I lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains during the El Nino winter of 1997/98, the year that brought some pretty epic weather to the hills and California in general. That year was all about digging neighbors out from landslides, clearing flooded storm drains, and trying to get my little VW Golf up Highway 17 in […]
Back in the game, again
Usually about midway through a swim workout, I’ll start in on a set of freestyle with a pull buoy and after 100 yards or so I have a moment where I forget what I’m doing. Everything’s blue and my body is just moving, gliding weightless through liquid space. It feels like I’m flying. There’s no […]
Parenting through election hell, Pt. II
Pretty humbled that my Medium post resonated with a few people last month. It feels good to be writing a bit again. My posts are one-part flexing creative muscles, and two parts kicking the tires on various publishing platforms like WordPress and Medium. Very few people read my stuff here, and I don’t promote it. I also […]
Parenting through this crazy election
I wrote some words on Medium about the election and trying to raise civically minded and responsible kids. TL;DR – it’s not easy. When I was young, political news and 60 Minutes sparked an interest in journalism that carried me through college and into a career in media. In addition to a newspaper internship, I […]
Celebrate Every Day Left
This weekend we’re walking again in the annual National Brain Tumor Society’s Silicon Valley Walk. Held at Vasona Park in Los Gatos, the event draws hundreds (thousands?), celebrating the people in their lives who are fighting what are often deadly brain tumors. This year’s walk will be especially emotional. We lost one of our most […]