A Walk In Alum Rock Park
We took advantage of Mo’s not being with us today to take a hike in Alum Rock park, in San Jose.
Not a bad way to end a continent, eh?
We took advantage of Mo’s not being with us today to take a hike in Alum Rock park, in San Jose.
Not a bad way to end a continent, eh?
Had a good time sailing last week, with a former business associate, Zara Haimo, and her friends. Zara recently bought a 36′ boat and takes it out on occasion. The four of us (Zara, Ursula, her son Jonathan, and me) sailed out to Alcatraz, up to Marin, out the Golden Gate and back. The winds…
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Deb and I took a “hike” in our favorite park in San Jose — Alum Rock Park. Walking by the Youth Science Institute, pictured here on the right, we noticed a lot of activity taking place in the park next to the YSI building Here’s what we saw: It looked like a group of girls,…
The end arrived today for our family dog, Moab, aka Mo, aka Mo-jo. He’s been “failing” of late — not being able to walk very far. Not able to climb stairs or even get up off the floor without difficulty. He had noticeable tumors and increasing pain. It was his time, and I…