Author: Sam

The 2023 Healdsburg HFFCF Parade

The annual HFFCF parade the Thursday before Memorial Day is hands down my favorite community event of the year. So many awesome floats with thousands […]

4H Horse Showmanship

The big day arrived: the 2023 Healdsburg HFFCF Fair horse showmanship event was this morning at Hoofbeat Park. Lilia and all her 4H team members […]

Talking to Strangers

Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell Goodreads: How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf […]

Cinco de Mayo

Without a doubt one of my favorite school events. Such a great cultural day!

Bunny Tattoos

The bunnies received the first of two tattoos for the fair. All of them have to be tattooed for the judging, just to make sure […]

The Elegant Universe

The Elegant Universe, Brian Greene Goodreads: Brian Greene, one of the world’s leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string theory to […]

Royals at the Giants

No better way to bring in the start of the warm weather than with a day in the city for the Giants’ opening series against […]

New Chickens for Easter

We welcomed some new feathered friends to Healdsburg to celebrate Easter this year: two two-year-old Rhode Island Reds and three one-year-old Golden Wyandottes. We even […]

The Big Number 12

Burgers, ice cream sundaes and an afternoon at Cal Skate to bring in the big number 12!

Disneyland!

Disneyland is typically the last place I’d plan a trip during spring break, but with Granny Jenni here for a few weeks and it being […]

Palm Springs

A few weeks ago Granny Jenni decided to fly over to join us for spring break, so instead of our usual snowy spring break adventures […]

Einstein’s Shadow

Einstein’s Shadow, Seth Fletcher Goodreads: Einstein’s Shadow follows a team of elite scientists on their historic mission to take the first picture of a black […]

Trillions

Trillions, Robin Wigglesworth I really enjoyed this book, thanks for the Christmas present, Suzanne! A ton of it revolved around San Francisco and the creation […]

Tahoe School Week II

When we returned to the States last August Lance quickly had us block off a week on our calendar for the second chapter of Tahoe […]

Point Reyes Horse Riding

Suzanne gave Lilia the very generous Christmas gift of a trail ride in Point Reyes, so we trekked down to Marin this morning for the […]

Valentine’s Dance

Friday was the annual Alexander Valley School Valentine’s dance, a big event for the outgoing sixth grade class as they all perform a series of […]

Powder Weekend

Another couple of feet today, what a winter!