Things happen fast these days and just when it seemed like the moment had passed it was opened and finished in about 30 hours. Since then we've had a holiday weekend and a dozen weeknights full of list making and home repair projects. Looks like I'll be leaving PA on June 15th and that is, like, soon yo.

In the midst of all that excitement and new-start euphoria has been a pause and a trip to the farm in Quinnesec. Nineteen folks were there Saturday night and more Sunday; it felt like summer trips from long ago with the still-squeaky, still-slammy screen door and myriad cousins but this time the generations were a bit more noticeable. In the end Carter high-fived Grandpa and that's what the trip was all about.