Sep 27, 2009

While staying in Rhode Island this week I was caught off guard by an official notice hanging on Dave & Julie’s refrigerator. It was a notice to town residents that mandated recycling. The letter is titled, “No Bin, No Barrel.” What: Beginning July, 2009, the Town of Lincoln will pick up trash curbside only if a household also recycles. No...

Sep 26, 2009

Marblehead is located on the Massachusetts coast north of Boston. It is a wonderful little seaside town complete with very pricey real estate, homes larger than are necessary and a little downtown area for expensive souvenir shopping. We enjoyed walking the small side streets and being amongst houses just about as old as our great country itself. It was another...

Sep 25, 2009

Last Saturday, Brett and I ventured to Concord, Massachusetts. We did not go to visit Minute Man National Historic Park, the site of the opening battle of the American Revolution; Nor the Old Manse where both Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne lived; No, we went to Concord, Massachusetts for the sole purpose of walking in the woods at Walden Pond. We...

Sep 23, 2009

We are happy to announce that we have safely arrived in New England and are nearly half way through our three week stay in the East before our departure for Paris. We have been catching up with friends and family. Brett is getting acclimated to working remotely. And I am working on learning French with the help of ‘French for Dummies’ –...

Sep 22, 2009

Center Grove Marching Band is not something to take lightly. With countless hours of summer, weekend and after school practice, it is definitely no small commitment. I do not know this firsthand, of course – but I have heard from a very reliable source that participation in the band can be very rewarding in spite of the time obligations. Brett and I...

Sep 18, 2009

At the beginning of every month, we are offering ForeignDetours readers a new selection of desktop calendars, i.e. a wallpapers to apply on the desktop of your computer, with unique pictures and a calendar of the current month. This month we are featuring three shots from our road trip along California’s Pacific Coast. They include lovely purple flowers...