Avuncular

We had family up this weekend. My uncle (nicknamed “bruncle” by my neighbors, given our close proximity in age) drove up from Rhode Island, which is always great. Daphne loves seeing him and his dog Toby, and he …

Ramping Toward Camping

Yeah, we’re not quite there yet. As I mentioned on Thursday, this weekend marked our first attempt at overnighting in a tent. Now Daphne does occasionally struggle when her routines are disrupted… …but honestly it’s not all that …

Accoutrement

So we’re going to attempt camping. And though I was once, long ago, a Boy Scout (or whatever it is they’ve decided to rebrand themselves to these days), it has been quite some time since I spent a …