Walnut Creek, United States

... the Berlin wall coming down... Sister Loel emerged around 10:30 for a walk and a visit to Willie McCovey's restaurant in Walnut Creek. This is an extreme sports family spot, with many screens going (including the Eagles). When Willie himself comes, it ...

Wonderful day with family today. Brother Chan and I went around the nearby Lafayette Reservoir -- lots of families, joggers, dogs (sounds like California?) See the two pix showing the tower in the reservoir with the cormorants. We had an elegant ...

When I arrived back from Africa almost two months ago, I thought, YES!! It's been fun, but I'm finally done with planes, buses, cabs, layovers, backpacks, dirty drinking water, sleeping bags, mosquitoes, group living, poor communication, packing, ...

I should be in the air right now, but instead I'm obsessively watching Doppler radar accounts of Hurricane Rita. My flight was scheduled to layover in Houston. I probably could have snuck by Rita and made it to New Orleans, but it seemed imprudent to ...