Christmas 2011, and other miscellany

We rented a Christmas tree this year. That’s right, rented one. Instead of heading up to the hills to chop one down, or buying one from a local Boy Scout troop or some such place, we decided to rent a tree this year, which seems like a very Portland thing to do. Y’know, we feel [...]

A year ago today

This time last year Dave and I were on the first month of our bike tour in South America. We had just finished our ride out on the salt flats of Bolivia (Salar de Uyuni) and came back to some very sad news from my mom that my dog Sasha was not doing well. After [...]

Happy Birthday Sasha!

Today is Sasha’s FOURTEENTH birthday and she is doing great!  And to prove that an old dog can learn new tricks we are taking her on a mini-bike tour in a couple of weeks from Portland to Champoeg State Park (a 30 mile ride).  I have tricked out her ride so that it is nice [...]

My 3 o’clock meeting at “the office”

                  Very well attended but I think the subject might have bored them a bit.