Chronology

First Snow

Making the most of the first snow of the season

Happy Halloween!

We started off this year’s Halloween week with a gracious invite next door to Sandi and Jim’s for a Halloween carving and pizza party, no […]

Red Bull Skyline

An afternoon at Twin Peaks with the boys watching the Red Bull Skyline skate comp

Surviving Death

Surviving Death, Leslie Kean Another $1 purchase at the Friends of the Healdsburg Library sale, blurb sounded interesting so I grabbed it… The first half […]

The Land Before Avocado

The Land Before Avocado, Richard Glover A handful of copies of this were sitting out on the giveaway table at a client’s head office, so […]

Alden Vineyard Check

A cracking morning to be out checking vineyards with La Patrona!

A Promised Land

A Promised Land, Barack Obama Regardless of what you think of his politics, Obama is such an excellent writer. A Promised Land also provides an […]

Immanuel Boys in the Bay Area

Almost a year ago Rebecca Brown started quizzing me about summer camps on the east coast given her baby boy Max – who at 18 […]

The Last Weekend of Summer

With the Immanuel College boys visiting over Labor Day long weekend, the kids and I took them up to the Sierras for a dose of […]

Kirby Cove and San Francisco

We try to make a camping trip to Kirby Cove an annual adventure, in spite of how difficult it is to secure a campsite down […]

Max Turns 11!

“What do you want to do for your birthday, Max?” We were expecting a response along the lines of, “A birthday party at X with […]

Wealth

Wealth, Stuart Lucas Was put onto this by a friend of mine who works in the family office space. Some really interesting chapters about safe […]

July Powder Haus Week

Nothing on the docket this last week so the kids and I grabbed Ben Taylor from Petaluma on our way up to the mountains again […]

Marin Riding

A day riding in the headlands with Sam Olesky, followed by a swim at Rodeo Beach and early dinner in Chinatown

A Week in Arnold

It’s become a bit of a summer tradition to spend a week at the cabin in Arnold, we kept it up this year with plenty […]

Killers of the Flower Moon

Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann Goodreads: In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation […]

A Wedding in Hampshire

Way back in 2018 Lisa hired an English intern for the harvest, Will Perkins. And then, thanks to Will’s skill with crafting sparkling wines, she […]

Powder Haus Kids Week

With summer in full swing and the kids off school I jetted up to Powder Haus with four kids in tow this week to enjoy […]

Soda Springs

A magic weekend up in the mountains with Granny Jenni and Gramps Greg