Sunday we took Annie to New York City, and it seemed like a long time since we had been there. In fact, it was just one month. A lot happened in that interval, but driving into the city reminded us of heading down the first time to take Annie and a little worried about Johanna. (She's on the rebound, back to work.) Annie moved out of her apartment and into her dorm room, but grateful for Johanna putting her up for the month. Annie took the train home Friday before Labor Day to pick up the rest of her stuff, and that explains our second trip down in a month. Annie's dorm is new and very nice. Greg came by to help unload the car, and then we went out for lunch before heading home.
Joe is back from Manila, and seems not to recommend that city for anyone's list of places to go. Other places in the Philippines, perhaps, but he did not have time to go there. Anyway, it took him a while to get over jet lag, but not that long to host a welcome home party for himself (we hear.)
We got a message from Margaret this weekend from her perch at the Wolf Trap stage, where she and Andrew had gone for the Sound of Music sing-a-long. Sounds like fun.
Fun is also how we spent a couple of days in an off-the-grid part of Vermont for a few days this week. I must say it feels very odd to be unreachable, even if for a couple of days. Our friend Charlie has a rustic cabin on a lake about 10 minutes from Canada. The only cell service is through Canada, actually. We hiked and biked and canoed and swam, took naps, read and even pack in a nap or two. Out canoeing one day I saw the biggest bird I have even seen, probably because it was perched on a tree fairly close to the ground. We looked it up and it seems it was a young bald eagle.
Last weekend, Mary had stepped in to host her girl cousins for a picnic lunch. As usual for these kinds of events, there are photos passed around, and the one here came with the assurance it was of Mary. Her reaction? "I have the same haircut!" However, we later learned it was not of Mary at all, but of her brother Johnny!
One of Mary's games is to dream about what she wants to be i her next life. This week she asked me after we dropped off Annie, if I were to go back to school, what would I want to take. I reminded her I AM BACK IN SCHOOL! Ugh! And it starts this week. But not just for me, as a few Dicksons are back in college: Annie, Margaret, Sean and Claire. If I remember correctly, I will be coming up for air, probably around mid-December.
We talked to David, who was coming over to Albany for a little work. Unfortunately, that was when we were headed to Vermont.
The days are getting shorter, and we see leaves changing colors, and not just in northern Vermont. We love the change of seasons, but we will miss summer.
Love from up here.
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