Carolina Comments: Holiday, etc.

THIS HOT FOURTH OF JULY Like many Americans, we celebrated this 4th of July holiday with picnic fare (hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, and barbecued ribs plus sides) albeit indoors.  In the afternoon, we were treated to a recital by A Touch of Brass, an instrumental group consisting of trumpets, trombone, drums, and French horn.  This group of six …

Christmas Notes

THE MAGIC OF THIS SEASON The Christmas holiday this year was especially magical and memorable.  It was our first in-person Christmas with Tim and Jen and our granddaughters in three years.  2020 was full blown Covid and we stayed home. Last year, 2021, we came to Manhattan, but Covid hit a family member and we retreated back …

Christmas 2020

Wherever you may be in this strangest of strange years, I wish you a safe, healthy, and merry holiday! We’re home alone and will stay home, hunkered down, until spring. A bit like hibernating bears with no forays abroad. But, it’s Florida which means we can still take our brisk morning walks. These walks on …