On our adventure day this week, Tom and I visited the Carl Sandburg National Historic Site in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Carl Sandburg wrote a six volume biography of Abraham Lincoln, won three Pulitzer Prizes, and published 156 books. But I learned all that yesterday. Before yesterday I would have said that Carl Sandburg wrote “Fog,” …
From March 2016
Dressing Out
On Saturday Tom and I had our first experience of “dressing out” at Kings Mountain National Military Park. “Dressing out” is dressing in costume and developing a first-person persona to interpret what you are doing. Tom was doing black powder training as a member of the Kings Mountain militia. I was learning how to cook …
Walking Miss Daisy
While our neighbors took a short trip, Tom and I had the opportunity to do some dog-sitting – walking Miss Daisy. Daisy is 1/4 Golden Retriever and 3/4 Poodle. She looks mostly like a standard poodle except for her tail, which looks like a Golden’s. Daisy is smart and loves to go for walks. Walking …