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Emilie's Suprise 50th Birthday Party

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:36:30 -0800

I stealthily signed off of iChat with a "see you later," then jumped on the redeye to join family and friends in wishing a happy 50th to my sister Emilie. Here are a few photos.

Willow Wood Market Cafe

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:48:09 -0800

I've re-worked the Willow Wood website using CSS. We're talking about adding some new features as well. Leave a comment if you think Lulu should be blogging!

Backpacking Bubb's Creek, Kings Canyon National Park - August 2009

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:15:05 -0800

There are bears in them mountains!

Howard Rheingold : Crap Detection 101

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:41:45 -0800

Wondering how to determine if a piece of info you've read or heard is crap or not? Howard Rheingold gives us a primer in Crap Detection in his latest blog for SFGate. I'm not mentioning any names, but I get a few emails a month from people who haven't done their fact checking about a particular claim or rumor. Here's a way to avoid looking silly that goes beyond checking snopes.com

Kauai

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:54:46 -0800

Photos from our fantastic 2 week Kauai vacation with Leah.

Emil Joseph Relat, Sept 2, 1917 - May 25, 2009

Wed, 27 May 2009 10:19:00 -0800

A powerful instinct caused Emily and I to cut short our backpacking trip on the Kalalau trail in Kauai Monday afternoon, and return to our base near Hanalei yesterday. When we returned, we learned that Emil Relat, Emily's 91 year-old grandfather, had passed away. I've had the pleasure of knowing Emil for the last 7+ years, and we've had some great conversations. From what I've seen and heard he's had a long, enjoyable and successful life, exactly what all of us hope for.

Emil has been a wonderful patriarch to a great extended family that I've had the pleasure of joining. I hope you'll join me in your own way by praying, thinking positive thoughts and thanking the spirits for Emil Relat.

Here's the death notice from the Sacramento Bee

CETPA - the California Educational Technology Professionals Association

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:10:35 -0800

As part of the team at Community Servers I built the database structure and scripting driving the redesigned CETPA Website.

Utah and Colorado Road Trip!

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:20:52 -0800

I sent this URL around a while back, showcasing photos from our road trip to Utah and Colorado at the end of the Summer. Brian was kind enough to point out that it had been a year since my last Wigblog update, so here's an official entry pointing to them again!

Does this make me a twit?

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:20:50 -0800

I'm on twitter now.

Burning down the house on Burnside

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:28:18 -0800

I've been training to become a volunteer firefighter with our local Gold Ridge Fire Department since the beginning of March. On Saturday we slowly burnt a house to the ground to learn about fire behavior and use our small but growing set of firefighting skills at a house that was donated for demolition on nearby Burnside Rd. (how appropriate is that!) What a great day it was. We were surrounded by firefighters with a broad range of skills and experience who were all more than generous in their willingness to transfer their knowledge and united in their excitement about what we were all doing. I've still got about 2 months of Saturdays before I can go on a call, and I can't wait!

View the full photo gallery here

Costa Rica - Pura Vida

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:37:28 -0800

The stars aligned, the job gods rained a nursing position on new graduate Emma, and we were lucky to be able to join Kristin, Leah, Maya (Bruce), Aija and Bob on their trip to Costa RIca's Nicoya Peninsula. We spent a sweet week relaxing at the beautiful Casa Colina B&B in Santa Teresa/Mal Pais with our wonderful hosts Ariana and David and the yummy frühstük stylings of Ari's mom Inge. While the rest of the crew stayed on, we headed back home, stopping at the elusive Volcano Arenal on the way.

Full photo gallery here.

Insiders' Tour of Yosemite

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:26:24 -0800

Scott and Alice have lived in and around Yosemite National Park for years. Their wedding gift of a weekend stay near their place in Wawona, and a weekend of their time showing us the most beautiful and un-crowded parts of park they love was a dream come true. Thanks you two!

Motor? We don't need no stinkin' motor.

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:06:34 -0800

The motor died about 2 minutes after pushing off from the dock - no big deal with Dave at the helm!

Paolo Bettini

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:58:44 -0800

After only 2 weeks at his new home, Paolo Bettini, our new kitten, is fitting into our family nicely. His namesake, Il Grillo, repeats as the World Champion in road racing. Life is good!

inspiredlifestory.com

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:56:07 -0800

Here's a new website and MT blog for our friend Karen Halseth's wonderful life coaching and readings.