With the kids away this weekend we had a chance to do something I’d been wanting to try for years: an overnight river trip from […]
Chronology
River Days
First day of summer for the littles, no better way to spend it than in the water!
Saturday
Saturday, Ian McEwin Goodreads: An astonishing novel that captures the fine balance of happiness and the unforeseen threats that can destroy it. A brilliant, thrilling […]
Let There Be Water
Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World, Seth M. Siegel Goodreads: As every day brings urgent reports of growing water shortages around […]
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions, Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths Goodreads: A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms […]
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Spain
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Spain, Chris Stewart Goodreads: No sooner had Chris Stewart set eyes on El Valero than he handed over a […]
An Unquiet Mind
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness, Kay Redfield Jamison The Guardian: The cultural and medical shift that changed the meaningfully descriptive term […]
The Templars
The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God’s Holy Warriors, Dan Jones Goodreads: Jerusalem 1119. A small group of knights seeking a purpose in […]
Sleight of Hand
Sleight of Hand, John Owen
Geronimo: Riding the Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy
Geronimo: Riding the Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy, Tim Moore Amazon: The 1914 Giro d Italia: The hardest bike race in history. Eighty-one riders […]
A Weekend in San Francisco
A fun weekend in SF at Treasurefest, The Mission and then a morning at the beach under the Golden Gate
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot Amazon: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black […]
Weapons of Math Destruction
Weapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O’Neil Would have enjoyed it a lot more if she didn’t politicize the book so aggressively! Good Reads: A former […]
Basse-Terre
Week two of our adventures in Guadeloupe.
Grande-Terre
A week on Grande-Terre in Guadeloupe over spring break.
Seven?!
Seven?! Time flies way too quickly… I was just chatting with Lilia today about how I used do my stretches after riding home from work […]
Sugar Bowl Powder
It really has been a miracle March!
MacKerricher State Park
Magic weather up on the coast this weekend for a quick getaway to MacKerricher State Park!
Sugar Bowl Day Trip
Had to get some runs in before it all melts!
Super Bowl Canoeing
Out to the mouth of the Russian before the game