We spent the Presidents’ Day long weekend up at the cabin, the original plan was for the Bordessas to accompany us but Jarrid’s grandmother unfortunately […]
Author: Sam
Drive
Drive, Daniel H. Pink With praise from Malcolm Gladwell – one of my favorite authors – I figured Drive should be a relatively safe bet, the […]
New Shirt From Pops
Lilia was feeling quite photogenic this morning in her new shirt from Pops John so I took the opportunity to get some snaps.
Born To Run
Born To Run, Christopher McDougall I don’t hand out five star ratings for books readily, but it’s defintely well-deserved in this case. I’m not a […]
The Wizard Of Lies
The Wizard of Lies, Diana B. Henriques Unless you live in a cave you would have been bombarded by the media coverage of Bernie Madoff’s […]
My Friend Johnny
I’m becoming quite the pro at this Johnny Jump-Up contraption!
Crawling and Standing
I came home from work on Thursday and all of a sudden Lilia was cruising around on all fours like she’d been doing it for […]
Here I Come!
Almost walking…
Marincello, SCA and Waldo Tunnel Poach Trails
For quite some time I’d been eyeing off a poach trail that drops down over the top of the Waldo Tunnel and the 101 freeway. […]
Mohawk Mama
Death Valley
Neither Lisa or I had ever visited Death Valley National Park and December and January are supposedly the best months to visit climate wise, so […]
Johnny Jump Up
Starting to get the hang of this a little more lately…
JAMERS SCA Trail
We’re no strangers to the SCA Trail in the Marin Headlands, it’s one of our favorite weekend walks ever since Lilia joined us last year. […]
Surly Ogre
The bike I use to pedal home from work is a little small for me, and doesn’t have any way to attach a child seat […]
Happy New Year!
First Christmas
We were lucky enough to have two Christmas celebrations this year: Lisa’s parents had us over to their house for a California Christmas on December […]
Ash Canyon
We were recently up in Carson City, Nevada for Christmas and – given that there’s not a speck of snow on the Sierras at the […]
Almost Crawling
First Chicken
Melbourne and the Stobie Wedding
From Adelaide we shot over to Melbourne for a few days to attend a wedding between my cousin Amy and her fiancé Andrew. We bunked […]