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 […]
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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!
More Snow!
With Mum off gallivanting in Colorado for the weekend the kids and I took the new Subaru up for its first snow adventure. Such a […]
Shoe Dog
Shoe Dog, Phil Knight A big thanks to Lance Munselle for lending this to me, not one I’d have picked up on my own but […]
Winter Wonderland
We spent all week last week listening to the weather reports forecasting three back-to-back atmospheric rivers hitting Norther California over the Martin Luther King Day […]
New Year Ski Adventure
This was the ski trip that almost didn’t happen… We’d been planning to visit the Hansens in Bend since Tony dropped by on a visit […]
Pre-Christmas Ski
So awesome to have the four of us back on the slopes together for the weekend!
I Am Malala
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai Goodreads: When the Taliban […]
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Alexander Valley Elementary Christmas performance was – as always – an incredibly fun evening this year. The school put on a rendition of How […]
The 2022 Tree
Time to welcome the Christmas season! Fun to pull out all our Christmas ornaments from our travels over the past year…
Back On The Planks!
After a two year hiatus it was great to get back on the planks for an early season day at Alpine Meadows. It was the […]
Out to Point Reyes
Great to be back in the cockpit on a cruise out to the coast with Kevin and the kids!
Conspiracy
Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue, Ryan Holiday Goodreads: In 2007, a short blogpost on Valleywag, the Silicon Valley-vertical of […]
Son of Hamas
Son of Hamas, Mosab Hassan Yousef and Ron Brackin Goodreads: Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of […]
Trick or Treat!
We had fighter pilots, a jockey, an angel… Snow White even paid us a visit!
Pumpkins on Pikes
Another super fun Halloween fest at Tara Firma Farms for this year’s Pumpkins on Pikes
Boomerang
Not my favorite of the Lewis books, but a great find at the op shop for $1!
Haben
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law, Haben Girma Goodreads: Born with deafblindness, Girma grew up with enough vision to know when someone was […]
The Happiness Hypothesis
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, Jonathan Haidt An interesting read, but not a patch on The Coddling of the American Mind, […]