Cinco de Mayo this year marked the 16th anniversary of Mark’s and my first date! We figured that called for a celebration at a Mexican restaurant.
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Author Archives: Denise Fuller
Touring Door County
A friend of ours was camping in our driveway this past week while she waited for her campground to open and tried to recover from bronchitis. She has never been to Door County before, so I took this opportunity to show her around. (Warning: this blog is long but worth it!)
Continue readingWhat did the groundhog see?
We woke up this morning to light snow that wasn’t sticking, but by 4:00 this evening, it was coming down a little harder. People around here are sick of it. I have never seen it snow so close to May before!
Continue readingIt never fails
I have learned to save money for whatever needs taking care of when we get back home after the winter. This year it was the in-line water filter housing.
Continue readingHome at last!
Last night, our motel room was so bad that after lights out Kader and I were still giggling about it! This morning…
Continue readingFrom Cedar Rapids, IA
Today has felt very long and we are tired, so I will probably make this short.
Continue readingThelma and Louise in Wichita, KS
We are driving long days and I didn’t get a chance to blog from Tucumcari, NM last night. I thought I’d better write from Kansas before I forget what all happened, and believe me, a lot has happened!
Continue readingFrom Lordsburg, NM
He is risen! He is risen indeed!
Continue readingTubac with Kader
On Tuesday morning, our Turkish daughter, Kader, flew into Tucson.
Lincoln, the Civil War, and Embalming
My boss at the Noble House back in Door County is putting together the spring newsletter, and she asked me to write an article for it. Our tour this summer is going to be A House In Mourning: Victorian Funerals so she gave me the assignment of writing about embalming during the Civil War. Spoiler alert: If you are squeamish, this might not be a good article for you to read!
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