Tomorrow, my husband, Clif, and I are heading to New York City to visit our daughter Dee. While there, we plan to go to the Museum of Modern Art, walk the Highline (weather permitting), check out some donut shops and Italian restaurants, and go to a couple of movies.

Our dog, Liam, will stay with our daughter Shannon and her husband, Mike, in South Portland. Shannon is thrilled to have “her brother” come for the weekend, and we are so lucky to have such an enthusiastic dog sitter.

Clif and I will be traveling by bus—we’re too much the country mice to drive to Brooklyn. I’ve made chocolate chip cookies—Dee calls them my specialty—and pumpkin bread, and I’ve tucked them between the clothes in my suitcase.

I hope the pumpkin bread survives the bus trip.