Category Archives: Friends

Holidays 2021

With flights being so cheap from EUG to PDX, we decided to make the main Christmas gift this year a trip to Los Angeles.  We left on the 26th and took Josef to Santa Monica so he could see his … Continue reading

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Spring 2022

This spring started off with sad news that Rachael’s cancer had returned.  We battened down the hatches for 3 months of chemo during tax season, and Gramannette came to our rescue once again to help out with the hearth and … Continue reading

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Fall 2021

Josef started 4th grade in September.  I always remembered that as one of my favorite school years, and I hope it is similarly memorable for him.  To celebrate a modest return to normalcy (i.e. actually gathering together in groups again) … Continue reading

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Summer 2021

We kicked off summer with one of our biggest family camps yet.  James and Sarah Jane,  Janet and Henrique both came to join in at our new location off the Alsea River.  It was over 100 in Corvallis the entire … Continue reading

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Summer 2020

Given that it was the worst summer of my life…it was pretty good!  Like many Covidians, I devoted my time and money to making our home a fun place to be stuck all summer.  We got a trampoline and a … Continue reading

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Holidays 2019

This holiday season turned out to be pretty jam-packed!  We haven’t left town for Thanksgiving or Christmas since we moved to Corvallis,  (OK, Salem doesn’t count) and I must say that it’s been quite fantastic.  This year was a little … Continue reading

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Fall 2019

Hello folks; I will attempt to cram in a short synopsis of our autumnal activities before tax season subsumes all the extraneous time in my life. It would seem that the length of my posts is inversely correlated to Josef’s … Continue reading

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Summer 2019

Below you will find some highlights from our summer. We kicked things off as usual, with a group camping trip on the Breitenbush river. This was the first year that Josef’s risk threshold was equal to or greater than my … Continue reading

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Spring 2019

I’ll let the pictures below do most of the talking.  We had a crazy flood this spring which was kind of exciting.  Josef was thriving in the 1st Grade, and he lucked out with a really spectacular 8th Grader buddy … Continue reading

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Autumn 2018

I’m so pleased to report that this has really been one of the best autumns in recent memory.  Josef has been thriving, and a delightful boy–the man-to-man talk we had before school seemed to resonate.  And the thoughtful intention Rachael … Continue reading

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