Latest Adventures

Mission and Monument Peak

Eagle Lake

Heavenly Ski Resort

My latest 20 books. I rated nine of them 5/5! Am I getting soft in my old age or am I just getting lucky with my book choices?! Out of the 20, my top three were All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy, Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, and I W
Pictures from my hike up #missionpeak and #monumentpeak
@cassiezhangs and I backpacked at #eaglelake near #laketahoe for one night.
My first 10 books of 2025. I rated 1/2 of them 5 stars, so this year is off to a fantastic start! My favorite was Attachments by Rainbow Rowell; mostly because I happen to have a friend who seems to similar to one of the key characters in this book a
Some pictures I took at #alcatraz (Anna took the second one, actually)
@cassiezhangs and I started off 2025 with a hike!
The second half of my landscape (orientation) photos from Korea.
South Korea in the winter is bitterly cold, but the warm food and lovely people more than make up for it. My favorite photo of this bunch was taken by Anna, who is blossoming into a wonderful photographer.
The last 6 books (I’m pretty sure) of 2024. There’s only one 5 star book here, which is Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents. This book does such a good job of linking how bad parenting can show up in fully-grown adults. It was
Ok, I had a lucky last 10 books, with half of them being 5 star books! Ok first up is The Vegetarian by Han Kang. This remarkable book is fascinating, dark, and compelling—one I did not want to put down. And even after I put it down, I can&rsqu
@ibok_rescue was an amazing place to visit and play with kittens.
Our final two days in LA.
We had a wonderful time at @crumbs_whiskers where we got to know these mild-mannered kittens that we hope gets adopted soon. They were all so cute, but Mittens and Luna were just so lovely!
The latest 10 books. Of note were Lord of the Flies, Of Mice and Men, and The Magic Fish. I knew how Lord of the Flies would go, as I heard most of the details previously, but the details were still affecting and tragic. Of Mice and Men I read in hig
Pictures from our fun day at @thehuntingtonlibrary and the @balloon_museum
Some artsy photos from @thehuntingtonlibrary