After Desert View succumbed to the darkness we headed south to Sedona. There too the stars eluded me another night. On Friday morning we headed under overcast skies to Cathedral Rocks. Sam and I hiked all the way up to the “saddle” point and back. Then we headed to Bell Rock, where our vertical ascent […]
Parents visit – part II: Grand Canyon
On Monday morning we flew to Phoenix and picked up a rental to drive to the Grand Canyon, arriving long after dark. Sam and I went to Mather Point for star photography, but unfortunately, the sky was cloudy. The canyon, which spread before us, was completely black and invisible. We knew it was out there, […]
Parents visit – Part 1
On December 3rd, my parents flew in for a visit. The next morning we dropped off Sam at work and borrowed her car. We went to a church that mom wanted to see for its stained glass windows, then the Wende Museum, the cemetery next door, then I dropped them off at the Grammy Museum […]
Investment
Usually, my investment timing is horrible. I have a long history of this. I bought a condo in January 2007. A year later I was under water by more than 50%. I even put a little money in the stock market this year, in May, right before the market began a “correction.” In 2012, Sam […]
Series Finale: “The Heat is on” in the Saga of the Most Beat up 141 Month Old Car in the World
I used to put up these complaining posts about my car. It wasn’t because I hated my car. I loved my car, but hated what happened to it. I picked out the car, the color (Sepang Green!), the options (well, most of them anyway). I washed it all the time and put on some cool […]
Seattle 2015
On the last Friday of October, I flew to Seattle after work for the Seattle Interactive Conference. The conference didn’t start until Tuesday, so I flew up early to spend some time with B. We went to the “short-run conference” on Saturday and spent some time planning our book (don’t expect more details about that project […]
Ohio
Last week I traveled to Ohio to attend the content marketing world conference. It was a decent conference and I enjoyed John Cleese’s keynote on creative thinking. I imagine Cleese’s message was more appropriate for my old profession (artist) than my newer one (marketing/business), and it made me (as have a lot of things lately) […]
Shaw’s Cove
On our last trip to Shaw’s cove we brought along some first-timers. It seems every time we do that the waves are high and water rough. Every time we don’t, it’s perfect. That rang true again on Saturday, but we did have friends who lived in the area (and are experienced snorkelers) join us. For […]
La Jolla Cove
(Disclaimer: I’m too busy to be verbose and check grammar these days, so apologies in advance…) On Saturday morning, we left around 9:40. A billion accidents on the five freeway and 118 miles later we arrived at La Jolla Cove at 2:15. Sometimes it can take that long to get BACK from San Diego on […]
Trip to the Peninsula
In late June Byron and I headed to the Washington Peninsula. On Friday we headed to his parents’ house in Hansville for some grilling and drinking. They generously loaned us one of their cars for the rest of the weekend so we could drive around the peninsula. Our first stop on Saturday was Hurricane Ridge. […]