I just recently got back from my first trip back to the states since moving to Germany in January 2020. It's been a long time. Too long. Between Global Pandemics™ and illnesses. Too much time. Too much loss. Anyway I got to NY on a Thursday evening and Carl had come in…Continue reading →

The Millers and Smiths were invited down to Silver Springs Maryland for a summer reunion. Tamara and Donald had us all over at their place for a few sunny days in late summer for sun and fun. If I remember right we all camped out in their cellar on cots and sleeping bags…Continue reading →

Here are the only 4 photos that I know of that appears to show one of the earliest reunions of the Miller and Smith familys. Occaision appears to be the birth of cousin Sherwood. Sherwood was born in June of 1957. You don't notice it here but Karen Miller will be born in…Continue reading →

I don't remember how this all started or who instigated this trip back in '97. I think it was me. Back then Tatiana and I were both working for L.L.Bean. Bean had some land on Rangely Lake in Western Maine. The town of Rangeley is close to the major ski areas in Maine…Continue reading →

Today was the Krampus run in the Munich Christmas Market. It was pretty packed and cold too. Having snowed the 3 days previous. But we didn't fear the Krampus, since we were nice and not naughty. Otherwise you would have gotten off with a whiping. And no you wouldn't want…Continue reading →

Dawn January 1, 2020 Waterford Maine As the dawn of 2020 rose in the frosty January morning air we were preparing ourselves for the next chapter in our lives. We had been waiting for the day when we closed on our house and home of the last 17 years in Waterford and flew to…Continue reading →