When it's cloudy I optimistically assume it's going to be a little warmer.  I think of the clouds as nice fluffy earth blankets.  That wasn't the case in Sedona.  It got progressively colder as the week went on (and we...

I like to write about the funny and sometimes-only-funny-after-the-fact stuff that happens to us.  It's super easy when it's something that actually happened to us - I just add a bit cynicism or obvious truth to the commentary and the...

We're an ocean family.  Mom wanted to dip her toes in the Pacific so we decided to take a day trip to Santa Cruz. We didn't know much about the place.  We headed off in that direction on a recommendation...