Please enjoy a sneak peek of my book in progress:
“My Suburban Escapes: The Wanderings of One Westchester Wife,” a complete HOW TO for you.
Chapter 1: Welcome to The Burbs
I am no great adventurer. I’m just a girl from Louisiana who followed a dream to New York City as have many country bumpkins before me. Everything was new and fascinating there, and I explored the city from stem to stern, getting into all sorts of trouble along the way. I blinked away my twenties in…
Chapter 2: Taking Some Action
I began to ferret out adventure on the mean streets of Rye, exploring on foot the sights I’d seen only as blurs from my ever-moving SUV. I started walking everywhere. And I discovered so much more. I’d rushed past an old fallen log on the edge of a salt marsh hundreds of times, thinking how…
Chapter 3: Road Trip!
Moms need to play too – to keep our sense of wonder alive for our children. More than just exercise, it’s exploration, possibility and self-reliance we crave. It’s not the task of childrearing that can grind you down, but the repetition and the pace at which it happens. Technology has ratcheted things up to such a constant…
Chapter 4: Know Your Terrain
Westchester County was established in 1683 and named for Chester, England. It covers 500 square miles, of which 430 are land and 69 are water. It’s divided into five sections: Hudson River Towns (bordered to the west by the Hudson River), the Sound Shore (bordered to the east by the Long Island Sound), Southern Westchester (bordered to the south…
Chapter 5: “But What Do I Wear?!”
This is usually the first question friends ask when I announce I’m going to kidnap them. Even before they know where we’re going. The answer is always, “something comfortable.” Fashion gets the shaft. Most of the time I pretty much look like a wannabe forest ranger. I don’t even notice anymore…until I get stares from the…
Chapter 6: Bad Ass Things To Know
“Peregrination” is another word for adventure, meaning “a journey, especially a long or meandering one.” There can be a lot of time to fill during one’s peregrinations while you’re exploring. It’s nice to have something interesting in your head while trying hard to think of nothing. Emptying your mind of chatter is easier when you fill…
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