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Tonight Chris and I watched Inside the Twin Towers on the Discovery Channel. During a commercial we were talking about being "prepared" for a disas...

and then took a bit of a turn. After coming home from a couple errands, I was eating and Chris was surfing online and Simon was out watching the el...

Right now I am enjoying a completely uneventful, "normal" Saturday morning. Chris is reading the paper. We are watching some of Simon's favorite vi...

This week's Studio Friday topic is about breaking free from Artist Block. Everyone gets to a point where they are just stuck, when the juices aren'...

Just wanted to let you guys know that because of your strong support Chris will receive a $1000 campaign donation from Oregon Congressman Earl Blum...

One of the things I have been working on around here is setting up a newsletter. This will be different from the Cafe Press newsletter - it will be...

The two newest residents in our home. No names. Just "fish." We attended an event last Friday night and the hostess had a cool fish tank with a bun...

garbage bags. They are good for collecting and hauling stuff. That's my happiness today (along with going to the "cool" park this morning with Chri...

Excess. Love it? Hate it? Indifferent? Right now, I am hating it. It seems like it is all around me. I wrote a bit in my journal about it yesterday...

Simon and I have been exploring area parks this week. So many good ones to choose from. Today we checked out a new one by the river - it is amazing...

at the way that Simon has been talking since I got home from NZ/Australia. He is actually engaging in conversation, answering questions, asserting ...

Chris here with a guest post. It’s great to have Ali back home from her travels. I like having her here to share my daily campaign trail stories wi...

is kinda strange after being gone for so long. It is all the same and different all at once. An adjustment back into my normal existence I suppose....

I am HOME.

Just finished up two days of whirlwind teaching in Sydney. Eight classes over two days with half-hour breaks in between - amazing craziness is what...

Hello, Australia. I think we were all a little giddy upon landing in Sydney last night. There seemed to be lots of singing - at least on Cathy's pa...

someone I know jumped out of this plane today.

Live from Napier, New Zealand: Download nz_podcast.mp3 It is REALLY funny when you are here in the room. Yes, we are a little bit on the crazy side.