A minimalist archive, moments in time.
Halloween 2016: Vikings and Care Bears. The girls went full Viking this year — one in the fur-and-armor getup with face paint striped across her cheeks, the…
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A squall blew through this afternoon and left a rainbow standing over the lake. I watched it through the window at first, the glass still covered in rain, one…
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Into the city for an October playoff game — NLDS, Giants against the Cubs at AT&T Park. Our seats were way up in the view level behind home plate, near the top…
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Over to San Francisco for the ceramics and textiles show at Sharon Art Studio in Golden Gate Park. Two long glass cases of pots — raku pieces mostly, crackle…
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Long weekend, so we took the dog down to the water. The creek is about as low as it gets by early September, running clear over the cobbles — you can count…
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A day of walking through other people's houses around Truckee. First an old log cabin down among the pines — logs painted rust red, a stone chimney running the…
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Up at the cabin in Truckee for a late August weekend. The place looks the same as ever — red logs, the stone chimney, the old wagon wheel still leaning against…
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Over the hill to Lafayette for the swim meet — hot, and the LMYA Dolphins tents ran the whole far side of the pool with the crowd packed under them. Our kid…
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Drove over to Lafayette for the swim meet. The whole ready area was rows of black folding chairs under an awning, girls scooting forward one chair at a time as…
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Walked the lake loop at the Broadmoor while a storm stacked up over Cheyenne Mountain. The clouds kept trading places with the blue — dark over the ridge,…
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