thoughts, tales and travels
through a hushed and foggy park before breakfast this morning. I left my phone at home because I thought it was too foggy for pictures. A scant few days past the equinox, and the birds are already increasing their activity in response to the slightly longer days. We heard the...
Symphony concert at the lovely Hult Center, camelias in bloom, a trip to Portland with a stop at Powels City of Books and a Performance of Hairspray, Christmas gift from son Ben. Easter brought precious grands Maizy and Joe, not too old yet for one more Easter egg hunt. Tony...
Went walking with Bill at Delta Ponds yesterday while our Prius was getting an oil change. It was a dim day, sky sagging with the predicted afternoon rain. Good day for ducks, and they were out on the pond, along with coots and egrets and herons. At the end of...
Bill and I met at the parking garage near the market, free on Saturdays, and then set off towards the steps beside the lovely Victorian Shelton-McMurphy House leading up the back side of Skinner’s Butte. We’re trying to get in some hills to get psyched up for Tibet in the...
It was a beautiful day for the Prefontaine Classic at Historic Hayward Field, with cool breezes wafting through the sun-warmed air. We sat in the old East Grandstand for the last time last night. After this season, the whole track complex will be taken apart and redone. Before that happens,...
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