Best wishes for 2004!

Los Altos, California A series of guesses and wishes and ramblings about the year that was and the year that will be. When all is said and done, Jonah makes 2003 our best year ever regardless of whatever else transpired. That said, we also remodeled Jonah’s...

Ye annual Lilly bash

Los Altos, California Lillys come from all over for their annual post-X-mas get-together. The extended Lilly clan paid their annual Christmas visit to Los Altos, and we had the pleasure of seeing them all. This year’s crowd included Mark, Toni, Kurt, Karen,...

Merry Christmas part 2

Los Altos, California Christmas part 2 with the Lillys followed by a wonderful dinner party with the Fruens in El Cerrito. Along with Mark, Christine, Jared, Joe, Helen, and their dog Nico, Erin, Jonah, and I slept over at Bernard and Liz’s so that we could...

Merry Christmas part 1

Los Altos, California Christmas part 1 with the Davison Clan then a Southwest flight to San Jose, California. We’ve been separating Christmas into parts 1 and 2 for a few years, spending the morning of the 25th at my parents’ place in Salem then flying or...

Mad about cows

Another industry that, with government complicity, doesn’t care if they slowly poison you or not. Eating only 100% organic beef is one answer, going vegetarian is another. Either way, time to get angry. So the USDA, an organization that haphazardly weaves its...