Can you see it? Look really really closely… it’s on the left side of the Charden. How about now? Sure looks like rainbow chard… but I don’t know what it is… I planted this bed full of rainbow chard, and this is the sole seedling… the survivor… the volunteer?.. the naturally selected. The seed packet says that they should take… (more…)
I love this…. go ahead, you can watch it again… I’ll wait. Dwight and I have a lot in common actually. I used to listen to a lot of heavy metal… I can see how Mötley Crüe could psych you up. I used to crank up the music to be ready to face my day. I think I need to… (more…)
My big girl is 6 today. I asked her if she felt different today – and she told me that, ‘yes, I feel grown up today’. And she acted grown up today… Before I get into what went down today, let me provide some kindergarten context. Breaking the circuit Claudia did the birthday party circuit last year, and the year… (more…)
One quick week home… it went like this… Gardening, cleaning, 90-day planning, connecting, networking, things-are-looking-up! Spring is springing and work is working! But I’m back on the road – in New Orleans this week – focusing on my day job. It’s conference time. Here’s my prediction: Excitement, networking, (beer), planning, geology, lunching, dining, (beer), schmoozing… a bit of shopping…. fading….… (more…)
Last Monday – I was home with my eldest child, as she was still on ‘Spring Break’. Lucky for us, the weather was beautiful, and it happened to be 3-4 weeks prior to the last average frost in my area. Good time to start planting the garden. Yippee!! First things first… empty that compost pile into the beds. Claudia helped… (more…)
Hola! I’ve just returned from Badger Summit 2.0 in Costa Rica. It was an incredible week of friends, sun, pool, sunsets, cameras, kids, fish, snorkeling, monkeys, Imperial, rum, carrot orange juice, guacamole, more sun… sunblock… Gracias. We were fortunate to be located directly on the beach – with incredible sunsets over the Pacific every night. The above photo was taken… (more…)