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  • August 2015: Life Moments

    August 2015: Life Moments

    August 2015 was a biggin’ for life moments, man. August was bookended by a wedding (ours, to be precise) and a new apartment lease (also ours), with a whole bunch of parties in between. My family celebrated births, graduations, more births, and I did tap dances when I launched a few more websites. It was…Keep…

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  • May in Napa Valley

    May in Napa Valley

    It’s definitely May in Napa Valley! It feels like summertime already and I was lucky enough to have meetings in the morning this week, getting me out in the sunshine, but before it was too roasting to enjoy it. Back when I commuted from Napa to Calistoga for work, I got pretty familiar with the…Keep…

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  • Getting Our Garden On

    Getting Our Garden On

    One of my favorite things about living abroad was the visiting the farmers’ markets for fresh, garden-grown fruits and veggies (and baguettes, and cheese and the list goes on…). The French were especially strong in this area, with markets in each neighborhood on practically every day of the week. I’d walk to each one, but…Keep…

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  • Life, Lately

    Life, Lately

    I admit, I’ve ignored this poor blog of mine. What with the moving countries and states…I didn’t keep up. I used to blog with some semblance of frequency. Then it was maybe once a week, then once a month…That said, I’m more active on Instagram in case anyone is curious as to the latest. It…Keep…

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  • Thankful

    Thankful

    Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I’m thankful to be home and celebrating. And for how easy it was to find pumpkin and cranberries! (It’s the little things…) Here’s hoping you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, too.

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  • Running Victory Formation

    Running Victory Formation

    In (American) football, victory formation is used when the quarterback takes the snap and immediately kneels to the ground, ending the play. Typically, it’s run when a team is winning and just needs the clock to run down, in order to preserve the win. After almost 26 months (!!) we are running victory formation in…Keep…

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  • A few thoughts on goals

    A few thoughts on goals

    We leave Europe one month from tomorrow. The end of our living here is near. So near that I somehow managed to lose a week and thought this week was the last of October. It is not (thank goodness) because I’m not ready. I mean, I am ready. Very ready…to see my family (I had…Keep…

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  • Who says the Golden Years?

    It’s been a rough week for my family and me. On Tuesday, my grandmother lost her battle with lung cancer, which she fought gracefully and with a clever wit that only she had. It’s hard being far away and that’s making it seem unreal. This sort of thing is/was my worst fear when we decided…Keep…

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