A few months ago, our family lost it’s matriarch.  As hard as it was, our family is amazing.  We gathered, mourned the loss, and tried to move forward with grace and gratitude.  At a time like that you spend a lot of time focused on mothers and grandmothers, but one thing I noticed was the [...]

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So Lapster and I have had a very “Memorial Day” weekend — we went to see the new Indiana Jones movie (long story short — it was brilliant — will write more later), had a bunch of bbq’s at the house, and then we went to buy a bike for me.  Apparently, everyone else in [...]

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So my dear friends Trisha and Aaron just had a beautiful baby daughter named Maggie.  I’m so excited by this new arrival, but as I was sharing all my press success with Seeds of Compassion — I see that this new little bundle of joy is getting her own press. . .
lucky girl.

Washington Post - [...]

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The FAA has mandated an upgrade to the famous ‘Black Box’ - the flight recorder which has an almost techno-religious status. It details the downfall of life and rises from the ashes to tell the story.
My interest in this subject comes from a memory - a trip to the beach in Edmonds, Washington. One Saturday, [...]

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VTgirl and I had a great time in Rohobeth, Delaware, on New Years! We got in the day before, spent the day hanging out with her friends and chewing the fat in a beautiful rental house a few blocks from the beach. One of the best things about this trip was that I got to [...]

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So, it’s snowing in Vermont right now. I got my white Christmas two days late!
Of course, I felt I had to leave Seattle to get it, but not this year! It snowed for a few hours on Christmas Day…
If you’d like to see footage the new kitchen in the Williams house, click here.
(I’d recommend waiting [...]

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We bid a fond farewell to Pixel (aka Lil’Bit, Bit & Bitters)…
She succumbed to a kind of catastrophe…where medicine can’t diagnose clearly why things have gone so awry…
After surviving a first visit to the hospital, we brought her home and within days her spirits where high. Her appetite came back and she wanted to play, [...]

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SO…Pixel went to the hospital a few days ago. She’d come back from the vet a few days earlier and had a clean bill of health from the doctor but something was amiss, and missed, by Mark our ten-year-old-going on 50 veterinarian.
Pixel stopped eating on Friday. She was vomiting regularly. She hasn’t loved the transition [...]

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Here are kittens, loved by anyone who likes cats…do you like cats? These cats will kick your cats behinds when it comes to cuteness.
They’re names are Lola…
 
And Pixel…
 
 
SEE MORE PHOTOS!!!

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This weekend Lapster and I went on our first camping trip of the season. We usually plan a few weekend excursions each summer. This year, we decided to get started early — and headed up to Deception Pass. Washington State has an incredible number of parks (120 state parks, 4 National Parks, [...]

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