Today was beach day. That was pretty much it except for homemade banana pudding for Liz for her birthday and gifts for Liz and me since our birthdays are close. Low key and lovely. Exactly right. We reluctantly head home early tomorrow after a wonderful time. Here are some photos:

Today, we celebrated Nico’s second birthday here in Ensenada where Gregorio’s family lives. Nico’s grandma and grandma, two uncles, his aunt and first cousin came for the day and we ate lunch together then headed to play on the beach.  We all had a lot of fun and Nico’s birthday was commemorated with lots of…

We have come to Ensenada, Mexico in Baja to celebrate a whole host of things.  Nico turns 2 tomorrow, Elizabeth turns 32 on January 16th and I turn 65 on January 21st.  Ray turns 60 this year and this is the trip we took when I turned 60, fives years ago. We are in a…

One of my beloved students, Lona Tehrani, is headed off to Honduras tomorrow on a medical mission trip with other students from Brown University.  Lona and I have bonded over the past several years and I had the pleasure of seeing her while she was home from school over winter break. Wishing you a safe…

Today, I had a treat.  My beloved Madison Stingray came to visit.  Madison was my writing student from fourth grade through college.  Now she is getting her Master’s degree in Archaeology from Cambridge University.  We had a lovely two-hour visit that easily could have stretched into the rest of the afternoon except that another student…

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It is 1:16 am CST and we have just crawled into bed after a lovely dinner and a good conversation with brother Sam and his partner, Jaime.  Ray and I are snug in their guest room bed though the temperatures outside are currently 19 degrees with a low of 16 in the wee hours.  When…

I’m excited. Tomorrow, Ray and I are headed to Nashville to see my little brother Sam and his partner, Jaime. This trip has been long in coming after being postponed due to the Thomas fire. So, tonight we are packing our bags for our visit. Sam has already checked on our dietary needs – no…