And the sun shines on the bay

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

I had to get up early this morning for another trip to EFI HQ in Foster City, CA. The 7:30 flight translates into a 5:00 am wake up time and ... Read more..

Deep inside we’re all the same

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

Thomas left for Camp Baldwin on Sunday and will be gone for a week with Troop 820. Tina and Graham just got back last week from three days at Gilbert ... Read more..

Leaves were falling, just like embers

Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Biking, News | 1 Comment »

I'm sitting beneath the picnic shelter at the Wolf Lodge Campground in the beautiful Idaho panhandle near Lake Coeur d'Alene. Today it's just me and the dog watching over the ... Read more..

A Few Disparate Links

Sunday, June 1st, 2008 Posted in Link, Politics, Technology, Video | No Comments »

Happy Birthday Little Graham: Tina's paean to our youngest son on his 9th birthday. She nailed it. Oregonian article on Twitter: Steve Woodward profiles my favorite web service and mentions some of the ... Read more..

Memorial Day Family Bike Ride

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Biking, Vital Statistics | No Comments »

Distance: 11.8 miles Riding time: 98 minutes Max speed: 20.3 mph Average speed: 7.2 mph Temperature: 70º Soundtrack: n/a Read more..

Happy Mother’s Day

Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in Biking, Favorite Things, News | No Comments »

Graham quietly woke me shortly after 7:00 this morning so I could help him prepare our annual "surprise" Mother's Day breakfast. We made our plan and I advised him that ... Read more..

Hey, I recognize that view!

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Biking, Link | No Comments »

CNN has an article about the bike trail on which Graham crashed a couple of weeks ago. Read more..

Vital Statistics

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 Posted in Vital Statistics | No Comments »

Bike odometer: 2395 Van odometer: 151992 Weight lost (in pounds): 8 Aches & pains: left achilles tendon, sciatic Current reading: The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, The Areas of My Expertise by John ... Read more..

I watch the ripples change their size

Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Biking, News | 3 Comments »

On Saturday all four of us joined Thomas' Boy Scout troop for a trip into the Gorge to ride our bikes on the a restored section of the Historic Columbia River ... Read more..

I’m using up my time by feeling fine, every day

Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

I think I failed to mention that Tina bought an Xbox 360 for me a few weeks ago from a good friend of ours who had recently upgraded to a ... Read more..