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JULY 6, 2011·Truckee, California
A Week by the Lake in Early July
Spent a week up by the lake in early July. The days are long and the evenings are quiet. The first night ended with the sun dipping behind the hills, leaving a…
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JULY 1, 2011
A Simple Beach Day from July 2011
A day from July 2011, spent mostly on the sand. We found a spot near a thatched-roof palapa where we could look out over the water. The ocean was incredibly…
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MAY 27, 2011·San Francisco, California
A Sunny Afternoon at the Preschool Playground
A bright, sunny afternoon in the Bay Area back in late May 2011. This was the scene at the local preschool playground, a familiar space filled with kids…
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MAY 13, 2011·San Francisco, California
A Teddy Bear Picnic Day at Preschool
Back in May of 2011, I dropped in on my kid's preschool class for what appeared to be their annual Teddy Bear Picnic day. The classroom was buzzing, brightly…
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MAY 11, 2011·San Francisco, California
A Morning of Rehearsal and Play at Preschool
May 11, 2011. A pretty standard day at the co-op preschool. The kids started out in the main hall, which looks like it's part of a church. They were lining up…
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APRIL 2, 2011·Playa Bonita
A Quiet Week of Salt Air and Slow Days
The end of March bled into the beginning of April, and most of our days looked pretty similar. The routine was simple: find a spot on the sand, sometimes under…
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FEBRUARY 12, 2011·San Francisco, California
A Winter Evening Out for Dinner in the South Bay
A Saturday night out in February 2011. We ended up at a restaurant called Roessler's. I remember the Tudor-style building, which stood out against the deep…
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JANUARY 31, 2011·San Francisco, California
A Day Out with the Animal Statues
We took the kids out for a walk on a Sunday at the end of January. The weather was mild, and the place we went was full of lush, almost tropical plants that…
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JANUARY 22, 2011·San Francisco, California
A January Hike in the Bay Area Hills
A clear Saturday in late January, 2011. We went for a short hike somewhere in the East Bay hills. It was that time of year when everything is green from the…
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DECEMBER 30, 2010·Truckee, California
A Clear, Cold Day Skiing Above Lake Tahoe
We made it up to Heavenly for a day trip at the end of December 2010. The ride up the gondola offered an immediate, stunning view of the lake, rising above the…
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