I finally made it back to Maine, where I spent a lovely Christmas with my family. It had been almost two years since I saw my sisters or the Atlantic ocean. Plenty of laughter and hugs and crisp salty air put a few pieces of my heart back together.
It was rather odd to fly away from Maine at the end of my visit, but I was very happy to return to Pittsburgh (in time to watch the Steelers play at home for the last time this season!). Two days at work, just to confuse me, and then this afternoon my friend LE and I will head to Ohio to a little cabin in the hills to find the beginning of 2014.
Insert: promises about better blogging, intentions regarding reviewing more books, warning about lots of picture to follow, etc. etc., you know the drill. Nevermind that. Happy New Year!
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Your holidays plans sound lovely. Happy New Year!
By: Ana @ things mean a lot on December 31, 2013
at 8:52 am
Cheers Ana! 🙂
By: tuulenhaiven on January 3, 2014
at 9:40 am
Beautiful picture–there’s no place like Maine! 🙂
By: Marcia Strykowski on December 31, 2013
at 9:18 am
Thanks – and agreed.
By: tuulenhaiven on January 3, 2014
at 9:40 am
Happy New Year to you, Sarah! Hope you have a wonderful year ahead!!
By: Richard on January 2, 2014
at 9:28 pm
You too! Hopefully we’ll do more bumping into each other in the blogosphere in 2014. Should be fun.
By: tuulenhaiven on January 3, 2014
at 9:39 am
I see you have plans to read 2666 with Richard and others, including myself. I’m looking forward to talking books with you again! Xo
By: Bellezza on January 3, 2014
at 9:35 am
I’m excited to do the same, and it makes me grin big to be welcomed back into the blogging world so warmly by you all. Cheers!
By: tuulenhaiven on January 3, 2014
at 9:38 am
I liked this post. I’m finding more and more that I like reading about book blogger’s lives slightly more than about their books. Especially as I wade through the sea of best of 2013 posts. But more than that I got a sweet melancholy feeling from the first paragraph that pleased me. Happy new year.
By: Thomas at My Porch on January 5, 2014
at 12:03 am
Well thanks Thomas – I too enjoy little glimpses into my favorite bloggers’ lives. Your travel posts are always a treat! I hope you get up to plenty of mischief in the new year. Cheers.
By: tuulenhaiven on January 5, 2014
at 12:27 am