Time to reflect on a good year. I’d never really traveled in my life, but 2023 saw this change dramatically for me. Growing up, we…
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Published January 1, 2024
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Published February 5, 2023
Venerable Master Hsing Yun
Venerable Master Hsing Yun passed away today. He was a wonderful human, beloved teacher and writer, and I am grateful to be a student of…
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Published November 30, 2022
Ubuntu Summit – Prague
November of 2022, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to attend Ubuntu Summit in the gorgeous city of Prague. It was my first…
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Published February 9, 2022
Deadlift progress
In December of 2020, I had knee surgery. Luckily, I recovered fairly quick and was able to pull 455 in February of 2021. Not a…
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Published January 9, 2022
2021
My Amazon Photos account auto-magically produced this year in review video. I really enjoyed looking back on a year of smiles so I thought I’d…
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Published January 2, 2022
A look ahead to 2022
Well, here we are again. Another year gone by, still essentially in quarantine, but still smiling. It’s been a good year. First off, Ian started…
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Published September 10, 2021
Happy 18th Birthday Ian
I’m so proud of you and the brilliant, compassionate, caring person you’ve grown up to be.I love you more than life itself. Happy birthday best…
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Published June 27, 2021
Father’s Day
Ever since we’ve moved up to the gorgeous state of Oregon, a new tradition has started for my Father’s day; we all go to find…
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Published June 21, 2021
A trip to Seattle with my dude
Once we got through Ian’s graduation, he and I got to take a short overnight trip to Seattle. (and, bonus, Dawn got some much needed…
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Published June 16, 2021
Happy Graduation Ian!
Our Ian has graduated high school! He has completed both the Computer Science Pathway and Engineering Pathway for Project Lead The Way. He also is…
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Published April 5, 2021
47
Turned 47 on Friday. Dawn reminded me I’m no longer in my mid-40’s; now I’m in my late 40’s – haha. We started the day…
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Published March 21, 2021
Bees
We just bought a box of mason bee cocoons from Farmington Gardens for the backyard! Found this video incredibly helpful as I have no idea…
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Published March 15, 2021
Dawn took me to see the Troll Bridge ?
She knows how much I love seeing all the weird things out here and this was perfect.
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Published February 22, 2021
Pruned the fruit trees
It was so nice to spend some time outside today. Ian and I got to prune the fruit trees, and I started getting a few…
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Published January 5, 2021
Finally got to deadlift again
Recovery from my meniscus surgery has been going really well and with it being less than a month since, I’m much further along than I…
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Published January 3, 2021
A look ahead to 2021
It’s a new year, and with this comes a time to look back and reflect, as well as set a few goals. 2020 was interesting…
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Published December 27, 2020
Christmas 2020
https://twitter.com/i/status/1342601366322069504 Had a nice quiet Christmas at home with Dawn and Ian this year. We got to do video chats with our families, open presents…
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Published December 25, 2020
Made Swedish limpa bread today
Swedish Rye Limpa Bread recipe Had a great time baking today and I’m looking forward to trying it with our Swedish meatballs, potato sausage, and…
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Published December 24, 2020
Wednesday 23 December 2020
Had a good day today. Dawn recently found a place called Otto’s Sausage Kitchen and had visited to buy me some potato sausage, bangers, and…
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Published December 12, 2020
Meniscus surgery
So a little while back I hurt my knee. I don’t think I did it in the gym, but out in the garden of all…
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