Category Archives: All Things Family

Family Album: We’re in Training.

Posted on June 22, 2019 by

You would think we’d have it figured out by now. Practice makes perfect, right? But even though we’ve raised four kids and we’re on our fourth dog, we are most definitely still learning. About kids. About dogs. And about kids … Continue reading →

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Family Album: SuperCaleighLilyisticEvieVividocious

Posted on June 15, 2019 by

And we thought we were busy in New York! We had to get back to California to greet some very important guests. Tina brought the girls up to meet Lily – good thing, since that little puppy is well on … Continue reading →

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The Golden Standard.

Posted on May 11, 2019 by

There’s a saying for when you take something perfect and try to improve upon it. This, of course, was perfection: Chloe left us almost a year ago, followed by her sister, Soho, and nothing has been quite the same since. … Continue reading →

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Family Album: Christmas 2018

Posted on December 29, 2018 by

We’ll get back to the Danube next week, but for now, still basking in what might have been our best Christmas ever. The house and our hearts all bursting at the seams. So great to have all the siblings together: … Continue reading →

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Farewell to our party girl.

Posted on August 18, 2018 by

I always get a catch in my throat when I see an old person with an old dog. Always walking slowly, giving each other time, honoring long years together. You know what’s sadder than old people with their old dogs? … Continue reading →

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Missoula.

Posted on July 28, 2018 by

I’ve been trying to get to Missoula for decades. It was worth the wait. Now I will always remember the Clark Fork River. And the train whistle that sounds just often enough to remind you that it was the Northern … Continue reading →

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Friends in high places: Sun Valley

Posted on July 14, 2018 by

I don’t know if it was the altitude or the company or something in the water. Whatever it was, I’ll have more, please: our week in Sun Valley positively glowed. Maybe it was all the flowers. Everywhere we looked! Or … Continue reading →

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