My Suburban Escapes
Day Trippin' in Lower NY. Get Out In It.
Category: Book Excerpts
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There are more things to dothan are dreamt ofin your own philosophy. Hamletby William Shakespeare Westchester County covers approximately 450 square miles bordered to the west by the Hudson River, to the east by the Long Island Sound, to the south by New York City and to the north by Putnam County and Connecticut. It…
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“Open your eyes and see what you can find with them before they close forever.” All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr When the time comes to turn myself loose ‘til suppertime, I hit the road. It’s the oldest trick in the book (!!ROAD TRIP!!) but you forget about it as life creeps in requiring…
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“I am not young enough to know everything.” JM Barrie Everything we do is for the kids. We discuss their wellbeing ad nauseam and hover over them to assist with every need. But do we ever do them the kindness of leaving them alone? Throw them outside and let them explore? I’m concerned our kids are learning to view…
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“Any idiot can face a crisis;it’s the day to day living that wears you out. Anton Chekhov Now you’re a mom, the toughest job you’ll ever love. For a fleeting moment in the long game, your life is not your own. You happily devote yourself to your little creatures, focusing all your energies on their…
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“Do not forget that the value and interest of life is not so much to do conspicuous things as to do ordinary things with the perception of their enormous value.” Teilhard de Chardin I began to ferret out adventure on the mean streets of Rye, exploring on foot the landmarks I’d seen only as blurs…
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“Muddy water, Let stand, Becomes clear.” Lao-Tzu I’m a Louisiana girl who found her way to NYC to follow a dream as have many country girls before me. I blinked a decade away, studying and acting, then skedaddled back South before exploding from too much city and not enough wild. I found wild in spades…
My Suburban Escapes 