For those who have been following me for awhile, one of the garden/craft proje cts I wrote about last summer was pumpkin scratching. It...

One of the first hikes Katelyn and I took in late December last year was in the area of Bodega Dunes. We had gone to Doran Beach several...

Have I mentioned how much learning we've done on these hikes? I think this hike that Katelyn and I took on January 15th was the time...

This was actually the first of our hiking adventures, taken on January 2nd on a trip back from Fairfax. We were looking for a fairly...

Over the holidays Katelyn and I tried to fit in as many hikes as we could, balancing weather and her work schedule. We did a total of 7...

Anyone who knew my Mom knows that she contributed to the Mariposa Fair in many ways. From the early days when she headed up the PTA...

My Mom's first paying job after nearly 30 years of marriage and motherhood was at the Wagon Wheel Restaurant in Mariposa, as a "cook's...

You might think this is an exaggeration, but it's true that my Mom was known far and wide for her "Chinese Fried Walnuts". She got the...

After 24 years, I finally got around to making a quilt for Katelyn. I had made one for Brian when he was 3, but you know what they say...

While this quote is attributed to Charles Schulz, I think most people will agree that chocolate is one of our favorite "go to" comfort...

I saw this quote for the first time in a cake shop in Budapest when Katelyn and I were there during our girls' trip. Eating cake for...

One of Katelyn's favorite running places is Helen Putnam, and often we go there to run/walk/hike. Usually I walk the trails and she runs...

“In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.” -- Rachel Carson In the...

It's a classic retirement activity - bird watching. We enjoy all sorts of birds in our yard, but it's only recently that the goldfinches...

You might say I come by it naturally, my love of eggs. After all, I was born on an egg ranch and was gathering eggs before I started...

I have been waiting all summer to share our latest home project with you. Our front lawn needed to be down-sized, and we were fortunate...

Put out a variety of fillings and everyone has fun "making their own" calzone. While making homemade pizza dough and sauce is not...

If you google "biscuits and..." the top options are all gravy. Personally, I am not a huge fan of biscuits and gravy, I have found many...

This summer one of our outdoor days at the Coast was spent in Point Reyes. This was my first time using alltrails.com, and it was very...

They say that time spent at the beach is never wasted, and I learned that lesson well earlier this summer. With the shutdown limiting...