Today began with a warm smile and the bright eyes of a bear. It's crisp and clear here, the sky that brilliant light blue of late autumn; the deep gray-blue Pacific stretches to the horizon, unobstructed by fog or mist. To the southeast, the bay sparkles, tiny specks moving across the San Mateo bridge, rolling hills framing the scene just ( Read more... )

Hoody and I braved the perils of I-80 holiday traffic to spend Thanksgiving with my sister Kathryn at her new place in Auburn. Hoody drove the PT; docs won't let me drive for two weeks, so my head doesn't fall off ( Read more... )

A long, crowded flight brought me to Atlanta, where my mom and Curtis picked me up. Mom was thrilled to have me back, and spent a lot of time reminescing as is her habit ( Read more... )

Thursday I set out to visit my mom and her husband Curtis in Newnan, some three hours away, southwest of Atlanta. I had planned on leaving fairly early (for me), but a visit from Dan reminded me of some dangling threads that needed to be tied up. He generously let me use his fax to zap off a couple of documents, and I got to see his 1780s cabin ( Read more... )

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The weekend went pretty well. I got up to Auburn after an interminable time going 20-40mph on I-80 (note to self: take Hwy160 from now on), and met Kathryn at her store, Creative Urges. She was busy finishing up her new window display. We packed up the last of the Christmas stuff and cleaned the classroom, then headed to her place for a nice ( Read more... )

Mixed bag on my trip to Auburn. I drove up Friday afternoon, managing to hit every slowdown on I-80 between SF and Sacramento. Kathryn and I met up at her store, and we went to a local club and enjoyed the live band while we feasted on steamed clams, coconut-roasted fish, and wings. She's in good spirits, dealing with things day by day, and ( Read more... )

It's been an interesting week.
As I posted earlier, Lang made pleasant noises about decorating this year, so I dragged the Holiday stuff up from the garage and we spent a couple of nice evenings with a fire flickering, sipping Black Russian nog and stringing lights. He got a big kick out of the Star Trek spaceship ornaments that skullbunny and I have ( Read more... )

The weekend worked out pretty well. I drove up to Auburn on Friday night; luckily the traffic wasn't bad, and I was at my sister's place by 10. We talked quite a while. It's been good to spend some time with her, hanging out. Our relationship as adults is much better than when we were kids. We get each other ( Read more... )