My Beloved World, Sonia Sotomayor Really quite inspiring, and excellently written (as one would expect from a Supreme Court justice…). Goodreads: The first Hispanic and […]
Chronology
Halloween 2026
Downtown Healdsburg alive for Halloween this year!
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Brief Answers to the Big Questions, Stephen Hawking Goodreads: Stephen Hawking was the most renowned scientist since Einstein, known both for his groundbreaking work in […]
Taipei
It was an early morning arrival at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on Friday. 4:45AM to be exact. But my body clock was still on California […]
A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking Goodreads: A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s […]
Homecoming
Pretty ladies off to homecoming!
Fahrenheit-182
Fahrenheit-182, Mark Hoppus A really fun read, lots of flashbacks tomemories of growing up listening to blink-182… Goodreads: This is the coming of age story […]
Going Infinite
Going Infinite, Michael Lewis While I will admit some of Lewis’ writing really annoys me – like the egregious cherry-picking-to-make-a-story of The Premonition and rehash […]
Patriot
Patriot: A Memoir, Alexei Navalny Having family heritage from a former USSR country made the first two thirds super interesting for me personally… And reading […]
Eleanor and Matilda Visit California
Max Brown – the grandson of my old man’s best friend from high school – dropped in on us during the last two summers as […]
What We Owe The Future
What We Owe the Future, William MacAskill Certainly some interesting sections, but MacAskill definitely lost me in the depths of his philosophizing a number of […]
Last Week of Summer
Crazy to think summer is almost over… Seems like only yesterday we were winding up with school and getting ready to head to Idaho for […]
We Did OK, Kid: A Memoir
We Did OK, Kid: A Memoir, Anthony Hopkins Goodreads: Born and raised in Port Talbot – a small Welsh steelworks town – amid war and […]
Hallsy and Jett Visit Powder Haus
A few pics from our time in the mountains with Hallsy and Jett…
The Bomber Mafia
The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell Goodreads: In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a […]
Peril Sky
Back in 2021 at the beginning of our tour through Alaska I managed to finagle a seat on the boat with Fish Happens and its […]
Happy Independence Day!
Wild Man and I headed up to the mountains last week in advance of the Independence Day long weekend, Finn Cullerton and his fam were […]
False Alarm
False Alarm, Bjorn Lomborg Goodreads: Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Artic. Politicians, activists, and the media […]
Open Water Diver
Last year when we dove on the Rainbow Reef Maxie got himself hooked on SCUBA, so for his most recent birthday we gave him a […]
Summer Begins at Powder Haus
It was so nice to get back up to the mountains after being away for seven weeks. Shoulder season up in the mountains is a […]
