Chronology

South Fork American River Whitewater

Ever since we took our first whitewater rafting trip with the Munselles down the Trinity when Max and Cam were in preschool I’d been waiting […]

AVS Promotion

This is going just way too fast… Lilia’s time at Alexander Valley School came to an end today with a quite moving promotion ceremony for […]

The 2023 HFFCF Fair

It was all systems go this weekend for the annual HFFCF fair after a year of 4H meetings and a couple of months work raising […]

The 2023 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 […]