Category Archives: Family

“That’s The Best Present EVER!” Part II

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Al

…this is a guy who, when he bought his one and only car (which he no longer uses), decided on one so small, that if you got in trouble and it broke down, you could just pick it up and put it in your pocket – the Smart Car. Continue reading →

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“That’s the Best Present EVER!” (Part I)

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Al

I pretty much hate wallets – they just take up too much room. And now, in the second decade of the twenty-first century, I don’t need much cash. A twenty dollar bill, folded over twice, sometimes lasts me a whole month. Continue reading →

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Christmas 2013

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Al

Cheryl and I have been in this house for thirty years – nearly half our lives. Kids have come and gone, along with dogs, cats, and other pets. But we’re still here, along with the cedar, fir and hemlock trees which surround us. Continue reading →

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A Festivus For The Rest of Us

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Al

…you don’t want to suppress or exclude somebody else, keep them feeling ostracized, so the way to bring them in is find the common ground, not have two separate celebrations. Then we can all join in, and be stronger together. Continue reading →

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Go Your Own Way

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Al

Rumours would go on to sell 40,000,000 copies, one of the top ten albums of all time. And I would go on to have at 4 more decades of skiable snow, loving every fresh fallen flake. Even the no snow years (like the last two) are better than no years at all. Continue reading →

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St. Geroge 70.3

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Al

My triathlon season started the first weekend of May, in St. George, Utah. Cheryl and I flew out to Salt Lake, then rented a car and drove down to nearly the Arizona border, “Utah’s Dixie”. We’d been through this area … Continue reading →

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Along the Littoral

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Al

The biggest draw of Savages, though is not the blood or dope, but the scenery… the action is always softened by that barely perceptible but insistent call to “catch a wave, and you’re sitting’ on top of the world”. Continue reading →

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The Princess

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Al

“His thing is going further, longer and sometimes faster. If you are not half dead and out of food by the time you get home, you haven’t gone far enough.” Continue reading →

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Powder Day

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Al

Thirty years ago, on powder days, my father would drive me over to the lift. I’d have to haul out the monstrous 18” snow blower and clear the driveway, curving 400’ downhill. We’d leave about 8:05, exactly the right amount … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2012

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Al

Wishing you all the Best of the Season and Beyond! Continue reading →

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