Author: Sam

Should I Be Tested for Cancer?

Should I Be Tested for Cancer, H. Gilbert Welch Goodreads: Getting tested to detect cancer early is one of the best ways to stay healthy—or […]

Riding Ross with The Professor

Kids had a student-free day today, so we headed back to our old digs in Marin to ride Ross with Sam Olesky…

Tahoe School Week

Back in November when we figured we were going to be doing this COVID-induced remote schooling for the long haul, Lance proposed doing a week […]

Heartland

Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth, Sarah Smarsh Goodreads: During Sarah Smarsh’s turbulent childhood in Kansas […]

Christmas in Summit County

After a pretty magic week cutting up the slopes of Steamboat Springs, we headed back towards Denver to Summit County. The last time I’d visited […]

Steamboat Springs

We were checked into our flights to Colorado and standing outside at Oakland International Airport – trying to minimize our time indoors – when my […]

Alexander Valley School Christmas

Sadly no AVS Christmas performance this year, but COVID couldn’t stop our little pod celebrating the season with Mexican hot chocolate, making farolitos and exchanging […]

Mendocino Weekend

Everyone needed to get out of the house, so we scooted over to Mendo for a couple of days this weekend to enjoy the mild […]

The Economists’ Hour

The Economists’ Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society, Binyamin Appelbaum Goodreads: The Economists’ Hour is the biography of a revolution: The […]

Farewell Gladys!

Sadly earlier this year Lisa’s grandmother Gladys bid us all farewell after an exceptionally good innings of 93 years. She passed during the early days […]

Happy (Outdoor) Halloween!

Lisa had the brilliant idea of orchestrating an Alexander Valley outdoor trick-or-treat loop with some of our neighbors here in the valley last night so […]

Doran Beach Camping

Great weekend out on the Sonoma Coast with the Mcgees. Managed to squeeze in a couple of surfs at Salmon Creek, beers on the beach […]

Limantour Beach

A beautiful day deep in Marin capped off with dinner at Due West

The Mosquito

The Mosquito, Timothy Winegard Goodreads: Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have […]

It’s Pumpkin Time!

Great morning yesterday picking our 2020 pumpkins at Foggy River Farm on Eastside Road just south of Healdsburg.

Angel Island

Trying to escape another little heatwave up north, we headed south to explore Angel Island today. The 9AM ferry took us over to the island, […]

Hartford

Adventures during the 2020 harvest!