Two weeks in the mountains at Powder Haus for Christmas and New Year
Author: Sam
Alexander Valley School Christmas 2024
Truly the end of an era: our last year with a child performing in the AVS Christmas performance. But all the teachers told us last […]
South Burma
Chasing the boy down his favorite Sonoma County descent in Annadel…
New Lambs
Meeting this year’s batch of 4H lambs out in Graton this morning
‘Tis the Season!
We welcomed the Christmas season with tree decorating and an afternoon in San Francisco. First time any of us had ever skated on the Christmas […]
Powder Days in November?!
The rain last week in Sonoma County was incredible: flooded rivers, emergency school closures, canceled sports games… But it was a cold bomb cyclone that […]
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
New Members of the Family
We welcomed some new members to the family this morning!
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 […]