November flew by, in the best way possible, I had a couple trips, spent time with family, and made a lot of progress on projects at work. It was a little jarring to discover that now, in mid-December, I hadn’t yet writtern about Halloween! As I’ve written about before, Halloween is my favorite holiday. We […]
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Autumn activities and Sukkot
October 30th, 2024 by pleia2
Autumn has always been my favorite season. I love pumpkin spice, the cooler weather, and Halloween. There are always a lot of festivals and fun things around, and we always find a handful of Halloween activities to go to with the kids. It’s also a busy time since we also observe the High Holy days […]
Niles Canyon Railway Train
October 28th, 2024 by pleia2
On Sunday, October 13th we made our way over to Niles Canyon Railway for my birthday present: tickets on the steam train! The weather was beautiful and we arrived right on time to line up to board the train. The train leaves from Sunol and you take about a 90 minute journey south through lots […]
Science in the Park, a robot, and being organic
October 19th, 2024 by pleia2
In early October we discovered a local annual event called Science in the Park. It was at a nearby university campus, and it sounds like it hadn’t been held in several years as a result of the pandemic so it was our first time going. We weren’t sure what to expect, but it definitely exceeded […]
Birthday and Rosh Hashanah
October 18th, 2024 by pleia2
On September 29th I turned 43 years old. It was actually kind of a bummer, because the boys and I were dreadfully sick with a cold that included fevers. In the days around it, they missed school and everyone slept poorly. We couldn’t go out to swim class, a movie at the theater with Adam’s […]
MUNI Heritage Weekend 2024
October 4th, 2024 by pleia2
Last year we missed MUNI Heritage Weekend due to the whole house being taken down by a COVID-19 infection, so with everyone feeling well this year, we made sure to make our return to the festival I love! This year marks the first time MJ and Aaron have attended, with me having gone a bunch […]
After work with the kiddos (and without)
October 2nd, 2024 by pleia2
I talk a lot about our big weekend adventures, but what do people get up to with their pre-school and elementary kiddos on weekday evenings? Activities with kids is one of those topics that I wasn’t prepared for at all as a parent. I quickly discovered that my own after-work hobbies are largely incompatible with […]
A horse, a donkey, and a Cessna
September 19th, 2024 by pleia2
We have been busy lately. It’s just the time of year, there are always lots of events at the end of summer and beginning of autumn when the weather is perfect. It’s always been my favorite time of year. Last weekend we took advantage of the beautiful weather by visiting one of MJ’s colleagues up […]
Our last A’s game in Oakland
September 17th, 2024 by pleia2
I attended my first Oakland A’s game on May 17th 2010, just a few months after moving to San Francisco. I wrote about it here: Art and Baseball and the A’s won 8 to 4. A friend of mine I met through the Ubuntu community brought me along and hooked me up with the opportunity […]
Summer joy through the clouds
September 16th, 2024 by pleia2
Depression is something I feel like that even I fail to fully understand until I’m in the depths of it. I have to very carefully manage my priorities, because some days I just hit a wall and I need to make sure I get to work and that life-sustaining basics are done for myself and […]