Chronology

AVS Graduation

This is going just way too fast… Lilia’s time at Alexander Valley School came to an end today with a quite moving graduation ceremony for […]

The 2023 HFFCF Fair

It was all systems go this weekend for the annual HFFCF fair after a year of 4H meetings and a couple of months work raising […]

The 2023 Healdsburg HFFCF Parade

The annual HFFCF parade the Thursday before Memorial Day is hands down my favorite community event of the year. So many awesome floats with thousands […]

4H Horse Showmanship

The big day arrived: the 2023 Healdsburg HFFCF Fair horse showmanship event was this morning at Hoofbeat Park. Lilia and all her 4H team members […]

Talking to Strangers

Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell Goodreads: How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf […]

Cinco de Mayo

Without a doubt one of my favorite school events. Such a great cultural day!

Bunny Tattoos

The bunnies received the first of two tattoos for the fair. All of them have to be tattooed for the judging, just to make sure […]

The Elegant Universe

The Elegant Universe, Brian Greene Goodreads: Brian Greene, one of the world’s leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string theory to […]

Royals at the Giants

No better way to bring in the start of the warm weather than with a day in the city for the Giants’ opening series against […]

New Chickens for Easter

We welcomed some new feathered friends to Healdsburg to celebrate Easter this year: two two-year-old Rhode Island Reds and three one-year-old Golden Wyandottes. We even […]

The Big Number 12

Burgers, ice cream sundaes and an afternoon at Cal Skate to bring in the big number 12!

Disneyland!

Disneyland is typically the last place I’d plan a trip during spring break, but with Granny Jenni here for a few weeks and it being […]

Palm Springs

A few weeks ago Granny Jenni decided to fly over to join us for spring break, so instead of our usual snowy spring break adventures […]

Einstein’s Shadow

Einstein’s Shadow, Seth Fletcher Goodreads: Einstein’s Shadow follows a team of elite scientists on their historic mission to take the first picture of a black […]

Trillions

Trillions, Robin Wigglesworth I really enjoyed this book, thanks for the Christmas present, Suzanne! A ton of it revolved around San Francisco and the creation […]

Tahoe School Week II

When we returned to the States last August Lance quickly had us block off a week on our calendar for the second chapter of Tahoe […]