Author: Sam
Adelaide
We’re just finishing up an almost two week visit to my home town of Adelaide, Lilia is now quite the little traveler after an almost […]
How Much I Love Food
The Lindberg Wedding
We took a trip south last weekend for Robin and Dan’s wedding in the tourist enclave of Solvang, which happens to also be Dan’s hometown. […]
Johnny JumpUp
Bail Out My Student Loan
This really irks me. I had a bit of a rant in 2008 about the federal government bailing out delinquent home owners (Bail Out My Mortgage) and […]
The Man In The Rockefeller Suit
The Man In The Rockefeller Suit, Mark Seal I kept having to remind myself that this is a non-fiction book when I was engrossed by […]
First Halloween
Lisa had been waiting for months to dress up Lilia in the koala outfit she bought online, Halloween finally gave her the opportunity. We counted […]
The Young Wedding
The big day finally arrived yesterday: Luke and Katrina’s wedding. Carol found a brilliant old ranch in central Healdsburg where we all stayed for the […]
The Rehearsal Dinner
Sweet Potato Machine
Davis Bordessa
Wednesday morning when I woke up for work I had a text from Jacque that she had sent at 3:48AM: her water broke! Yesterday we […]
Cadillac Desert
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Marc Reisner Brooke Bakker put me onto this book a few months ago when we were visiting […]
More Swimming
Morning Photos
Muir Beach
Lilia and I had a solo day together today, we took a bit of a hike on the Owl Trail between Muir Beach and Slide […]
The Bordessa Pig
When I was a kid a pair of my parents’ best friends – The Jarvises – bought a small ranch (farm) in Yankalilla, a rural […]
Sarah Drops In
We had a bit of an unexpected visit this weekend: my cousin Sarah was on her way to Wisconsin and then Miami for business and […]
Cabin With The Garcias
We just spent what was probably the last weekend of summer weather at the cabin with the Garcia family: Che, Ally, James (aged five), Ava […]
Hot Weather Sunrise
With the hot weather last week the haze in the Central Valley made for some brilliant sunrises. The San Francisco Bay was glowing all shades […]