by Nancy Herkness | Nov 21, 2022 | Family, Food, holidays
My extended family gathers at my sister’s house every year for Thanksgiving…for several days! (Yes, my sister and her family are saints.) We eat and drink a lot but we also have a ton of non-food-related fun. Last year, we decorated potatoes–and one...
by Nancy Herkness | Jan 27, 2012 | Family, travel, Uncategorized
Handsome Husband and I like to go way, way south to get warm after Christmas. Being wanderers, we rarely go to the same Caribbean island twice. So this year we checked out the Turks and Caicos, staying on the island of Providenciales. My father, who commanded a...
by Nancy Herkness | Dec 23, 2010 | Family, holidays, Home, Uncategorized
Every year as we decorate the tree, we remind each other of the signifcance of each ornament. “Here’s the skating moose from our trip to Banff!” or “That’s the Santa starfish your old girlfriend painted for you,” or “Oh yes,...
by Nancy Herkness | Dec 17, 2009 | college, Daughter, Family, ice hockey, NJ Devils, Uncategorized
Okay, it’s a slight exaggeration. However, while visiting my daughter in the wilds of Ohio, I attended a Columbus Blue Jackets game. Lest you think I abandoned my beloved Devils, it was not so. I wore my Devils hat proudly, as is evidenced by the photo below:...
by Nancy Herkness | Oct 12, 2009 | Family, travel, Uncategorized
My sister had a big birthday this year (I won’t reveal how big) and my gift to her was a trip to see Fallingwater, the famous house over a waterfall designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, something we both wanted to see. What an amazing place! That’s me...
by Nancy Herkness | Aug 20, 2009 | Daughter, Family, travel, Uncategorized
How do you find a manatee? Look for clumps of people staring down into the water at a marina like this: We were hugely excited when we saw our first manatees surfacing at the South Seas Plantation Marina. They’re an endangered species so we figured it was pretty...