the cats and i survived another ten-hour drive on monday, with a favorable break in pennsylvania at frank's parents house. the plan was to leave haverhill (which officially is massachusetts' territory but is two minutes' to new hamshire and hours to anywhere in its own state) before eight in the morning, and reach scranton by noon. of course that didn't happen, and it wasn't all the cats' fault. so we arrived at an awkward time of four in the afternoon. the lovely couple nonetheless received us with open arms and whipped up a meal for me just like that. such lovely people.

yesterday and today were spent squeezing every possible cubic inch out of the tiny place that belongs to frank, to accommodate the few boxes of junk that i call mine. now having cozily settled in virginia--the south as they call it, but really, this is still the north--perhaps i can get some real work done. however, the nature of the work and, more importantly, what can be considered 'real' needs to be determined first.

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some more photos from april.

1 - 3: portland, maine

4 - 10: newport, rhode island

11 - 14: martha vineyard, massachusetts

15 & 16: cafe verde, lawrence, massachusetts

17 & 18: haverhill, massachusetts

yet another place to call home: potomac falls, virginia