Family

Cousinalia

November 9, 2015November 5, 2015 Steve 1 Comment California, Family

I grew up with two cousins, an uncle, and an aunt. Ellen grew up with infinite cousins, uncles, and aunts. In addition, distance of cousins (first, second, third, removed, etc.) is not much of a consideration in her family. The only exception is going through the common ritual of diagramming the family tree to each other. […]

Post Card from Ellen’s Edge!

November 8, 2015November 9, 2015 Ellen 7 Comments California, Conversation, Family, Friends, Planning, Postcard from Ellen's Edge, Travelling

Carole King and Cat Stevens are singing to me and Steve is tolerating it pretty well. We have made it to the ocean! I keep getting asked what it is like to be on the road together so much,what do we do? How are we getting along? Well, we read a lot, listen to books […]

Santa Cruz Environs

November 7, 2015November 3, 2015 Steve 2 Comments Beach, California, Family, Food, Point of Interest, Travelling

Blakey was a great tour guide, exploring Santa Cruz and its surrounding area with us. We drove up to UC Santa Cruz. I didn’t get photos, but the place seemed like a ski resort without snow. The buildings didn’t look anything like any college I’ve ever seen. It is located on top of a mountain, […]

Blakey’s Tiny House

November 4, 2015November 3, 2015 Steve 1 Comment California, Family, Point of Interest

Tiny houses are hot right now. We even saw one being hauled on a trailer as we were driving through North Dakota. Not to miss out, Blakey is staying at her Uncle Tim’s “Sunshower Farm” estate in a bright yellow tiny house. Her brother Peter suggested that it is much like her second place while […]

Sunshower Farm

November 3, 2015November 3, 2015 Steve California, Family, Food, Friends

We pulled into Sunshower Farm in Soquel, (not to be confused with SoCal), on Thursday afternoon. Amy was there to greet us, Blakey came an hour later. Sunshower Farm is a property that Ellen’s brother Tim and his then wife Sue bought and built about 25 years ago. Molly, their daughter was born and raised […]

Barbara, Hyla, and Al

October 28, 2015October 26, 2015 Steve 1 Comment Conversation, Event, Family, Food, Travelling, Western US

We went to Eugene, Oregon to see Barbara, Hyla, and Alfonso. Barbara is a cousin. By pure coincidence, another cousin, Susan, was visiting from Hawaii. Ellen hadn’t seen her since childhood. I first met Barbara and Hyla when they visited us in Linden Hills several years ago. We pulled up fairly late on Saturday. It […]

Door County in the Autumn

October 18, 2015 Steve 2 Comments Door County, Family, Friends

We went over to Door County to see my mom and to enjoy the fall colors. The drive over was nice, we many trees in full bloom. We had a killing frost Saturday night, so it probably pushed the remaining straggling trees over the edge. We got there on Wednesday in time to attend the […]

Roots

October 9, 2015 Steve 2 Comments Family, Point of Interest, Travelling, Wisconsin

On the way back from the memorial/reunion in Kentucky (Ellen’s family), we decided to spend the night in Baraboo, Wisconsin (my family). My grandparents Donahue were born and raised in this general area. Baraboo First things first. We drove up to West Street to see the Grandma and Grandpa’s house. Back in the day, the […]

Latest Macfolio

September 12, 2015September 8, 2015 Steve 1 Comment Family, Saint Paul

Mac has really loved being at Big Carnelian Lake –

Poet’s Nest

August 15, 2015 Steve 1 Comment Door County, Family, The Arts

A few days ago Ellen and I travelled over to Door County to see my poet mother, Barbara Larsen, read from her latest book Poet’s Nest. The Ephraim, Wisconsin Unitarian Community holds a monthly Emily Dickinson night in which a local poet is featured. There is also an open microphone in which poet’s read their […]