Archive for September, 2008

Sorry for the long absence. We went down to Eugene again last week to see if we could be of help to Amanda. Her Mom, Celest, passed away on Thursday morning. It was an aggressive cancer and she had slowly been getting weaker each day. But she was full of strength and personality in the… »

… »

Finally got the chance to start seeing people in Portland this weekend. So on Sunday morning we packed up the car and headed for Tricia & Seb’s place in the middle of the country in Hillsboro. It’s a gorgeous spot on the top of a hill with views down two different valleys. They had even… »

After Tricia’s, I got to hang out with Casey for her birthday -leaving the boys (all 5 of them) to fend for themselves and heading off to an amazing free dance performance that moved between 4 different downtown water fountains. The choreography celebrated children’s play (as one of the themes) and it so viscerally reminded… »

Since I had a few hours to spare this morning, I got to join Lena and the girls at the zoo spontaneously.

The highlight (aside from holding Lila’s hand) was the baby elephant who was just learning to use his trunk (picked up a little branch and rolled it half-way up and then used his foot… »