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austin, pa

For vacation this year, we visited Potter County. Specifically, we stayed in the town of Austin, which is near Cherry Springs State Park. The park is known for its dark skies–due to its remote location–and is ideal for star gazing. While we didn’t go to the park, we had our …

the 4th

It isn’t the 4th yet, but we went to a 4th of July part at Lish and Brent’s on Saturday. That’s the first one we’ve gotten to in a while, so it was nice to catch up with some people we haven’t seen for a bit. In other July news, …

graduation party

As suspected, the graduation party prep had us so busy that we didn’t make it downtown for Thunder. Neither one of us was fired up for it this year, for whatever reason. I’m sure we will get back on track next year. In related news, someone stopped to look at …

no thunder?

This might be the first year we don’t do Thunder. Between work, the weather, and Jake’s graduation party, it’s going to be tough to squeeze in any activities. Also, I’ve decided to put my bike up for sale. No bites yet, but I haven’t put it on craigslist yet, either–currently …

you’ve been warned

This was a novel by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. I still don’t understand this co-author thing as it relates to Patterson, but I can say that this particular novel was not one of the better ones. Part of my problem with it was that it had a supernatural tinge …