Author: Sam

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!

Nor Cal Heatwave

We definitely missed Mum – she was busy with the grape harvest – but we made the most of some new trails in JDSF all […]

The Walbridge Fire

As I write this on August 24, the Walbridge Fire and associated LNU Lighting Complex definitely isn’t contained, but as humidity has risen and winds […]

Gas Cap and Confusion

Made a day trip out to JDSF for the day to escape the smoke from the Walbridge Fire, we also managed to snag some beach […]

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Yuval Noah Harari Goodreads: How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal […]