Our 10th wedding anniversary

Yesterday was our 10th wedding anniversary, and we spent it in Leavenworth, WA — the first just-us trip we’ve taken since our daughter was born (even further back, actually: the first since our honeymoon). It was a short overnight trip that somehow managed to feel like it lasted much longer, in the best possible way. […]

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On Lake Union

On Saturday night, the kiddo and I slept aboard the Arthur Foss, an 1889 tugboat moored on Seattle’s Lake Union. We shared a tiny cabin, toured the ship, and had an absolutely marvelous time. It’s a deceptively large ship — at least as much of it is below the waterline as above it. It weighs

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163 flights of stairs

What’s that, Empire State Building? I can’t hear you from the top of the Burj Khalifa. Today I hauled 135 boxes up from the basement to the ground floor and staged them for our upcoming move. Then I jogged up and down the stairs a few extra times to hit 163 floors for the day.

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Albion Basin

We just got back from a camping trip in Albion Basin, which is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been. Moose are common up there, and we saw not one, but four, in the same evening. The shot below is from Cecret Lake, at about 9,700 feet, with Sugarloaf in the background (11,000

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Charlie the hound

Our dog Charlie died today at age 17. My wife got him as a puppy, I entered the picture when he was 9, and our daughter has known him for 4 years. He fell asleep in my wife’s arms while I was on the way home, and she passed him to me to hold when

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A whole hamburger!?

My dog Charlie’s thought process when I gave him a whole hamburger on the way back from the vet: There’s a hamburger right there! I’m going to grab it! I GOT IT! Ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod there’s an ENTIRE HAMBURGER in my mouth! Wow that doesn’t fit at all! Quick eat the rest before the fat

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