Happy birthday 101 Pat-Downs!
Drum roll, please… It’s officially book day!! What started in Cactus Land 11 years ago and finished in Sacramento during a pandemic is …
There’s Still Time for Summer Reading
If you have a teacher or academic in your life, be gentle right now. Because now is about the time they’re looking …
Late summer, in snapshots
Although it’s very nearly pumpkin time, the sudden spike of Sacramento heat has me thinking about the lovely last bits of summer. …
School’s out for summer!
Plus or minus 700 pages of grading in the last week. This teacher is tired and SO EXCITED FOR SUMMER! Pile-o-grading xoxo, …
Childhood dreams
We made them crowd into the shed, sweltering in the Sacramento summer. It was our “classroom.” And by golly, we had signed …
13 things my spring gardener self needs to know
The holy grail of gardening. As the summer gardening season fades away, I’ve got a bone to pick with myself for the …
#100HappyDays: A lazy Fourth of July
The best place to spend a 100-degree Fourth of July Amid the canon balls, Olympic-level dives and doggy paddles (literally, on that …
#100HappyDays: First Caprese salad of the season
First Caprese salad of the season, June 29, 2014. Beefsteak tomatoes pulled from the garden + basil snipped from the front porch …
#100HappyDays: Flying over the Sierra Foothills
Flying to Calaveras County Airport, June 26, 2014 A huge part of learning to fly is navigation–knowing where you are, where you …
#100HappyDays: Summer flying over Sacramento
Flying over Sacramento on June 25, 2014 You know what I love? A surprise 70-something day to break up the oppressive Sacramento …