May 31st, 2019
Road to the White House

Straight ahead for a quarter mile: Joe Biden’s Rehoboth Beach house.
Taken on UD’s early morning walk along the Atlantic.

May 30th, 2019
Blue, blue, blue, blue, blue.

Sea and sky merge after a tremendous storm roars through Rehoboth Beach this evening.

May 29th, 2019
Silent lightning storms over the ocean…

… aren’t maybe AS exciting as walking directly into a seal (see an earlier post for that amazing moment in UD’s life), but I’ll take them. After dinner in Rehoboth with friends last night, the return trip along the boardwalk featured an electric sky – constant, blazing, chutes and ladders!

Foreground: Silver clouds that turned to gold with each bolt.

I’ll be back to regular blogging soon – need time to adjust to a new computer, etc., etc. As I feel more proficient with this thing (new keyboard too!), I’ll be back to my old self. Ne quittez pas.

May 25th, 2019
The last time UD was in Rehoboth…

… she practically walked into a seal on a completely empty beach.

Today she leaves for two weeks in Rehoboth. She doubts she’ll see any seals.

Of course she’ll blog from there.

March 20th, 2019
Super Sunrise on the Day of the Last Super Moon

Of course Les UDs will be out there tonight, gazing up at this year’s “third, final, and best” supermoon.

March 18th, 2019
On her first tentative very early morning walk on the beach…

… after being ill, UD walks directly into a seal. What a moment.

Didn’t want to approach too close. You’ll have to zoom in.
March 17th, 2019
UD roaring back…

… from her recent brief illness. Still a bit weak, but recovering in a seaside room in Rehoboth Beach, so nothing to complain about. Frustrated that I don’t have the energy to blog just yet, since the admissions scandal keeps spawning scandalettes (many involving a UD fave, Philip Esformes!) and I’m determined to keep up. If there were ever a story that had UNIVERSITY DIARIES written all over it, this is the one.

October 28th, 2018
Not sure where their dog is, but at today’s Rehoboth Beach Dog Parade…

… a group features a
famous visitor to RB,
Justice Kavanaugh.

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UD thanks her sister for the picture.

October 28th, 2018
Halloween Nor’easter, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Yesterday Afternoon

October 26th, 2018
As always, Les UDs will spend this weekend in Rehoboth Beach…

… at the Sea Witch Festival. Costume parade, dog parade, bonfires, the works. She will blog compulsively from there.

June 6th, 2018
Sunrise Behind a Cloud

Rehoboth.

Photo UD.

June 5th, 2018
Happinest.

Seen on this morning’s walk
through Rehoboth Beach.

June 4th, 2018
Light on the Atlantic when the Storm Calms

Positively spiritual.

Photo UD.

June 2nd, 2018
Green Man has a Real Portlandia Vibe…

… along with good food and drink.

Although so much older than all other
patrons that they expect at any moment
to be asked to leave, Les UDs really
like the place.

May 26th, 2018
Beach Blogging: Rehoboth.

UD leaves today for a vacation at the beach. Longtime readers know this almost always means Rehoboth, where over the years a passel of family and friends has also gathered.

Mr UD totally needs the break, his week in Warsaw having been way gratifying but exhausting.

Much to say about bizarre developments in academe, and I’ll say them from the beach. Ne quittez pas.

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