VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA – November 29, 2009 – Jena came up for a long Thanksgiving weekend with me, her first since I started working here. I booked a surprise romantic dinner at the Observatory Restaurant atop Grouse Mountain. It was rainy that day, and foggy in North Van as we boarded the gondola to the top. We got seated in the best seat in the house, and then suddenly,...
read moreSEATTLE, WASHINGTON, USA – December 20, 2008 – We got about a foot of snow this month and were trapped in the house, unable to get off our ridge safely. The entire neighborhood was covered in deep, wet snow and our streets were sheet ice. At one point we were sliding completely sideways, effortlessly, down a hill into traffic. Jena took the time off to craft a snowdog at the end of...
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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, USA – July 19, 2003 – Remarrying is like touching the stove as a small child and becoming horribly burnt, and then later having others tell you, “it’s okay, it’s not hot, you can touch the stove again, no really…” And you’re thinking, “but… but… look what happened the last time!” But when I see her face,...
read moreWe pulled up in the parking lot, spilling out into a strong, fragrant bouquet of pine, cedar and oak. The air was cool and moist to the skin. “Here we are!” she grinned, taking me by the hand and leading me up a path through the park toward the sound of a dull roar. Walking uphill, we passed a small concrete seating area where two young men and a woman sat. They looked extremely...
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