2025-02-25

February 25, 2025

Hung out with the boys on the patio in the morning. They sunbathed while I soaked in the hot tub. Benny, in particular, loves...

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2025-02-24

February 24, 2025

First day of this trip visiting Joshua Tree National Park! There’s been a lot of talk about federal employee firings due to DOGE, and...

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2025-02-23

February 23, 2025

We’re spending a week with the boys in Joshua Tree to celebrate my 40th birthday! I kept going back and forth on where to...

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2024-10-08

The Long Way Home

Sweat rolled off my forehead as my shirt clung to me. It was another damp, sticky morning, but for a brief moment, Bruno and...

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2024-07-14

July 14, 2024

Today, we visited the California State Fair at Cal Expo in Sacramento. It has been a tradition since 1854, celebrating the state’s agricultural and...

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2024-05-18

May 18, 2024

Jean left for China last night, so it’s just the boys and me for the next two weeks (boys being the two dogs). To...

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2024-04-29

Coast-to-coast: San Francisco to Savannah (Part 29)

Today we left Kingman. Founded in the late 19th century during the railroad and mining boom, the town’s early history is closely tied to...

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2024-04-28

Coast-to-coast: San Francisco to Savannah (Part 28)

Since we started driving west, we’ve been gaining an hour every few days. Now we’re back on Pacific Standard Time, though our bodies still...

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2024-04-27

Coast-to-coast: San Francisco to Savannah (Part 27)

Today we departed from Santa Fe. It's the oldest continuously inhabited state capital in the U.S., dating back to its establishment in 1610. Its...

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2024-04-26

Coast-to-coast: San Francisco to Savannah (Part 26)

This morning, we visited Los Alamos, the birthplace of the Manhattan Project. Established in 1942 as a secret research facility, it played a pivotal...

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