The temperatures drop….

As the temperatures drop, the December blooming cherry trees freeze. The salmon crabapple blossoms drop from their limbs, and the daffodils dive back underground. Since it is cold and cloudy outside, I dream of the beach. What lifts your spirits on cold blustery days?

Beach Time and Borrowed Books

Photo and Blog by Larkin Oates On beach trips, it is practically a family mandate; that in-laws genetically cannot understand, that during peak melanoma hours, we nap. During this time, while nappers nap, others work on puzzles or read. This summer, on Edisto Island in South Carolina, I spend these midday hours reading Barbara Delinsky’s […]