Traveling with Harvin and Ticcoa, who are anti-sports, pretty much meant that my chances of convincing them to catch a game at the stadium was very low. But I was satisfied with merely standing in the presence of Fenway Park, one of the most legendary stadiums in baseball history.
It was pretty fantastic to be standing [...]
Archive for August, 2009
23 Aug
#88: See Fenway Park
22 Aug
#87: New England Clam Chowder
I love clam chowder. I live in South Carolina. Therefore, I made it a goal to order clam chowder at least once while in Massachusetts.
[Side note: I also ate lobster for the first time that I can remember while there. I ordered a lobster sandwich from Panera. It was divine. And special that I ate [...]
19 Aug
An unexpected, challenging, awesome surprise.
I’m just gonna say it…
I’m 24 years old, and I’m teaching (developmental) college English.
Yes, it’s true. I never expected it to happen so fast, yet here I am. I taught my first class this morning. Granted, it involved introducing myself and going over the syllabus, but it still counts.
For some reason, this goal never made [...]
17 Aug
#45: Boston
Although Harvin, Ticcoa, and I said for weeks that we were “going to Boston,” in reality, we only spent one full day in the city. But what a day it was!
Our activities in Boston included walking the Freedom Trail, a 2.5-mile long walk that connects 16 stops important in the founding of our nation. We [...]
15 Aug
New England Trip Day 3: Salem, Massachusetts
Our first full day in New England, we headed to the great little seaside town of Salem, which is, of course, most famous for the Witch Trials that took place there in 1692. And, boy, do they play it up. There are so many museums dedicated to witch history, but we only visited one–supposedly the [...]
14 Aug
The Road
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one’s heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes. So, he whispered to the sleeping boy. I [...]
14 Aug
#78: Quote poetry at Poe’s grave in Baltimore.
Besides reaching Maryland, a state that I had never before visited, which put me that much closer to reaching #41: visit all 50 states, visiting Poe’s grave in Baltimore was the first item I was able to mark off my list on this trip.
On Saturday, August 1, the second day of our New England Writers [...]
7 Aug
July Books
I reached the 50 book mark at the end of June, but just for fun, let’s see how many I can get in by the end of the year. This brings my total now to 66.
1. Cemetery Dance, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. The newest suspense/mystery by my favorite collaborators. Preston & Child always weave [...]
