Category Archives: Friends

Summer 2022

Summer kicked off with our annual family camping trip–Josef’s tenth in a row!  He also went off to Camp Westwind for a 5 night sleepaway with 4 of his buddies.  Then we shipped him off to Utah for 10 days … Continue reading →

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Winter 2022

As usual, I don’t have too much to report for the winter since I’m in a black hole for 2.5 months.  But before I got sucked in I realized a long-held fantasy to become a sailor by buying an old … Continue reading →

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Trans-Catalina Trail 2021

This was a long weekend excursion I was fortunate to take with my old pal Doug, in November.  We kind of threw it together last minute and it ended up working out really well.  I was quite leery about a … Continue reading →

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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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