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Totally rad day of surfing in Santa Cruz.

Emerald Friends When It Rains Gravel

There is something about seeing old friends that is fortifying and grounding like little else can be. It gives continuity and normalcy and perspective, all useful in a year that has been most un-normal. Seeing the Pauls was grounding, normalizing and as always, brought a lot of good laughs They all seemed so well. GloriannContinue reading “Emerald Friends When It Rains Gravel”

San Francisco New and Told

It’s good to get out, and San Francisco is a fairly magical place to get out to. It’s especially nice for me to be outside in the fresh air instead of squirreled away in the outside room at Mom’s and Doug’s house, where I had hidden away for the last two days and nights. IContinue reading “San Francisco New and Told”

Protected: Wonky 2020

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Thanksgiving II

Happy Thanksgiving! Greetings from Sink’s Grove, West Virginia, where the moon shines bright and the bulls roam free. Kevin found a small farmhouse for us for a few days and it’s so nice to have a new view. From every window, we see nothing but rolling green hills, cows, puffy clouds and hay bales. WeContinue reading “Thanksgiving II”

Biggar Than Life: Touring DC, Glen Echo and Cabin John

It was a Dark and Stormy Night

Halloween 2020 didn’t happen for a lot of kids, but it did in Cabin John. Lots of social distancing, contactless picking up of treats on tables, and, appropriately, mask wearing. It was awesome, considering. Events turned darker than expected personally, but it was a treat having family and friends with us to celebrate, including parents,Continue reading “It was a Dark and Stormy Night”

Big Trip, Biggar Fun

It took a lot of back and forthing to make a plan and execute it, but we did, and like clowns from a car, Bridget, Justine, Mom and Doug popped off a Southwestern airplane to visit us on the East Coast. Everyone stayed well, knock on wood, in spite of plane neighbors not wearing masksContinue reading “Big Trip, Biggar Fun”

“We’ll Make Tiny Changes in Your Honor”

I really appreciate Tatum’s concern for justice and her willingness to speak truth and speak up for what’s good. I hope the legacy of RBG endures and gives my lion-natured, social butterfly, beautiful, live-in-the-moment daughter all the opportunities she deserves and support she needs to survive being an adolescent girl in the 2020s. I can’tContinue reading ““We’ll Make Tiny Changes in Your Honor””

Maker of Soup Magic

There are some kinds of soup that are fillers before a meal that you barely notice, and then there are Poppy’s soups. They are the heart of the meal or perhaps the only dish in the meal. Dad and Mary Ellen had us over for dinner last night and Dad made soup. It was sortContinue reading “Maker of Soup Magic”