It’s the right speed for summer. Loved coming home to Moroccan Chicken and lentils this evening–thanks, Aunt Skip, for the slow cooker and the recipe!

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Peas, Romaine lettuce and ground cherries from the cemetery garden. Blueberries and raspberries from the neighbors’ garden next door (lovely perk of watering their garden while they are away!) Not pictured: the jungle growth of tomatoes and peppers. I can’t believe how much everything expanded while we were away last …

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I love train travel. Even though the train ended up running 30 minutes behind schedule, the trip was a pleasure. Free wifi, plenty of outlets, large windows, comfortable seats–I wish I could go everywhere by train.

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The house where I spent the first 9 years of my life. Missing: the huge Japanese maple I used to climb.

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At Independence Hall in Philadelphia.

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In addition to the nightly whiffle ball tournament (Sam won this evening, 6-5-2), there are also various World Cup games, complete with brick goal posts.

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Sam and I are in PA for the week. While the World Cup occupies much of the world, there’s a little-known and little-followed yearly wiffle ball tournament taking place in suburban Philadelphia. The league had to adjust the rules because one of the players has a busted left foot that prevents her from running. But she …

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