We had fighter pilots, a jockey, an angel… Snow White even paid us a visit!
Chronology
Pumpkins on Pikes
Another super fun Halloween fest at Tara Firma Farms for this year’s Pumpkins on Pikes
Boomerang
Not my favorite of the Lewis books, but a great find at the op shop for $1!
Haben
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law, Haben Girma Goodreads: Born with deafblindness, Girma grew up with enough vision to know when someone was […]
The Happiness Hypothesis
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, Jonathan Haidt An interesting read, but not a patch on The Coddling of the American Mind, […]
Golden Gate Adventures
Alexander Valley School had a student-free day today, so the kids and I took off down to the city for a day on the bikes. […]
Brazil Versus Argentina II
The boys continued their undefeated run with their second matchup against Argentina. A tight game, 1-0 the final score.
This Is Your Mind On Plants
This Is Your Mind On Plants, Michael Pollan Goodreads: In This Is Your Mind on Plants, Michael Pollan dives deep into three plant drugs – […]
Happy 80th Birthday Pops John!
We all gathered on Sunday at Estia in Henley Beach to celebrate Pops John’s 80th milestone. It was a wonderful day with so many familiar […]
Brazil Versus Argentina
A great win for Max and the boys to start the season: Brazil 2/Argentina 0!
Dirt
Dirt, Bill Buford Loved it. One of my favorite books of the last couple of years. I just wish I’d read it before we visited […]
Lone Survivor
Lone Survivor, Marcus Luttrell I wish I’d read this before I watched the movie! Goodreads: On a clear night in late June 2005, four US […]
Max’s Golden Birthday
It was Max’s golden birthday this year (for those Down Under, golden birthdays are a classic Hallmark creation: that’s the year you turn your age […]
Arnold With the Kids
The plan was to head up to Truckee for four days with Lance and the Munselle kids for some biking and mountain swimming before school […]
San Fransicko
San Fransicko, Michael Shellenberger Definitely not as good of a read as Shellenberger’s Apocalypse Never, but some interesting lessons and points of discussion, all the […]
A Weekend in Melbourne
A quick trip over to Melbourne during school holidays to visit my cousins and some friends from university
The Psychopath Test
The Psychopath Test, Jon Ronson Goodreads: In this madcap journey, a bestselling journalist investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who […]
Scale
Scale, Geoffrey West Goodreads: The former head of the Sante Fe Institute, visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science, […]
Freezing Order
Freezing Order, Bill Browder Goodreads: When Bill Browder’s young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten to death in a Moscow jail, Browder made it his […]
Operation Lock and the War on Rhino Poaching
Operation Lock and the War on Rhino Poaching, John Hanks Goodreads: The aggressive poaching of rhinos needs to be countered with equal aggression. So argued […]