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Our big orange cat Cletus fell ill in October with what was most likely liver cancer. He held on for another two months, until finally, yesterday, December 9, he let me know that his suffering was too great. I took him to an emergency clinic, where I met Dr. Deeb, who was [...]

Here’s a route that Daniele and I have used a few times for exercise. It’s a really pretty ride, down along the bosque. As long as you travel when it’s not too hot, you’ll have a really nice ride.

Over the labor day weekend, we drove out to California during an unusually horrible heatwave to spend some time visiting with our friends, the Bramhalls. During our visit, in addition to sweating, we had the opportunity to ride our bikes along the Pacific Coast Highway, which was an absolutely wonderful experience.
You can see our route [...]

Last Sunday, to celebrate eleven years of being together, Daniele and I took the tram up to Sandia Crest. The crest was covered in clouds, and it was nice and cool up there. As was to be expected, we had our cameras in hand, and we took some pretty spectacular photographs. Feel free to check [...]

Yesterday, Daniele and I took a day trip, sans children, up to the Valles Caldera national preserve (via Los Alamos), and then back home through the Jemez Mountains. We had a great time, and took lots of photographs to remind us of the trip.
We had such a good time, we’ve decided that we’re going to [...]