I just came back from a short work trip to San Francisco and Seattle. San Francisco was good. Seattle was better. Oh so much better!

I worked out of our Berkeley office for a couple of days and then helped with logistics for a bee pesticide movie that we were showing supporters to highlight some of our campaign work. I had a chance to pop into ( Read more... )

Words cannot express how fabulous of a time I had in L.A. I saw so many people - and unfortunately missed so many more. It was very much a whirlwind trip and I cannot even put into words how happy I was about this last trip home.
I remember moving back to my parents' last summer from Australia and having such a miserable time because I was stuck ( Read more... )

I hear thunder booming in the distance as lightning flashes out of the window behind me. Another summer storm is running its way through D.C. That last one was especially loud, cracking like a whip through the sky.
Sometimes with weather like this I feel myself getting a bit maudlin. Around this time one year ago I was making my way home from Osaka ( Read more... )