Like many people, I’ve watched my fair share of surfing flicks. From Endless Summer to Riding the Giants. Each time thinking, “Damn, that looks like fun.”
Guess what. It is.
I had my chance to catch my first wave yesterday. On a day set aside to honor the sacrifice of soldiers who have paid the ultimate [...]
What can I say….I had to come back for another round of this Camano Studio Tour. I’ve been working with these guys since last fall and while I’ve been excited about this crazy cool arts community since I first met them, it wasn’t until I actually experienced the Tour last week that I “got it.” [...]
I’m still totally geeking out about last night’s Little League game. The Firepups faced off against American Sunset, the team that seemed unbeatable at the start of the season.
What a difference a month makes.
These kids were on FIRE. Both sides played well, and it’s clear they are all starting to “get” the game a [...]
I spent the better part of this past weekend on the Camano Studio Tour on Camano Island. This community of artists is concentrated in a 40 square mile area and for the past 12 years these artists have opened their studios to the visiting public to see how they work, talk about their art and [...]
Sometimes you have opportunities in life to touch something truly extraordinary. I’ve been blessed to have had that opportunity with Start Out Right.
An event that began literally as a dream in 2007, Start Out Right takes place in late August to provide backpacks filled with school supplies for the kids in the community of Casino [...]
Running is one of the only sports that brings together people of all ages, shapes and sizes and pits weekend warriors against professional Kenyan speedsters on any given Sunday morning.
I began running with relative frequency after my second child, Josefina, was born. My first half marathon was roughly nine months after her birth. Since [...]
It’s been roughly a year since my awesome and amazing cousin passed away. She was 26 years old and though she fought a hard battle against cancer, she eventually succumbed to the disease, mere months after her wedding. Months after a day that typically marks “the beginning,” she met her end.
A pilot in the [...]
You know those rare moments when you sit back and look at your life from a million miles away? Like it’s a movie being played out in front of you, suddenly you can step away from the minutia of the everyday and appreciate the whole of it all.
Had one of those during a bout [...]
My son just had his first Little League practice. Already, I can see the potential for lifelong lessons being taught here.
Let me back up first to the previous week when he had tryouts. The local kids met up at the school baseball diamond and the league coaches watched them all perform drills: throw, catch, [...]
Actually, I’m not a big believer in regrets. Never really saw the point of living in the past and holding on to some sort of “woulda…coulda…shoulda” ideal. Everything happens for a reason and even the most colossal mistakes are opportunities for change, growth or at least a good laugh or two.
There were stops we [...]
