On a new 90-degree afternoon, my keyboard was setting the scene for cooler temperatures and shorter times.
I was operating on At House Destinations, the regional life-style journal created by Herald-Mail Media. We’re always a period ahead thanks to printing deadlines.
The planning begins in June on a journal that will be in our readers’ fingers in September. I usually remind myself of what the genuine day is and what day or period it will be when our publication is viewed.
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At least we do not have to do the job on Xmas in July. I simply can’t watch a Christmas motion picture in the center of summer season. It doesn’t appear suitable. We have a couple of more weeks right before we have to work on the vacation edition, luckily.
Right now, we’re operating on the autumn difficulty, which focuses on travel, festivals and food.
We selected these three matters mainly because we felt a void in people regions throughout the top of the pandemic. Travel basically consisted of heading to the grocery store and again. Food included what we made in our kitchens or ordered for takeout. Festivals have been nonexistent, other than for a few scattered virtual kinds.
Now that many limits have been lifted, we’re concentrating on what we can do, with warning. Perhaps we’ll appear to value these simple, enjoyable parts of our lives even much more.
Our vacation stories aim on working day excursions, overnighters and prolonged weekends. Trips that are within three hours of the Tri-Point out area, these options are fantastic for those who aren’t quite ready to stray far from home.
For illustration, writer Linda Harkcom will take us on a journey to the Laurel Highlands. Nestled in the foothills of Southwestern Pennsylvania, this area is home to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater and the Seven Springs Mountain Resort.
Railroad enthusiasts can climb aboard with author Jennifer A. Fitch as she travels to Altoona, Pa., for a tour of the Railroaders Memorial Museum and the Horseshoe Curve.
Writer Tricia Strader includes highlights of fall festivals in the Tri-State place, from the 50th annual Boonesborough Days, to the Berkeley Springs (W.Va.) Apple Butter Festival, to Thurmont, Md.’s Catoctin Colorfest.
Washington County Cost-free Library’s Community Partnerships Librarian Sarah Nadeau presents particulars about the library’s extensive cookbook collection and recipe databases. Read Nadeau’s ideas and invite your spouse and children to assistance choose some foodie places, attempt new ingredients and listen to similar music as you cook — or dine out — with each other.
Pick up your complimentary copy of At Household Spots at our regional advertisers. Browse the tales on-line on our Facebook web page, www.fb.com/athomeplaces. We’re sharing our summer tales now. Autumn stories will be shared in September and October.
Lisa Tedrick Prejean writes a weekly column for The Herald-Mail. Deliver electronic mail to her at [email protected]. Observe her on Twitter @Lisa_Prejean.
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