Mary and Jared are in Kansas visiting family. In their absence, I decided to go see the Simpsons Movie. Mary is not a Simpsons fan and the movie is rated PG-13 so I figured I would do this one alone. I started watching the Simpsons in the late 80′s when I was in college. My [...]

A year ago tomorrow, Jared and I spent a great day at the Foulweather Bluff Preserve in Hansville. We tried to go to the park at Point No Point but were denied due to the lack of parking. Today, Mary, Jared, my mom and I piled into the car and headed up to Hansville. I [...]

I opened a bottle of the blackberry wine that I made last fall. I hinted about making the wine last August but I didn’t end up writing any more about it. I think I was worried that it would not turn out. This was my very first attempt at making wine of any kind. The [...]

Jared had a snake painted on his face during the festivities downtown on the 4th. Above he is waiting for the start of the annual Bainbridge Island 4th of July parade.