New Hampshire Walk – Day 11- 2 (Another Brace and...

  

  Day 11 – Ashland to Sanbornton (cont) As we were talking and joking with our friends, our most favorite little red car in the world pulled up alongside of.... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION