Summer Begins
As I mentioned in the previous post, Paul and Laurent went up north with the kids for the weekend and, in the various to-ings and fro-ings on the ranch roads,…
A New Routine and a Walkabout Westgate
The day started as usual around 6am, getting kids ready for school. Along with encouraging everyone towards rapid movement and a timely departure, there's been a new addition to our…
Out and About on a Monday
With only a couple of days of Christmas vacation left, I took the kids out on Monday morning for a little photo excursion to the park. At least, the kids…
Social Distancing
Can I just muse for a while on "Life in the time of the Coronavirus?" These are my random, late night, not-very-insightful thoughts... We're living through an historic moment! I…
B-52
Yesterday was Paul's 52nd birthday! Having a birthday fall on Sunday means all sorts of good things. For Paul, it meant going to mass with his family, and getting to…
October 2018 at the Ranch
A fall break trip to the ranch where nobody got sick? Unbelievable! Yes, we had a great time, played in the mud canyon, went up to the mountains and filled…
A Perfect Sunday Afternoon
Sunday afternoon was one of the most perfect weather days ever, a complete outlier for the month of May in Arizona, when the temperature barely hit 70 for a high.…